By: Dawn Ostrem
When I moved to Cape Breton five years ago, I mentioned to someone that I had bad nerves.
What I meant was that I got nervous about everyday things; speaking in front of large crowds, or climbing ladders....
On Friday, February 2, my family and I decided to have dinner at Dreamcatchers Restaurant in Antigonish.
There were places to park on Main Street, but the town failed to remove the snow banks or clear the storm drains, so...
On January 8, Inverness County Cares member Betty Jane Cameron departed on her third trip to volunteer at the St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School in Kenya.
Betty Jane Cameron brought nine bags of clothing, personal items and donated musical instruments....
As I sat on the beach of the East Bay sand bar on a blisteringly hot day last July, I was thinking that perhaps that month should carry that label. Although the sun’s incoming intensity is less in February,...
St Charles Lwanga Secondary School is located in Nairobi, Kenya.
Inverness County Cares (ICC) and Chalice Canada (chalice.ca) celebrate the many accomplishments made possible at St. Charles Lwanga School (SCLS) through our mutual partnership during the past year. ICC is...
In 1758, Nova Scotia was the first representative government in British North America. In 1784, New Brunswick, PEI and Cape Breton Island were granted status as British colonies. In 1820, Nova Scotia circumvented the Royal Charter and administratively annexed...
The Constituency of Inverness had an incredible year with significant growth in our tourism and seafood industries.
Our citizens left a mark: Liam and Shane Bernard received Nova Scotia Medals of Bravery for helping to save people from a burning...
In the Mi’kmaw language, January is “Punamuiku’s,” or Tomcod spawning time.
In times past, this small fish (in Mi’kmaw: Punamu) was a nutritious staple when other menu items were scarce. Early Mi’kmaq caught the Tomcod with lines inserted through holes...
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...