Cajuns with an unbroken line to an Acadian ancestor from the Maritime Provinces may already qualify as Canadian citizens — though that interpretation is not universally agreed upon. Two Canadian ...
I was 16 when I visited the beach where my ancestors were deported hundreds of years before. During the Grand Derangement 10,000-plus Acadians were removed from their home in Nova Scotia, or Acadie, ...
A letter from Mike Fitzwilliam in the Jan. 20 edition takes a previous writer to task over certain “facts” related to the subject of illegal immigration. But Fitzwilliam then proceeds to pontificate a ...
Nova Scotia's electoral boundaries commission is considering creating a new constituency in the Chéticamp area and if approved by the government, it would become the fourth protected Acadian riding in ...
Acadians who died during deportations to France in the mid-18th century are remembered annually in P.E.I. A ceremony commemorating the deceased Acadians occurred at the Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort ...