A recent presentation from the secretary of the Mabou Farmers Market to Inverness Municipal Council offered some very positive news.
Michelle Smith appeared before council on December 5 to let them know that the market just completed its 10th season.
Smith...
Rev. Guillame Marin LeBlanc was the son of Pierre LeBlanc and Barbe Martel. He descended from the Acadians of Grand Pré who were deported to Philadelphia in 1755 but eventually returned and settled in Arichat.
In 1880 LeBlanc had opposed...
Have you ever heard of Sisyphus?
He’s a poor sap from Greek mythology who was condemned to a life of rolling a boulder up a hill almost to the top, only to have it come rolling down again. The term...
The camera bag is packed, lenses are cleaned, and a couple of extra cameras tell me that I am ready.
Cape Breton’s main roads are inviting, but the colours of autumn and the first light snowfalls are telling me to...
Moments before George Canyon took the stage on the third Friday evening in November, I took my seat at the far left of the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre’s Bear Head Conference Room, just outside the kitchen area.
I came perilously...
I am going to keep this column Trump free for the rest of the year.
Obviously, that’s an easy statement to make as I will only write three more columns this year but still, I thought you should know. As...
There was been a whirlwind of activity surrounding contract negotiations between the Government of Nova Scotia and the province’s teachers.
On November 28, the Nova Scotia Teacher's Union (NSTU) announced their intention to exercise their work-to-rule option, so that on...
I never thought I’d see the day when even one person would become so fed up with – or just plain terrified by – their political choices that they’d turn to a comedy show for some semblance of democracy...
Efforts to provide assistance and comfort to crew members on a boat that has been docked at the wharf in Port Hawkesbury for more than a year are certainly heartwarming.
Five crew members of the Dutch Runner – including three...
The 1959 season in the Richmond County Baseball League (RCBL) saw the Petit de Grat Red Caps resume their winning ways and recapture the championship.
The young, talented squad that had fallen to the River Bourgeois Tigers in the finals...