There are many opportunities to create a growing, thriving, and sustainable forest economy in Nova Scotia. To be able to capitalize on these opportunities, we need to quickly move to support the larger forestry supply chain.
There’s nothing like a health crisis to liven up the
news week, apparently. The entire world is bracing itself for…. well, no one is
really sure, but if the television and Internet are right, we all need to
prepare for...
Today, new wind and solar projects are the cheapest forms of electricity on Earth; five times cheaper than coal, five times cheaper than nuclear energy, and three times cheaper than natural gas.
These technologies...
It’s hard to fathom what is going through the heads of some people who continue to brazenly disregard public health rules around Nova Scotia.
As is the case in places like the Annapolis Valley,...
The grounding of a fishing boat off Canso earlier this month, which resulted in the death of the ship’s captain, has raised important questions.
On February 6, just a few minutes after leaving Canso, the Fishermen’s Provider II struck the...
On April 11, our corporate group of Nova Scotian companies forwarded a letter to Nova Scotia Minister of Finance Allan MacMaster in response to two new taxes which are now being imposed on Nova Scotian non-residents.
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...
Dr. Robert Martel expressed concerns so well about palliative care in an open letter to the Prime Minister in the March 22 edition of The Reporter.
He states that it is “… not clear to me that anyone is championing...
Canada’s wetlands provide billions of dollars of economic value to communities every year.
That’s billion, with a “b.” From flood and drought mitigation to carbon storage to water purification and protection from sea-level rise,...
An ability I work to maintain is to be able to walk and to do so whenever it suits me.
A brisk walk, regardless of its distance, offers much for its participants. Walking, in...