The transformation of Nova Scotia’s social assistance system has been underway for over two years, but people living in poverty, and their advocates, say to date there has not been significant, meaningful change.
A community coalition is calling for an...
I frequently think of environmental changes happening worldwide and the impacts of those occurrences for us and future generations. I also contemplate how the consequences of our environment-affecting actions - or inactions - will impact upon other living creatures...
“With our new operating system, there are going to be some bugs like that, I think, that we’ll discover as it operates.”
Andrew MacPherson, project engineer with Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal on July 5, explaining why the swing...
“It’s heartbreaking.”
Guysborough Municipal Councillor Sheila Pelly on January 11 reacting to a murder suicide involving four people in Upper Big Tracadie
“It should say to them, ‘this is a weird place and I’m not going to stick around.’”
Michael Boudreau, the...
My name is Athman Shee, a student at St. Charles Lwanga children Centre. Allow me to share how Christmas celebrations are conducted in Kenya, and most especially in our school.
Our Christmas celebration is a time when people come together...
Walter is just finishing up a walk with Buster, his mixed-breed mutt, taking short, shallow strides through the slush on a wet December morning.
Buster walks patiently at his master’s heels as they walk up the short path to Walter’s...
Ben and Marie Sylliboy came to our door in 1983 shortly after we had moved to the Whycocomagh area.
They were wondering if I would be interested in making a set of kitchen cabinets for them. I was young and...
I am writing this letter in response to the article “New Dawn Pushes for new immigration strategy” which appeared in the November 15 edition of The Reporter.
I read your article to my childhood sweetheart of 56 years. Christina didn’t...
In the Mi’kmaw calendar, December is Chief Moon Time (Kesikewiku’s).
The Mi’kmaw word breaks down to ‘winter moon’ but the adjective ‘Chief’ describes a December full moon that is 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than full...
If you’ve had a test or procedure in any one of the hospitals or health centres operated by the Nova Scotia Health Authority, chances are that some of the equipment used in your care was purchased by a healthcare...