Electric vehicles can’t catch a break. They’re still being accused of being short on range, short on chargers, short on options, too expensive, too high on indirect emissions, and other assorted dealbreakers.
The technology...
Family doctors are asking Nova Scotians to roll up their sleeves to receive a flu shot. This year, it’s even more important to be vaccinated against the influenza virus and its complications.
That’s because...
This spring Inverness County Cares (ICC) members gathered in Judique to plant a potato crop in support of their project helping a school for Albinos in Zambia.
The garden plot is situated beside a...
The West Bay Road and District Volunteer Fire Department want to inform the residents of the Kingsville and Glendale areas of Inverness County, that the dry hydrant located in Glendale is no longer functioning properly and has...
Editor’s note: The following letter was written to Premier Tim Houston.
Dear Premier Houston;
On Thursday Sept. 9, the Association of Black Social Workers (ABSW), Health Association of African Canadians (HAAC)...
Schools across Nova Scotia have started the new 2021-2022 term and school buses are transporting students in the early morning and late afternoon.
Responsibility is placed in the hands of school bus drivers to...
The regions in which Nova Scotians choose to live are mostly ours to decide; be it in an urban setting such as a town or city, or like me, in a rural area.
Nova...
Editor’s note: The following open letter was sent to the Premier of Nova Scotia and relevant ministers.
Dear Premier Houston and Honourable Cabinet Ministers;
The Offshore Alliance congratulates you all on...
This is an open letter to all federal political party leaders from Doctors for Decriminalization, a group of physicians calling for the decriminalization of drugs in favour of a health based approach to substance use.
By: Paul Kachela
I am a former student at St. Mary’s Special School and an Albino person, identified as visually impaired.
Fear is a killer of self-esteem. I have lived...