I started this month the way I ended the month of July twenty years ago – by participating in a Port Hawkesbury theatre show. And, in a neat twist, I was one of the youngest people involved in each...
News out of the parole hearing for Dwayne Matthew Samson drove home an aspect of this terrible story that makes it all the more disturbing.
On June 12, the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) granted Samson day parole, with leave...
At this point of the year, many of us are hitting the road and getting a better, more intimate look at Cape Breton Island than we typically achieve during the wicked winter weather (or even this year’s late-spring, early-summer...
Air travel is not for the faint-hearted, nor is it for the impatient. Or for those of us who like peace and quiet, or prefer to stick to schedules, or despise lines, or who love personal space.
The number of...
As early as 1824 a functioning school existed in Arichat under the tutelage of John Walsh who instructed 30 to 40 aspiring scholars.
By 1834, the school faced insurmountable financial difficulties, and as a result, the creditors, primarily John Tyrrell,...
This column is appearing online and in print just as we leave the Canada Day long weekend behind, and just as our neighbours to the south erupt in their annual Stars and Stripes jamboree.
So, as I write about the...
The recent trade war between the United States and Canada has provided people around the world with plenty to talk about, but if enacted, or increased, new or more tariffs on exported and imported goods could have a very...
It takes but a quick glance at the news to find more proof (as if we needed it) that our dependence on technology is overwhelming and our addiction to social media can be potentially toxic.
Prenuptial agreements with a social...
Part 6:
Hake, Arthur H. 1869 – 1945
Hake, Margaret E. Dixon1883 – 1969 Wife
Burton, Muriel E.1915 – 1946 Daughter
__________, Margaret_________b. 12 Mar 1892 – d. 04 Apr 1974 Wife of John Thomas
__________, John Thomasb. 05 May 1882 – d. 26...
Faced with growing outrage about the separation of migrant children from their parents upon their entry into the United States, the governing Republicans took two dog-eared pages out of their party playbook: Blame their political opponents and hide behind...