PORT HAWKESBURY: A recent social media post by Celtic Air Services Ltd. has generated some discussion in how emergency services are structured in the province.
On March 27, the Port Hawkesbury-based airport published a post on the company’s Facebook page in support of locating...
Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
The priests of River Bourgeois.
Michael MacKenzie (1846-?) served from August 25,1888 to November 14, 1891. Fr. MacKenzie was born at Red Islands (today Johnstown) some 20 miles...
I was away on vacation the night of the Academy Awards earlier this month, so I’m just now getting around to watching the broadcast that I PVR-ed. I don’t care much about the awards themselves, but I like listening...
Do I care if Donald Trump had an affair? Nope.
My sex life isn’t any of his business. Do I care if the alleged affair was with a porn star? As a matter of fact, I care even less about...
This week, I’d like to address my fellow members of Montreal Canadiens Fans Anonymous.
Okay, that’s probably not the right name for my fellow Habs supporters. We’re hardly “anonymous.” Even in the toughest times, we proudly wear, fly, and bleed...
The community of Arichat, and the entirety of Isle Madame, received very good news recently.
On February 26, Richmond Municipal Council confirmed it is proceeding with a long-awaited sidewalk project for the village of Arichat.
During the regular monthly council meeting,...
The Cheticamp River originates on the northern plateau of Cape Breton and flows some 25 kilometres westward to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Beginning in peat bogs and barrens and small lakes on top of the plateau, it starts off...
We are approaching my favourite time of the year in that it is almost blockbuster season.
This year is very exciting as we just got over Black Panther’s record breaking performance at the box office (I saw it again after...
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...
Now that the awards season is winding down and everybody actually received the correct envelope, you might be finding it difficult to sift through the wave of post-Oscar blockbusters and Academy Award winners and losers to figure out how...