If you read last week’s column, you might remember that I just made my first visit to Newfoundland and Labrador. Well, to be more accurate, I made my first two visits to Newfoundland and Labrador. They just happened to occur...
Residents of the Town of Port Hawkesbury and surrounding areas were shocked to hear that the YMCA of Cape Breton was leaving the region. On January 28, the YMCA of Cape Breton’s board of directors voted to...
The questions from the opposition benches over protected Acadian and African Nova Scotian electoral boundaries are missing the bigger picture. Recently, Progressive Conservative Acadian Affairs critic Chris d’Entremont called on Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Michel Samson to step aside as the...
I plan on contributing to my RRSP as I always do, but wondered how it works if I also contribute to a spousal RRSP? Does this count towards my contribution limit or my partner’s limit? It is...
It remains to be seen whether the province made the right choice with new employment service providers to replace Island Employment. Provincial spokesperson Monica MacLean told The Reporter that YMCA Cape Breton will serve...
Despite the work undertaken to address them, the shortcomings in Nova Scotia’s health care system are affecting the RCMP. Inverness County District RCMP Staff Sergeant David Morin told the regular monthly meeting of Port...
One of the questions that I am asked most often is: “Are there more jellyfish (Mi’kmaq: sasap) in the Bras d’Or estuary now than there used to be?” I have a lot of trouble answering that...
We’ve all done it at this point, haven’t we; angled that way, twisted the other, held the camera higher, backed up - whatever it takes to get a good photo. For those of us on social media, nabbing the...
Of the people traveling in our group to Las Vegas, my husband and I were the only two who hadn’t been there before. So after an incredibly full day of sightseeing and more than one sociable...
By the time you read this, somebody else may be sitting in this chair and putting together stories at this computer. Last week, I told you why I’m leaving The Reporter in a column imaginatively titled “Why I’m leaving.” This...




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