At the intersection of Lochside and Grandique Roads was the house of Daniel Forest and his wife Flora (MacDonald). They were married in Port Hawkesbury in 1901 and there had nine children: Margaret 1902-1988 (she was the...
It remains to be seen whether the province made the right choice with new employment service providers to replace Island Employment.
Provincial spokesperson Monica MacLean told The Reporter that YMCA Cape Breton will serve...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
The fishery: Drying
When the captain or master of the...
A recent decision by the provincial government to allocate regional offices should be revisited at some point.
On Jan. 17, the province announced the establishment of new African Nova Scotian Affairs (ANSA) regional offices...
Looking back over the decades, and indeed centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in this area. One of those names that no longer holds a place here is Sullivan.
The province’s decision to control the reporting of certain COVID-19 numbers could prove damaging for the new government, as well as efforts to effectively deal with the virus.
Just before the holidays, the province...
In July 1957, the budgets for spring highway operations in Districts 2 and 11 in Richmond County were over expended.
When this situation of possible misspending came to the attention of Julian J. Thibault...
A former employee of the Municipality of the County of Richmond is correct that the current council needs to conduct a review of her termination so that it doesn’t happen to others.
On Dec....
The second anniversary of the arrival of COVID-19 is approaching, making this a good time to reflect on its local impact.
This latest wave of infection, spurred by the Omicron variant, was first detected...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970s.
The following excerpts are...