Remind me again why we have Daylight Saving Time?
I’ve heard all the arguments: now we can barbeque at 7 p.m.; now we can walk later in the evening; now we’ll have more time to do things – but none...
Recent funding decisions by the federal and provincial governments can help upgrade high speed Internet service throughout the Strait area.
On March 15, Premier Stephen McNeil announced the province was providing more than $120 million in one-time funding, generated from...
A lot of negativity was avoided when the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union (NSTU) and the provincial government agreed to sit down face-to-face.
Late last month, the president of the NSTU, Liette Doucet, and Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil met to...
HALIFAX: Cell coverage continues to be an issue in rural communities.
On March 7, Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon brought up the topic of cell coverage in her riding, particularly the areas of Forchu, Framboise, Grand River, and Dundee. Paon...
A while back, I asked the Facebook world about people’s favourite villains. I got a bit of a mixed bag, but because my friends are nerds, the answers were pretty much what you’d expect.
There were a couple of joke...
I never thought I’d see the day when the federal party established to break up Canada was finally on the verge of breaking up itself.
For that matter, I always figured that if I lived long enough to see the...
February 1, 1910, Wallace Fougere, son of Firmin Fougere and Anne Boudreau, married Ella Jeanne LeBlanc, daughter of Capt. Augustin LeBlanc and Gertrude Josse, witnesses were Jacques Josse and Amanda Fougere
February 2, 1910, Henry McDonald, son of Urbain McDonald...
I was watching a sitcom years ago. I can’t even remember which one, but the storyline involved a woman who had made a video of herself for a dating agency.
In it, she explained that she wasn’t actually looking for...
PORT HAWKESBURY: In the face of rising operational costs, Strait Area Ground Search and Rescue (SAGSR) is requesting funding from eight local municipalities.
During the regular monthly meeting of council for the Town of Port Hawkesbury on March 6, Tanya...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Strait regional school board (SRSB) officials gathered for their final monthly meeting on March 7.
Bill 72 passed through the legislature last week, bringing sweeping changes to Nova Scotia’s education system, including the dissolution of all elected English...