I have yet to hear from those who have written letters and are behind the scenes of this anti initiative what each of the organizations should do to make up for the $2.5 million ($125,000 per year...
Recent funding decisions by the federal and provincial governments can help upgrade high speed Internet service throughout the Strait area. On March 15, Premier Stephen McNeil announced the province was providing more than $120 million in one-time funding, generated from...
A bit of outside-the-box thinking might go a long way toward remedying the issue of wharves in Port Hood and on Port Hood Island. The wharves were dealt something of a death blow on December 16 of last year when...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970’s. The following excerpts are taken from the Richmond County...
I’m breaking with my own personal tradition and devoting this column to several random thoughts, rather than giving you nearly 800 words on a specific subject. It’ll be a nice change of pace for both you and me, and it...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated. The fishery: Drying When the captain or master of the...
“Good afternoon. You’re watching the North American Headline network, or NAH for short. I’m Janine Generic-Anchorperson, and this is my colleague Winston Squarejaw. Winston?” “Thank you, Janine. Today, as we endeavour to bring you explosive testimony from both sides of...
My husband and I both think it’s important to have a Will but we have not gotten around to it yet. We have been married for 10 years and have three kids.  If we just wrote down our wishes and...
By: James Golemiec Pretty much every time the weather gets turbulent, and sometimes just because it's foggy, or for no apparent reason at all, Nova Scotians have to endure power outages. In the...
If people are remembered for even a single gesture, it’s safe to assume the late John MacLellan would be proud that his gift will be honoured for many years. In his will, MacLellan left...




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