Family 3: 1804
Generation 1: Francis Grimes married Margaret March, she died June 24, 1863 age 88.
Generation 2: Michael Grimes married Henriette Landry, daughter of Peter Landry and Marie Marchand
Although it has been said many times in the past few decades, a project has emerged with great economic promise for this region.
The Sea-Breeze Tech Floating Wind Demonstration Project, spearheaded by Brezo Energy...
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 Grimes.
Although it doesn’t seem that way, we are weeks into a federal election, and it seems as though Canadians are only now starting to pay attention.
That is unfortunate because the stakes couldn’t be...
Diseases, which have all but been forgotten, were common, and at times, fatal 100 years ago: diphtheria, appendicitis, pneumonia, yellow jaundice, and tuberculosis were the main ones.
At one point, a county nurse traveled...
The Nova Scotia election in Nova Scotia is now over, and it appears the voting process went smoothly, although turnout was historically low with 45 per cent of eligible voters not casting ballots.
Elections...
We are now, in 1935, on the upper road in Arichat just below the Arichat Academy.
To the west is the home of John Donahue. Continuing west is the home of John Henry (1868-1952)...
While it may have come as a shock to some, it is clear Nova Scotians wanted a new party at the helm of their next provincial government.
After the votes were counted on Aug....
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...
Isle Madame District High School (IMDH) first opened its doors in September 1963. That first year IMDH consisted of approximately twenty classrooms plus two labs, a commercial class, a home economics room, library, music room, and gym....