We are writing to express our deep concern with the reduction of hours for librarians within the Strait regional centre for education.
Based on the findings of both the Glaze Report and the Report on Inclusive Education, the hours of...
By Promise Mambwe
Grade 9
St. Mary’s School
Promise Mambwe (left) and Abigirl Chipulu are pictured planting trees after a storm damaged St. Mary’s School...
It was disappointing to hear that a funding application from a group consisting of local municipalities and First Nations was turned down by the Universal Broadband Fund.
Inverness CAO Keith MacDonald told the regular...
I was going to write a column comparing world politics to Star Wars. Why? I like Star Wars and I dislike politics and I thought the two would provide interesting column fodder. I got about halfway though it in...
There are times when people choose to discriminate rather than to accept.
The world’s history contains many examples of situations where people were subjected to discrimination, persecution or victimization. We cannot change the world’s...
There is a weak argument to be made for any kind of closure of the Canso Causeway even amid the second wave of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.
During the regular monthly meeting of Inverness...
In studying the history of a village, town or county, it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition, and rightfully so.
Successful entrepreneurs like...
Technology in today’s global world can be frightening
for some elderly folks, including myself, especially when shopping or banking.
New technology is taking control each and every day
while the global world revolves around us. At...
With just over a year to go before “The Roaring Twenties” begin, I’m astounded that we’ve spent the run-up to Christmas arguing over a song written in 1944.
The “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” debate, which has reared its head at...
The high school yearbook. Have you dusted yours off and cracked it open lately?
I have. I don’t have a hard copy, sadly. It was lost in a box that never got mailed home from my time living in the...