Much of the landforms of Cape Breton are made up of hard resistant plateaus such as those of Northern Cape Breton.
The edges are steep and drop abruptly to the sea or to deep river valleys and ravines. Many of...
This week, meet two very different Canadian comics who used their fame, wit and creativity to remind us all that there’s nothing wrong with finding either humour or pride in the simple act of being Canadian.
And, as an added...
The following officers served the Isle Madame RCMP detachment from its inception in 1952:
· Kennedy, J.F.G.A. (Jerry): October 22, 1952-October 4, 1953
· Stewart, W.W.: July 1953-August 17, 1953
· Spooner, M.J.: December 1951
August 1953-September 1954
· Cormier, J.E.: November 1955-December 11, 1955
· ...
So we got a visit from Brian Mulroney last week.
That kind of a sentence carries a vastly different flavour than it did only 25 years ago, when Bruce MacKinnon summed up a Prime Ministerial arrival in Nova Scotia with...
Although the aforementioned voter turn-out for recent school board and municipal elections was disturbingly low, it is encouraging that the Strait area’s elected bodies will have a new look in the coming four-year term.
Richmond County saw one of the...
Neilena MacKinnon, one of the locals benefiting from the work of the Mill Road Social Enterprises group, cuts the ribbon to officially open the Inverness Community Leadership Centre. She’s helped by Cindy O’Neill, MRSE executive director, and joined others...
Mitch Poirier, a grade 11 student from Inverness Academy, provides an overview of the sound system available for use at the Alexander Doyle Public Library. The library, located in Mabou at Dalbrae Academy, was officially opened on October 20.
At a certain point, the dramatic turn of events surrounding the Strait area’s recent municipal and school board elections defies description.
We now have three new mayors and we’ll soon see a minimum of two new wardens sworn in. Three...
The autumn colour season is just about over.
We were all expecting that the colours might be not as good as other years because of the dry summer season, but in places, they are as brilliant as ever. Now it...
With municipal and school board elections in the Strait area now over, one important question remains; why did so few people vote?
On October 15, after voters across the region went to the polls to choose mayors, councillors or school...