GUYSBOROUGH: After two very successful cycling events, Lost Shores Gran Fondo has launched its 2018 event. Registration is now open, and gift certificates are available for the cyclist on your Christmas list.
The 2018 event takes place Saturday, September...
As Canadians usher in the holiday season, we have much to be thankful for. While many places in the world are in turmoil, we enjoy relative prosperity and comfort. Despite the less-than-ideal economic conditions, Canada, and especially Nova Scotia,...
I’ll kick this off with a dirty big spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Justice League or Thor Ragnarok, and are still hoping to do so with as little knowledge about the movies beforehand, I suggest you stop reading...
Alexandre Marchand and Marie Jane Boudrot married on January 25, 1904, son of the late Abraham Marchand and Polline Roy, to the daughter of Placide Boudrot and Victoire Girroir, witnesses Ernest Samson and Celina Meunier
Pierre Poirier and Clara Forgeron...
I’d like to think that I have shown great restraint by limiting the amount of column space devoted to Donald Trump during his first year as the American president.
Of course, this is partly because The Angry Orange seems to...
Only two months after the death of Allan J. MacEachen, comes the loss of another Strait area political icon.
On November 23, Gerald “Gerry” Joseph Doucet died in Halifax at the age of 80.
Born on May 4, 1937 to Marie...
The writing was pretty much on the wall for Sears when the company announced they were “restructuring,” and everyone’s assumptions were confirmed when they announced liquidation plans this summer.
While news like this doesn’t come as much of a surprise...
My problem with pineapple on pizza is primarily an issue of texture.
I like a little crisp on the crust, and the soft-melted cheese, which usually hides, but pineapple is far too fibrous for my liking. It becomes not a...
One of the most prominent figures in the history of Richmond County, and Arichat in particular, is Edmund Power Flynn, politician, merchant, and Richmond County’s first coroner.
He was the son of John Flynn (1789 -1839) and Mary Power (1794...
I was about two months into my first regular journalism job, as the afternoon news anchor for CIGO AM Radio.
With my five o’clock newscast just a few minutes away, I was delivering a handful of sound clips and pre-packaged...