It was encouraging that Richmond Municipal Council was able to pass a balanced budget on time, and equally disheartening that this same elected body was unable to approve changes to its travel expense policy.
During a special meeting on April...
The following excerpt is taken from Cape Breton Book of the Night edited by Ronald Caplan. This story was taped, transcribed, and translated into English by Jocelyne Marchand:
“But it got so that even I didn’t want to stay there....
I’m breaking with my own personal tradition and devoting this column to several random thoughts, rather than giving you nearly 800 words on a specific subject.
It’ll be a nice change of pace for both you and me, and it...
Real estate shows are back.
They were pretty popular on home-improvement television a number of years ago, and they seem to be coming back with a vengeance. Turn your channel to HGTV (Home and Garden Television), and chances are a...
Hey folks. Confession time: This is probably my last column with The Reporter. I’ve accepted another job so I’ll be shipping out of here.
First of all, I’d like to thank you all for continuing to read my ramblings for...
The following excerpt is taken from Cape Breton Book of the Night edited by Ronald Caplan. This story was taped, transcribed, and translated into English by Jocelyne Marchand.
“We had problems after we got there. The first night we slept...
I have mixed emotions about “On This Day,” Facebook’s collection of all posts and activity from one particular day year-to-year.
A past post will be featured on the main page with a banner at the top of the page saying,...
“That’s mighty white of you.”
I had never heard the phrase before I started my first full-time media job, but my newsroom colleague at the time was fond of saying it on a regular basis to news contacts that had...
Hopefully, the efforts of a local student looking to establish a more environmentally-friendly way of dealing with organic waste in the Town of Port Hawkesbury will be successful.
Chad Kelly, a second-year Natural Resources and Environmental Technologies student at Nova...
The following excerpt is taken from Cape Breton Book of the Night edited by Ronald Caplan. This story was taped, transcribed, and translated into English by Jocelyne Marchand.
“I was born in Petit de Grat in 1911. The old women...