Dear Editor, Darryl Sittler, a Maple Leafs hockey legend, can be seen in a recent national campaign speaking on hearing loss. He notes hearing loss can lead to depression, cognitive decline and social isolation. These are serious yet preventable issues. We, the Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing NovaRead More
Dear Editor, Rare to find such negativity from a Cape Bretoner as I did in Mary Campbell’s March 22nd screed on caddies at Cabot (“The ‘Joy and Wonderment’ of Caddying“). Personally, I have met and carried for some of the most interesting, curious and open minded people. All seem genuinelyRead More
An Open Letter to the Municipality of the County of Inverness: Lately, I have been asking myself who our government is actually working for. A few weeks ago, an ad in our local paper (Inverness Oran) caught my eye: Free Caddie Information Sessions were offered at four schools, but insteadRead More
Dear Premier Houston: We would like to bring your attention to the West Mabou Beach Provincial Park controversy and our concerns in that regard. West Mabou Beach is an ecologically sensitive area that forms part of the mere 5% of Nova Scotian coastline that is legally protected. We are adamantlyRead More
Editor’s Note: The subject line of this email was simply “Donkin Mine” I am a retired psychiatrist who got to treat one of the men for PTSD who had brought out dead from the Westray mine disaster in ‘92. After the explosion the manager of that mine described itRead...
Growing up in South Bar, wedged between the larger centers of Sydney and New Waterford, you quickly learn that to get anything done for “The Bar” you have to work hard, organize and make a lot of noise to get any kind of action from local politicians who focus onRead More
Editor’s Note: I received my copy of this open letter, released by the Health for All Network on 12 October 2022, from Dr. Monika Dutt, a public health physician in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador whom I’ve interviewed in these pages previously and who stated, in an accompanying pressRead More
Why do we in Sydney have to settle for second best? We have consultations on projects but recommendations are ignored without much, if any, published analysis. Outrageously exaggerated costs are often quoted to justify inaction. Take the costs of installing buried power lines on Charlotte Street. I have not seenRead More
With the highest child poverty in the country, the highest unemployment ever, the highest property taxes in the country, infrastructure that is falling apart, our healthcare in a crisis, roads that are unsafe to drive on, cost of living the highest in 30 years, home ownership that is completely outRead More
Editor’s Note: Joe Noseworthy’s high school graduation photo popped up in his social media feed last month as his own daughter was graduating from high school prompting this delightful reflection on New Waterford in the ’80s. Thirty years this week since this pic was taken! It amazes me, theRead More
