Why do some plants have medicinal value for humans? Plants produce multitudes of chemicals. Some of these chemicals are of primary importance in their metabolic processes and some are secondary. The bulk of chemicals...
Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Antigonish. This is the fourth installment recounting its history. In 1842 Father Jean-Baptiste Maranda continued as pastor for the parish of Isle Madame. In 1844...
Surely some solutions can be found to allow Grade 12 graduates to mark this special milestone. Education department communications officer JoAnn Alberstat told The Reporter officials are trying to figure out what type of...
Every Dad deserves a feed lobster on Father’s Day! Dad will be clawing at the opportunity for this prize... Enter for your chance to win Dad a $100 gift certificate to BST Lobsters, the...
Ouetique Island was established in 1874 and consisted of a square wooden tower 28 feet high with an attached dwelling. The nearest town or city is River Bourgeois. Located in Lennox Passage between Isle Madame and Cape...
Despite concerns from municipal officials across Nova Scotia, the provincial government has decided to proceed with elections this fall, and if a large second wave of COVID-19 infection takes place, that will severely undermine the democratic process.
Thanks to a Facebook post by Dr. Steven DeRoche, the identities of local Spanish Flu victims have been made known. In the following columns, I hope to bring the identities of these victims to a wider audience.
Recent comments by Premier Stephen McNeil during a briefing about the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia were out-of-line, and dismissive of the media’s role in getting vital information to the public. On May 8...
Thanks to a Facebook post by Dr. Steven DeRoche, the identities of local Spanish Flu victims have been made known. In the following columns, I hope to bring the identities of these victims to a wider audience.
The results from the province’s recent decision to lift some public health restrictions in the short-term will dictate whether more measures are loosened in coming weeks. On May 1, Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr....




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