Who wants a random column? You do. That’s who. My friends and I watching the teaser trailer for the third Wolverine movie dovetailed into a discussion of other superhero properties owned by 20th Century Fox. This naturally led to a...
Schools across Nova Scotia have started the new 2021-2022 term and school buses are transporting students in the early morning and late afternoon. Responsibility is placed in the hands of school bus drivers to...
The explosion at the Point Tupper mill on Feb. 8, 1982 must never be forgotten. At approximately 1:40 p.m., a steam-plant evaporator at the pulp and paper mill, owned at the time by Nova...
It was bound to happen. It was only a matter of time before somewhere, sometime, somehow, the universal disease of self-aggrandizement combined with our unnerving penchant for voyeurism to produce tragedy. I read a lot of terrible things on-line, but...
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...
Today we live in a time of celebrity prominence, famous people and people famous for being famous. In the days of “iron men and wooden ships,” captains were often celebrated for their intrepid and romantic travelling of...
“They put me and my family through a lot during this time. Were it not for the community, and them standing by my side, I think I would have given up hope a long time ago.” Josette...
This week, I will be leading my third major agricultural trade mission to China, one of the most promising markets for our farmers and food processors. This will be the largest agricultural trade mission in Canada’s history, and we are...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970’s. The following is an excerpt from the Richmond County...
West Mabou Beach is a jewel in Inverness County’s crown; a jewel originally expropriated from several local landowners including my Uncle Hawley Cameron who has since passed away. He gave up a large portion of his property...




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