When I reflect on memories of our cat Sadie that
predate her departure from this world last Thursday afternoon, her purr will
always come back to me.
It often reached incredible volumes – Cathy described it
as...
Number of days into 2019 that SNC-Lavalin scandal broke,
following story in The Globe and Mail: 38
Number of years prior to that date that SNC-Lavalin was charged with
corruption and fraud over its business dealings...
I started this month the way I ended the month of July twenty years ago – by participating in a Port Hawkesbury theatre show. And, in a neat twist, I was one of the youngest people involved in each...
There’s an air of familiarity to the Hawkesbury Room, located on the downstairs level of the Maritime Inn on Reeves Street, as we head into the final six hours of St. Patrick’s Day 2017.
It’s partly because I’ve been here...
“Welcome to ‘Flap Your Gums,’ the segment of our show that celebrates the opinions of ordinary folks like you and me. Well, not exactly like me, because I’m sure the rest of you aren’t outfitted by the best men’s...
“That’s mighty white of you.”
I had never heard the phrase before I started my first full-time media job, but my newsroom colleague at the time was fond of saying it on a regular basis to news contacts that had...
It may have been the final day of Celtic Colours 2017, but on the second Saturday afternoon in October, it felt like the music was just getting started.
We gathered at the Evergreen Seniors Club in Port Hawkesbury for one...
In the days leading up to Halloween, we got an ugly reminder that few things are scarier than a coward with an agenda.
Over a four-day span, packages containing pipe bombs showed up in the mailboxes, residences and workplaces of...
“I told you, we shouldn’t stop here. I hate these
chintzy take-out places.”
“I know, but we’ve still got a long way to drive – on
mostly-unpaved roads, for that matter. So, let’s take a chance...
Even as it became all too clear that we were going to have a provincial election this spring, I wasn’t prepared for this campaign to have such a record-setting nature.
No, I’m not talking about the shortness of the campaign,...