The loss of wilderness to forestry, pollution,
agriculture, urban sprawl and climate change is the single most potent driver
of mass extinction.
When we say that 1 million species could go extinct in
the next few decades,...
In 1977, the championship round was set: the Petit de Grat Red Caps versus the Louisdale Baracos, two very evenly-matched teams.
They had met twice during the season; Louisdale won the first meeting 10-8 and PDG won the second 9-7....
The relatively smooth coastline of the Strait of Canso is interrupted by a thumb-shaped peninsula that juts northwestward into the strait.
It forms the northern end of an oval-shaped body of land that looks as if it could have been...
Thanks to a Facebook post by Dr. Steven DeRoche, the identities of local Spanish Flu victims have been made known. In the following columns, I hope to bring the identities of these victims to a wider audience.
When my oldest son was at the end of Grade 6, I remember thinking, “Lord, help me. He’ll be off to high school in two years.
At his Grade 8 “graduation” ceremony in June of 2012, there was a slideshow...
With Wonder Woman opening last weekend, a commentary is coming soon.
Since I still haven’t seen it yet, I figure we might as well get into the obvious and the obvious in this case would be the election.
Having sat in...
Our family has proudly owned and enjoyed property in Long Point, Cape Breton since the turn of the 1800s and expect to do so well into the future. What draws us to this land; the beauty, peace...
A former Canadian Prime Minister returned to the Strait area recently, and after this visit, the region’s largest educational institution will be forever changed.
On October 26, StFX alumnus and former PM Brian Mulroney returned to the Antigonish campus to...
This week, I’d like to address my fellow members of Montreal Canadiens Fans Anonymous.
Okay, that’s probably not the right name for my fellow Habs supporters. We’re hardly “anonymous.” Even in the toughest times, we proudly wear, fly, and bleed...
Although things remain at a standstill for many
operations during the global pandemic, that is not the case with two of the
largest employers in the region.
In the early days of the pandemic and with...