Letter to the editor: “What’s in the water…?”
("According to wikipedia, kilts were around in the 16c." Pictured: A private and corporal of a Highland Regiment, circa 1744 - Source: Image scanned from...
Letter to the editor: Ciad Mile Failte
To the editor: “One hundred thousand welcomes” is the Gaelic phrase that we were taught when I was 9 years old, my first summer of 6 years at the Gaelic College...
Letter to the editor: St.F.X. Celtic Studies lecturer weighs in on “End of an Era…”
12 An Dùbhlachd 2011 A luchd-stiùraidh na Còlaisde Gàidhlige, is a chairdean còire, Ged a bhithinn deònach an litir uile seo a sgrìobhadh anns a’ Ghàidhlig,...
Letter to the editor: Cultural Faux Pas (12/13/11)
To the editor: I am appalled at the article in yesterday’s (12/11/11) Herald and truly believe that those in charge of Cape Breton’s Gaelic College have no idea...
Letter to the editor: Gaelic College responds to “End of an Era at the Gaelic College”
(A postcard image of the Gaelic College Pipe Band, circa 1950-'60s - photo: C. Dobson; publisher: C. & G. Macleod Ltd, Sydney, N.S.) Letter to the Editor: As...
Inaugural Bicycle Ride on the NEW Canso Causeway – December 11
(The Canso Causeway's new guard-rail and metre-wide paved shoulders will improve safety for cyclists - photo: Dave Yetter) by Micheline Guillot & Jacques...
Letter to the editor: The end of an era at the Gaelic College
To the editor: In an era when family values, morals, tradition and culture are questioned daily by popular media and outside exposure, it is shocking to see yet...
Fortress Louisbourg hosts “Holiday Harmonies” featuring Coro Cantabile – December 11
(Coro Cantabile - photo: John Pendergast) by Jessica Klein & Ken Chisholm The signs of the season are beginning to appear in Cape Breton. The short days are...
One sentence music review – Norma MacDonald’s Blackheart of the Company
By Paul MacDougall I’ve been reading and researching Davis Day the past few months and then out of the blue my friend Jen from Toronto sends me a link to one...
6th annual Estwood Davidson Memorial Bursary Fund concert features an all star line up May 7
(Estwood H. Davidson and Winston (Scotty) Fitzgerald) Estwood H. Davidson was a pioneer of the Celtic guitar. During his musical lifetime, he accompanied many Celtic...

