By: Zack Metcalfe
In May of 2016 I pulled off a Hants County highway and parked by a barely perceptible trail, leading into a thin forest with powdery white gypsum erupting from the soil everywhere I cared to look.
Had I...
By: Dr. Annamarie Hatcher
It is all a matter of perspective, I guess.
Many species, including some of my friends who are scientifically identified as Homo sapiens, migrate to more southerly climates at this time of year. When I picture them...
The House of Commons resumed sitting last week for the final time before Canadians go to the polls later this year.
As we approach the next federal election, I would like to highlight some of the federal government’s accomplishments during...
By: Zack Metcalfe
Editor's note: The following column was updated from the version published in the January 30, 2019 edition of The Reporter.
When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its most recent special report this past October, I...
Last week, the Liberal government said if Nova Scotians want to know how much they are paying for the secret Liberal ferry deal, they’d have to take the government to court.
Your tax dollars pay for the deal, but the...
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...
Some readers may recall reading my letter from a few years ago and published in newspapers throughout Nova Scotia concerning a ban proposed by the legions in Richmond County and elsewhere across Cape Breton Island, about the removal of...
Welcome to 2019 and my best to you and yours in the year ahead. This report will give you a summary of some of the things that have affected the constituency of Inverness over the past year, and some...
A few months ago, a senior official of the Nova Scotia Health Authority asked that I, and others, consider the impact of our comments on health care in Nova Scotia in media articles and interviews that we had provided...
As you hike through the forests of the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere, stop, close your eyes and imagine what you would see if you could be transported back to another time.
One thing that we know for sure is that...