Almost two years in, there’s no doubt the #MeToo
movement has brought about change. Women have felt empowered to tell their
stories, and companies have made improvements to their harassment policies.
People in a variety of fields, of a variety...
The following is a newspaper account of the circumstances
surrounding the murder of Clarence F. Glover of Waltham, Massachusetts in 1908
and the subsequent trial of Hattie LeBlanc accused of the crime.
“Many more things than...
I’m not fond of hypothetical situations.
I don’t read a lot of the articles foisted on me from
the depths of social media and the internet, because they deal with
generalities, half-truths, speculation and, frequently, outlandish...
As has been stated in this very space in the
not-too-distant past, there is room for only one fully-functioning airport in
Inverness County at the moment.
The day before a meeting of Inverness Municipal Council
on June...
“I suffered from chronic back
pain and sciatica for a number of years. I tried everything from surgery to
complementary medicine, all to no avail. I was astounded when I got off the
table after only 45 minutes and my...
RIVER DENYS: One of the driving forces behind the Cape Breton West
Islanders’ Telus Cup winning season of 2016-17 drew the attention of the St.
Louis Blues during the NHL entry draft last Saturday.
River Denys’...
You do not have the right to a healthy environment…
There, I said it. Neither Nova Scotia nor Canada at
large has ever formally recognized your right to clean air, clean water, clean
soil, or any...
Last summer my friend from a
few houses down showed up at my door, wearing a slightly-bashful grin and
something I thought I would never see, at least not on him.
“Do you have nail polish
remover?”...
Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and
translated.
The Priests of River Bourgeois
Father Joseph Marinelli (September 23, 1965 to June 27,
1973) was from Glace Bay, near...
“I’m glad you got here so quickly, Dr. Gulick. We’ve
got a situation happening in the gymnasium.”
“What’s the hurry, Mr. Stubbins? I asked Mr. Naismith
to create a new game for our physical education program...