The recent passing of a long-serving, popular and dedicated parish priest usually arouses little attention, outside the communities in which they served.
In the case of Father Hugh Donald MacDonald, known by most as...
In studying the history of a village, town or county, it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition – and rightfully so.
Successful entrepreneurs...
In studying the history of a village, town or county, it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition, and rightfully so.
Successful entrepreneurs like...
With new COVID-19 cases dwindling to the single digits in Nova Scotia, and two vaccines being distributed across the country, there are reasons to believe this new year can be better.
After approving the...
In the years following 1935, the road from the Arichat-Petit de Grat intersection has evolved into the main residential section of the old village. The highway running through it has become the primary thoroughfare through Arichat leading...
This past year will definitely be remembered as one of the most tumultuous in recent memory.
The year was dominated by the global novel coronavirus pandemic, the scope of which was known early in...
Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
Acadians were, for the most part, men of the sea because many of their ancestors came from French maritime ports, or...
Year two at the Arichat seminary/school saw an increase in registration.
The seminarians, some 15 or so, boarded at the old “Hubert Big House.” Forty students enrolled in the common school and academy. Though...
There is a weak argument to be made for any kind of closure of the Canso Causeway even amid the second wave of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.
During the regular monthly meeting of Inverness...
The provincial government deserves credit for not shutting down the entire province, even as new cases of COVID-19 continue to be confirmed on a daily basis.
On November 24, Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr....