Last summer my friend from a
few houses down showed up at my door, wearing a slightly-bashful grin and
something I thought I would never see, at least not on him.
“Do you have nail polish
remover?”...
Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and
translated.
The Priests of River Bourgeois
Father Joseph Marinelli (September 23, 1965 to June 27,
1973) was from Glace Bay, near...
“I’m glad you got here so quickly, Dr. Gulick. We’ve
got a situation happening in the gymnasium.”
“What’s the hurry, Mr. Stubbins? I asked Mr. Naismith
to create a new game for our physical education program...
This is in reference to a letter on Facebook written by John Green
about the bingo on Thursday, May 30, at the fire hall in Port Hastings.
The week before, John gave instructions on how...
It is great to hear how the Strait area is embracing
Pride Month.
On June 14, the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre’s Bear
Head Room hosted the region’s first ever “Queer Prom,” organized by the Cape
Breton Youth...
“Many people assume that aromatherapy is about
diffusing essential oils - instead of using air fresheners - to make your home
smell nice, or encourage relaxation…. but that doesn’t even scratch the
surface.”
Rachel Raba is a...
What is it with offices never being able to adjust to a
moderate, agreeable temperature?
This is the worst time of year. It’s supposed to be
spring, but the mornings are like winter, by the afternoon...
Known as Dr. A.A. in Arichat, Aime-Alexandre LeBlanc
was born (1861) and raised in Memramcook, New Brunswick. His father was André
LeBlanc, his mother Marie-Claire Bourque, both descended from old Acadian
families.
He studied at St. Joseph’s...
I’ve come to love and appreciate candles much more in
my adult life than I did in my childhood and adolescence.
Far from being the birthday-cake wish-granters or
church-service adornments of my younger years, I’ve found...
Two years ago, the municipal councillors of Inverness
County rescinded a previous motion to support an airport expansion in Margaree.
There were many reasons, but bottom line was that Inverness County could not
financially afford the project and there was...