Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
The priests of River Bourgeois.
Michael MacKenzie (1846-?) served from August 25,1888 to November 14, 1891. Fr. MacKenzie was born at Red Islands (today Johnstown) some 20 miles...
Every once in a while, YouTube has some odd advertising recommendations to click and to watch.
I saw one recently that triggered something unpleasant from my past. The advertisement was for the Canadian Sepsis...
As the sun sets on my time as auditor general of Nova Scotia, I want to express my thanks to all Nova Scotians for their appreciation and respect for the office’s work during my six years of...
Continuing west on the upper or high road was the St. John’s Anglican Church built in 1895 to replace the original, which was some 70 years old.
St. John’s Anglican Parish in Arichat had...
In the 1920s, in this region, the fishing industry had reached a critical stage. Inshore fishermen, in particular, were finding it difficult to depend on the sea for a livelihood, and there was virtually no form of...
Most have heard by now that Google and Meta (Facebook) will be blocking Canadian news from their forums to Canadians. What does that mean?
• For Canadian news publishers and broadcasters, their news links...
A provincial newspaper has an article on the study carried out by some consultant regarding container terminals for this province.
As usual, the report reflects the pattern which has not changed in my lifetime. Everything is to be in Halifax,...
February 5, 1918: Francois Muise, son of Patrick Muise and Martha Jeanne Boudrot, married Alice Boudrot, daughter of Cleophas Boudrot and Alice Boudrot, witnesses were not recorded
February 5, 1918: Thomas James Kehoe, son of Thomas Kehoe and Annie McGrath,...
Of the people traveling in our group to Las Vegas, my
husband and I were the only two who hadn’t been there before.
So after an incredibly full day of sightseeing and more
than one sociable...
The
Margaree Environmental Association is calling for Premier Stephen McNeil to
cancel Nova Scotia’s Inverness Airport application to the Federal government’s
Rural Infrastructure Fund for $18,000,000 and to withdraw Nova Scotia’s offer
of $8,500,000 for this unsolicited project.