Archive for November, 2017

MMIWG, Membertou Photo by Stephen Brake courtesy of Ku'ku'kwes News

MMIWG Coverage: Read Ku’ku’kwes News

November 1, 2017 at 12:04 pm

Maureen Googoo’s Ku’ku’kwes News, an “independent indigenous” online news organization, has been providing extensive coverage of the hearings of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) in Membertou, Cape Breton, this week. In addition to live-blogging the sessions, which took place on Monday and Tuesday andRead More

Photo by Madeline Yakimchuk

Gardening Tips for Seedy Characters: Week 43

November 1, 2017 at 12:02 pm

What to do this week I have been potting-up things this week to bring indoors. There are lots of things you can bring in, but one of them is not basil, so I didn’t bring in any. Here is why: The only way I have ever successfully overwintered basil inRead More

Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion, Sydney, Nova Scotia

Letter to the Editor: Second Berth Due Diligence

November 1, 2017 at 12:00 pm

As I read Mary’s article on the consideration of a second berth for cruise ships in the Sydney Harbour, I asked myself this question: If this proposal was taken to a bank, other than the bank of tax payers, what answer would CBRM get? The Executive Summary [of the CPCSRead More