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Bantam ‘A’ female Bulldogs enjoy banner year
Earl Randall launching Let ’Er Roll May 1 in Antigonish
Pleasantdale one win away from Rural League title
Paul MacLean’s agent says no conversations were had about Cape Breton ...
Muay Thai: Kickboxing is still kicking in Antigonish
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Bernie Vosman's legacy bringing people together
Musical theatre takes center stage at New Glasgow Music Festival
Strait Pirates and Sackville Blazers tied at two games apiece
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VIBERT: Cap and trade saves Nova Scotia consumers
Nova Scotia seems to have come up with a way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions without causing much pain to Nova Scotian consumers, or polluter ...
The play – and the umpire role – is under review
The World Series starts tonight. As far as the teams competing, it’s a repeat of a series played 102 years ago although, at that time, it was the Brooklyn Robins versus the Boston Red Sox. The Robins would, in subsequent years, become the ...
Russell Wangersky: Where there’s a will…
No one fights like family. They know where the old bruises are, the ones that go as deep as bone and hurt like hell the instant you press them. They know where the skeletons are buried; no one can crush you as successfully with a single off-hand ...
STEVE BARTLETT: Carjacking and bombings, thankfully not the norm
What would you have done in Michelle Murray’s situation? She was waiting in a parked Pontiac van while her daughter and a friend smoked a cigarette. There were three children under three in the van with her; two of them her ...
LEGER: Self-absorbed neighbours frustrate Canadians and Irish
Are Canadians to Americans as the Irish are to the English? It feels that way to me. The English retain an obvious colonial attitude toward the Irish, when they think of them at all. The Americans tend to see Canada as a mere market segment and most ...
VIBERT: Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leadership wars drawing to a close
The big reveal is a week away; most of the votes have already been cast; one candidate’s team exudes confidence, but the others say, by their reckoning, the outcome remains very much in doubt. The Nova Scotia Conservative leadership campaign ...
Russell Wangersky: Soup from a stone
(With apologies to “Stone Soup,” a folk tale where villagers unwittingly contribute what little they have to a shared pot, and then enjoy the delicious soup that results.) A stranger came to town with a stone and a fanciful ...
VIBERT: Workplace equity troubles Nova Scotia
The New Democrats’ charge that the Nova Scotia government is insensitive to the barriers faced by working mothers gained a little more traction this w ...
VIBERT: Halifax now a world-class nanny state
Halifax, it seems, has finally fulfilled its quixotic quest to be a “world class” something. ...
Russell Wangersky: Dangerous dogmatists
This will come as no surprise to reasonable people. We’ve doubled down on dogmatism. We’ve built a wall, and neither side — once you get out to the extremes — has the high ground any more. Anyone who reads ...
