Eagles and cellphones
If you have a smartphone, you’ll have a plan associated with
it that usually has limits.
These limits can be on the number of calls, texts, and data that
you’re...
Put mining in its place
To the Editor;
For over five decades, I have been working to limit the damage
caused by the mining industry in Canada, as a community organizer in Sudbury,
Ont., as a...
In our time of need, they’re there
In times of emergencies, members of our own communities are
there.
When we run away from a burning building, they’re running to
it. When we get into a car accident, they’re...
Twenty-five years of Amazon
Back in 1994,
on July 5, an entrepreneur named Jeff Bezos started a new online store that
specialised in selling books.
Twenty-five
years later, the behemoth that became Amazon is now...
The Local Climate – Bridging the isthmus
That sliver of land connecting Nova Scotia to the rest of
North America is known as the Chignecto Isthmus, its thousands of relevant
acres our only defence against islandhood.
In case...
Coming together for the future
Looking at the calendar for the months ahead, the North
Shore is definitely the place to be.
From Gathering of the Clans and HarbourFest in Pugwash, to
Read by the Sea...
The Local Climate – Sable
The remotest island in all of Canada is a 42-kilometre long
sliver of sand gracing our continental shelf, formed 10,000 years ago by the
workings of glaciers.
We call her...
Reducing the risk of tick bites
As the temperature rises, many of us will be spending more
time enjoying the outdoors in northern Nova Scotia.
It is important to take steps to reduce the risk of being
bitten...
So long, Tatamagouche
To the Editor;
My wife and I are writing to express our heartfelt gratitude regarding our first visit to Nova Scotia from the United States.
Our visit, meant as a celebration of 30 years of marriage,...
How long is too long?
To the Editor;
September is upon us once more and for most 5-year-olds (and some 4’s), it is a time of great excitement as they are to go to school for the first time.
This year,...