The recent announcement by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to temporarily suspend the commercial herring and mackerel fisheries is a blow for local fishermen who use those fish as bait, particularly in the lobster fishery.
Looking back over the decades and, indeed, centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in Isle Madame.
One of those names that no longer hold a place...
As early as 1824, a functioning school existed in Arichat.
By 1834, the school faced insurmountable financial difficulties, and as a result, the creditors – primarily John Tyrrell, a prominent Arichat merchant – foreclosed...
The provincial government’s budget, prescribing heavy spending in the health care sector and projecting a deficit of more than half a billion dollars, is what the Progressive Conservatives were elected to do.
The government...
In 1935, the area from the main highway running east on Rocky Bay Road contained seven homesteads:
The first belonged to Peter Paon (1875-1942), who married Mary Fougere in 1897 (1872-1971) and had Amedee...
There seem to be mixed signals coming from the provincial government.
On March 21, most province-wide public health restrictions were lifted, including gathering limits, physical distancing and mask requirements. Some measures will remain in...
Matheson, Isabella, born November, 1824, St. Esprit, parents Roderick and Martha
Matheson, Christian, born Sept. 26, 1826, St. Esprit, parents Roderick and Martha
McDugald, Alexander, born Feb. 13, 1827, Grand Anse,...
Cases where Strait area residents were convicted on child pornography charges shows there is global solution to what is becoming a growing problem locally.
An Inverness County man who was sent to prison on...
It was unwelcomed news that a man who many people believe evaded justice for so many years, seems to be willing to use the system one more time to strike out at his accusers.
The first recorded killer gale in this area was that of August 1725. The exact date fluctuates from the 24 to the 27 but old documents indicate that Le Chameau, a French ship, went down with 316...