I never thought I’d see the day when the federal party established to break up Canada was finally on the verge of breaking up itself.
For that matter, I always figured that if I lived long enough to see the...
As a grade-schooler in the early ‘80s, I frequently heard a country song with the following chorus spilling out of the CJFX AM Radio airwaves:
“Everybody wants to live to be 100, everybody’s looking for the key…We all want to...
When Budget 2019 was tabled late last month, the
opposition Conservatives used that time to continue rehashing the SNC-Lavalin affair; an opportunity
lost for the party and for Canadians.
On March 19, Finance Minister Bill Morneau...
COVID-19 is more than a daily spreadsheet of virus and death totals for a community newspaper; it cuts more profoundly and personally for us.
It’s a story about the local trucker delivering goods to...
It’s been a whole seven or so hours since Hillary Clinton conceded the election to Donald Trump and I am still in shock.
Donald Trump, who before this election you would have known as the “You’re Fired guy” from The...
By the time you read this, I may not be in any
condition to read anything. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
I’ll have gallbladder-removal surgery on March 11, the
day this column and this...
The effort to twin Highway 104 continues to make progress.
Last week, Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Minister Lloyd Hines said the province is looking into more private sector input on the Highway 104 twinning project between Sutherlands River and Antigonish.
A...
Andrew Madden was born at Dramore, County Down, Ireland, on February 2, 1772.
He studied medicine at Glasgow University, receiving diplomas as surgeon and physician in 1817. In the same year, he emigrated, settling at Arichat where he practiced his...
June 24, 1913: Guillaume Alfred Poirier, widower of Henriette Anne Poirier, married Marie Boudreau, daughter of Henry Boudreau and Marie Fougere, witnesses were Ambrose Poirier and Anne Josse
July 10, 1913: Robert Martell married Eliza McGrath, witnesses were John Doyle...
Father Jean-Baptiste DeCoste, a White Father and native of Arichat, had been a missionary in Africa. He remained until June 25, 1980 when he was replaced by Father William Burke.
Burke was born in...