In this story, we are going to revisit the porcupine
(matues) and its colourful quills which have been used by many generations of
Mi’kmaw artists to adorn clothes, baskets, furniture, and many other things.
The strong...
Certainly not a new and emerging challenge, sub-par communications infrastructure continues to dampen best efforts to retain and attract businesses in our rural Nova Scotia communities.
The bottleneck in broadband connectivity is one that has continued to oppose rural Nova...
By: James Golemiec
Pretty much every time the weather gets turbulent, and sometimes just because it's foggy, or for no apparent reason at all, Nova Scotians have to endure power outages. In the...
A recent feature by Advocate Media showed that the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is rightfully concerned with the almost 150 vacancies for family physicians and specialists in the province.
In the Eastern Zone, which covers all of Cape Breton,...
In 1977, the championship round was set: the Petit de Grat Red Caps versus the Louisdale Baracos, two very evenly-matched teams.
They had met twice during the season; Louisdale won the first meeting 10-8 and PDG won the second 9-7....
There are times when exemplary actions place individuals into categories where others give them the recognition that they deserve. Unfortunately, our society also tends to remember a person for committing something that is a horrific and infamous act.
My praise...
Inverness County Cares (ICC) was founded in 2012 to
address the needs of a disadvantaged school in Nairobi, Kenya.
Throughout our journey with this school, ICC has worked
to help them acquire agricultural skills, with the...
Many, many things in education have changed, but one ritual that has remained the same, one that still elicits excitement among most kids and even some parents, is school supplies shopping.
It’s lost its charm a bit over the years...
By: James Golemiec
I was at Chapters and I came across a little book with a bright green cover, called How to Land a Plane. I did a quick skim inside and it...
Rarely is an exclamation point within the headline of an editorial more appropriate than on the eve of an election.
In this case, school board and municipal elections are taking place around the Strait area on Saturday, and it is...