Since it’s summer and we are out and about more, I’ve grouped a few unrelated things that could happen to us at this time of the year. These are things that can hurt us, but the likelihood...
Premier Tim Houston’s announcement of a new way forward with the building of new health infrastructure last week is indeed good news. Scrapping the last government’s outdated, ill-advised and expensive reorganization of health infrastructure is a year...
There was an unexpected, but nonetheless welcome, item of good news for local residents, fishermen and boaters.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada recently confirmed plans by the Canadian Coast Guard to replace the lighthouse on Jerseyman’s Island - just off Arichat...
In 1913 the population of the Richmond County was 13,273, then down to 11,000 in 1960, and up slightly to 12,734 in 1973. As of 2006 the population was 9,740.
In 1803 the population...
Our flight to Las Vegas was scheduled to depart early in the morning on what was forecast to be a miserable day in Nova Scotia, weather-wise, with that dreaded term no one traveling in February wants to hear –...
In the past few weeks, the Government of Canada has
announced or confirmed a dizzying amount of funding for new or existing
programs and infrastructure affecting residents of the Strait area.
Three weeks ago, the feds...
The provincial government is rightly receiving a lot of criticism of its new plan for the sale of cannabis.
On January 30, Mark Furey, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, along with Bret Mitchell, president and CEO of the Nova...
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...
Much of the landforms of Cape Breton are made up of hard resistant plateaus such as those of Northern Cape Breton.
The edges are steep and drop abruptly to the sea or to deep river valleys and ravines. Many of...
This time of year is usually about arrivals, not departures.
Little ones eagerly wait for Santa Claus to slide down the chimney or show up at the mall. Christians celebrate the arrival of God’s son in their world, while also...