The remotest island in all of Canada is a 42 kilometre
long sliver of sand gracing our continental shelf, formed 10,000 years ago by
the workings of glaciers. We call her Sable.
To this day, its...
The ninth resident pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, West Arichat, was Father Alexander Beaton, a Cape Breton priest of Scottish descent who spoke the three principal languages then used in the Diocese of Antigonish. There seems to...
“For the general person of good health - looking to get
healthier - fermented foods are highly recommended.”
Those are the words of Amy Florian, a Naturopathic
Doctor (ND) who specializes in food and dietary issues.
PORT HOOD: The next meeting of Inverness Municipal Council takes place on December 6, and at that time council has a very important vote on its hands.
In a situation that draws to mind municipal drama from last June, council...
The decision by Richmond Municipal Council to deny
funding for participants wanting to take part in an upcoming Female Leadership
School has, ironically, done more to help the event and the underlying causes
it is promoting, than any approval could...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The province now has its first confirmed case of
novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with another four more presumptive positive
cases, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Strang,
announced during a press conference Monday afternoon.
After exploring how the provincial health care system,
and civilian and military authorities let down Afghanistan veteran Cpl. Lionel
Desmond, and led to the tragic murder-suicide, the Desmond Fatality Inquiry
looked into how he was able to obtain the murder...
Things are starting to fall in place for local efforts
to attract and retain more physicians and other health care professionals to
the Strait area.
On March 2, a group of potential physicians visited
Port Hawkesbury. Each...
One of the questions that I am asked most often is: “Are
there more jellyfish (Mi’kmaq: sasap) in the Bras d’Or estuary now than there
used to be?”
I have a lot of trouble answering that...
In the past few weeks, the Government of Canada has
announced or confirmed a dizzying amount of funding for new or existing
programs and infrastructure affecting residents of the Strait area.
Three weeks ago, the feds...