Politics

As Pierre Trudeau’s Foreign Affairs minister, Allan J. MacEachen globe-trotted around the world.

The son of an Inverness coal minister, was particularly fond of his travels throughout Scotland.

Leading Halifax-Dartmouth corporate lawyer John Young served as a political aide to Allan J. MacEachen in the mid-1970s.

Tactician. Wily. Strategist. Laird of Lake Ainslie. Lord of Cape Breton. The Second coming of Christ.

Those words were often used from the 1960s to early 1980s by political journalists of the day to describe the political life of Allan J. MacEachen.

During a recent chat with Brian Mulroney, I made the faux pas of telling the former prime minister I was drinking my favourite A&W coffee.

Major mistake.

The 18th prime minister, who served from 1984 to 1992, said he personally prefers iconic Tim Hortons.

Former Tory MP Scott Armstrong is now principal at a school in Debert.

I recently chatted with Armstrong, who represented Cumberland-Colchester before losing in the 2015 federal vote to Tory-turned-Liberal Bill Casey. Armstrong had served as a campaign manager for Casey in a previous campaign when he ran as a Conservative.

NS Strait of lost dreams.

Confederation Bridge, the fixed link to Prince Edward Island, turned 20-years-old on May 31.

Begun in 1993 and opened in 1997, the idea behind a bridge to the Island was conceived over after-dinner drinks by two Nova Scotia road giants, close business buddies.