My problem with pineapple on pizza is primarily an issue of texture.
I like a little crisp on the crust, and the soft-melted cheese, which usually hides, but pineapple is far too fibrous for my liking. It becomes not a...
“Good morning, everybody, and welcome to our weekly government caucus meeting. You might recall that we had a little surprise last week, when a couple of our MPs dressed up as those loveable old balcony hecklers from The Muppet...
‘Twas the week before Christmas, and Santa was sighing
As true Christmas spirit appeared to be dying
At this time of year, kindness should have been stronger
Instead, Saint Nick’s “Bad List” grew longer and longer
With 12 months of naughtiness weighing him...
Jan. 7, 1901: Jeffrey LeBlanc, widower of Liza Babin, married Marie Louise Rogers, daughter of Theophile Roger and Clara Fougere, witnesses were Simon LeBlanc and Marie Luvina Roger
Jan. 16, 1901: Edouard McDonald, son...
I sent a friend I haven’t seen in a while a Spotify playlist of songs I thought might remind her of me.
I’m not sure why I did this but it was a thing and here we are. I am...
I may be making more of this than I should. It’s probably nothing, but there it remains, a burrowing fear that gnaws at me in unlikely moments. I suspect the concern is common amongst people in my age demographic.
I...
The little outboard motorboat sped across the waters of Lennox Passage toward a small treeless island about three kilometres from where we launched.
In case you are not sure, Lennox Passage is the long, narrow body of water that separates...
Two recent cases where dying Strait area residents were unable to receive even an acceptable level of palliative care show how sick the healthcare system really is.
Last month, Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon questioned Premier Stephen McNeil and Health...
To recap, I wrote a column last spring expounding on
the climatic consequences of eating meat and dairy, and shamelessly promoted
veganism.
In it I quoted a landmark study published last year in
the journal Science, concluding
that,...
I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions.
In fact, I usually scoff at the concept of the any one arbitrary date being the date a person can completely shift a behaviour. Suddenly making a decision to change some...