Uncategorized Canadian connection in the Australian bushfires 6 January 2020 On behalf of my Australian friends and family, I would like to thank Canada for its generosity in sending (an ever-increasing number of) firefighters to help battle the enormous blazes…
Uncategorized Cape Breton must control its own destiny 23 December 201923 December 2019 I was heartened to read in the Cape Breton Post recently that about half of my fellow Cape Bretoners believe the island would be better served if it were independent,…
Uncategorized December 2019 Webhosting Server Migration 18 December 201919 December 2019 Please bear with me during the next few days as I migrate the website's server to a new provider. I've decided to move the website over to the fantastic and…
Uncategorized Cape Breton museums need to be supported 21 November 201919 December 2019 I was saddened to read on the Cape Breton Post website of the dire financial situation that the Glace Bay Heritage Museum finds itself in. I was fortunate to have…
Uncategorized Nova Scotia needs to be better 20 November 201919 December 2019 Nova Scotia is a beautiful, rugged place filled with caring people and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to grow up there. However, it is very sad that exporting…
Uncategorized Tracing my Loyalist ancestry with the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada 15 September 201919 December 2019 Flag of the United Empire LoyalistsI spent the better part of a year researching my paternal great-grandmother's family in 2018 and it was a very insightful process. If you're Canadian,…
Uncategorized Canadian complacency contributes to economic troubles 16 October 201819 December 2019 How often I have heard Canadians express the superiority of our country amongst the nations of the world with universal health care cited as evidence of this proclamation. If only it…
Uncategorized Vote–it matters. 18 June 201519 December 2019 Nothing annoys me more than when a young person doesn’t vote. Okay, there probably are things that annoy me more, but young people not voting is right up there. I’ll put aside…