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Seventy years of love: Musgravetown’s Walt and Phyllis Chaffey a picture of togetherness
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Freelancing for more than six decades, Sackville's Wallie Sears remains committed and passionate reporter
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Rolston String Quartet brings award-winning talents to DeCoste
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FOOD WISE: Comfort foods for the long winter
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deCoste Centre showing the love with Valentine’s Day offer
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AMONG FRIENDS: Playing fairy godmother
GREEN FILES: For the birds
When is a gardener not a birder? We can’t think of an answer. Truth is, gardeners love birds, much as sailors love wind. Now is a good time to consider how you can attract more birds to your yard or balcony. Between us, we have 15 bird ...
OUTDOOR WORLD: Year of the Salmon looks at the core problems
Everyone has heard of the problems facing Atlantic salmon in Nova Scotia. Numbers are declining, and fishing season has been closed on many rivers. Unfortunately, it is not only salmon facing problems in Nova Scotia these days. Salmon populations ...
Live in a tight space? Try these tips to maximize spatial efficiency
Between hectic work and social life demands, life can often be a tight squeeze. But your home shouldn’t feel like one — even if you inhabit a smaller domicile. The trick to airing out a compact space, say the pros, is to get organized and ...
Dave Gunning releases new album, Up Against the Sky
When Pictou County-born country music star George Canyon was up for a visit last summer, folk singer Dave Gunning made an impromptu stop at Frenchy’s to pick up a random assortment of clothes and the long-time friends headed to ...
Growth Spurt: how to make a small room look bigger
Some decorating tricks are really just common sense while others are of the fool-the-eye variety. If you want to make even the tiniest room in your home appear bigger, keep on reading for tips. 1. Position furniture to ‘enlarge’ a ...
Aaron Pritchett at deCoste centre for his only Nova Scotia stop
Aaron Pritchett retains his title as one of Canada’s most electrifying entertainers, as he prepares to release his latest studio album, Out on the Town. With 14 career top-10 singles, a gold-selling smash hit, a recent string of top-10 ...
Glen Haven expands palliative care services
For many years, palliative care was offered only in the final weeks or months of life when all curative treatments had been expended. At that point in time, care shifted from cure to comfort. The health care sector worldwide now recognizes that ...
Past Times: They stood up for their rights – for sitting down
The famous Viola Desmond story is well documented and publicized as a turning point in Canadian racial equality history. In 1946, Ms. Desmond was charged at a New Glasgow movie theater for sitting in the white-only section. However, five ...
AMONG FRIENDS: Changing perceptions of palliative care
With an increasingly aging population, it is time for people in Pictou County to think seriously about palliative care, says Margaret Ellen Disney, chair of the Aberdeen Palliative Care Society. “There are conversations we should be having, ...
New Glasgow welcomes artist in residence Sarah Mosher
NEW GLASGOW The Town of New Glasgow recently welcomed 2019 NSCAD artist in residence Sarah Mosher and local NSCAD alumni in residence, Rachael Robitaille. Mosher is a textile artist and photographer from Canaan, Kings County. She moved to ...