St Charles Lwanga Secondary School is located near Nairobi, Kenya. Its mission is to provide an education and a home for abandoned street children, orphans or those too poor to pay school tuition.
Since 2012, Inverness County Cares has been...
I listened to an interview on CBC Radio’s Information Morning last month in which Port Hawkesbury Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton was interviewed as part of their year-end 2016 program.
I congratulate her in her new role as Mayor of Port Hawkesbury...
A determined group of Nova Scotia taxpayers is working to hold municipal officials and staff accountable for how they are spending, and in some cases covering up their spending, of our tax dollars.
Although we have a Municipal Government Act,...
In the Province of Nova Scotia, fuel prices are constantly changing. The prices at the gas pumps are up and down like a yo-yo.
How fuel price changes affect you and your family depends on your weekly, bi-weekly or monthly...
Doctors and nurses are realities for many, especially those sick at home or in the hospital.
I know this for a fact because I have experienced and witnessed this back in June and July of 2016. My aging mother was ill...
Inverness County Cares (ICC) is a community organization based in Inverness County.
ICC has supported the St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School and Children’s Center (Lwanga School) in Kenya since 2012. ICC provides $60,000 a year and Chalice Canada matches with...
As you are aware, the Strait regional school board (SRSB) is performing a school review of the Dalbrae feeder system.
This review will determine the necessity of Whycocomagh Education Centre, Bayview Education Centre and Dalbrae Academy, as educational facilities. Bayview...
The Richmond County Literacy Network (RCLN) has established credible relations with community stakeholders and service providers and has a track record of spearheading new projects and initiatives over its 19 years in operation.
Over the past few years, several Richmond...
After welcoming a new year with new opportunities, I can't help but look back on Nova Scotia in 2016 and reflect on the progress we've made in this great province.
Our population hit an all-time high after years of decline.
We...
“More people die – from planned deaths – within the Strait-Richmond Hospital than in any other jurisdiction in Nova Scotia. That alone should send a few red flags up.”
Dr. Robert Martel on July 13, describing the condition of palliative-care...