The following excerpt is taken from Cape Breton Book of the Night edited by Ronald Caplan. This story was taped, transcribed, and translated into English by Jocelyne Marchand.
“We had problems after we got there. The first night we slept...
In just a few short years, Nova Scotians will elect a PC government with Tim Houston as Premier.
I am convinced that this change is coming and there’s no doubt in my mind that soon, a majority of Nova Scotians...
With Hollywood, TV networks and streaming services
jamming our screens with holiday content, it’s getting harder every year to
choose the right Christmas favourites to supplement other December activities
like shopping, taking the kids to see Santa, or sweeping up...
The Reporter’s
annual “Industrial Forecast and Review” supplement to the weekly newspaper is
now available.
In the supplement, this paper speaks with the owners,
operators, officials, and others involved with the major industry, employers,
businesses, services, infrastructure, and...
Many, many things in education have changed, but one ritual that has remained the same, one that still elicits excitement among most kids and even some parents, is school supplies shopping.
It’s lost its charm a bit over the years...
A long thin ribbon of sand, gravel and rocks make up part of Cape Breton’s shoreline on the north end of the Strait of Canso.
This gravel/rock bar of approximately three kilometres is quite a natural feature that can be...
Some Strait area residents have not only been left without power for prolonged periods of time during inclement weather, but also phone service.
On Christmas day, 14,564 people in the Strait area were left without juice due to a winter...
Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In June of 1995, the Special Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide recommended governments make palliative care programs a top priority in the restructuring of the...
On January 8, Inverness County Cares member Betty Jane Cameron departed on her third trip to volunteer at the St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School in Kenya.
Betty Jane Cameron brought nine bags of clothing, personal items and donated musical instruments....
Editor’s note: The following letter was written to Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and Nova Scotia Justice Minister Mark Furey.
Government of Canada
Dear Ministers Blair and...