By: Zack Metcalfe
At one time, the American chestnut made up a full quarter of all trees in the mixed deciduous forests of eastern North America, conquering canopies from southern New England north into Ontario. The King of the Forest,...
Over the last few weeks, Prime Minister Trudeau has been credibly accused by his own Attorney General, Jody Wilson-Raybould, of politically interfering in the criminal prosecution of a well-connected engineering firm.
It’s now beyond dispute that he and his office...
More establishments are going with self-serve check-outs that do not deal with cash sales. Why would companies want in-store self-serve centers to make a convenient shopping pleasure for some of their customers, while inconveniencing the other percentage of their...
Watching the behaviour of the Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS) reminds me of the Clue board game. The detectives’ inquiry is to understand what MANS is up to (the imaginary crime), what instruments are being used to meet...
I am writing this in regards to a Letter to the Editor which was published in the January 23 edition of The Reporter.
In Chapter 1, Section 102 of the legion’s “Ritual, Awards and Protocol Manual” designating “Legion Dress” and...
By: Dr. Annamarie Hatcher
Fishing for striped bass (in Mi’kmaq: ji’kaw) in the Bras d’Or estuary was good between 2013 and 2017.
However, few were caught last year. The comings and goings of this popular sport fish in the Bras d’Or...
In 2016, according to Statistics Canada, 92.5 per cent of Canadians aged 12 and older, or roughly 27.3 million people, reported that they were satisfied or very satisfied with life. This is a very interesting statistic and I often...
By: Zack Metcalfe
It was June 3, 2018, when I drove a rental car four hours into the central wilds of Vancouver Island, searching for a single gigantic tree.
Stories of this arboreal titan came to me from locals who, at...
Women represent over half of the Canadian population but hold only 26 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons.
This is wrong. In the 150-year history of our country, only nine women from Nova Scotia have been...
On March 8, International Women’s Day, women from around the world will join together with a shared purpose. We will reflect on the amazing strides we have made and how much more we have to do to achieve gender...