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Even the groundhog stayed in as storm cancels Groundhog Day event

A major winter storm on the East Coast disrupted one of Canada’s best-known Groundhog Day traditions this year, keeping Shubenacadie Sam out of public view on Feb. 2. Officials at...

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From roadside to shoreline

I never thought we would get one, but we did. Our family recently inherited...

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The Most Unusual 911 Calls in Canada in 2025

Every year, police services and emergency communications centres across Canada issue reminders about what...

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EUROPE FROM $700 A DAY

“Do you know where you are going?” the flight attendant asks. It doesn’t matter...

Living Out Loud Susan Musgrave -

January Change

It is January. It is a dark month, full of weather delays and changing...

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Energetic cycles

Tlell, like all the communities on Haida Gwaii, is hunkering down for winter. Harvest feasts were enjoyed, some still calling it “Thanksgiving” — more in...

This firewood isn’t going to stack itself!

As someone who considers themselves a bit of a health guru, I can say with confidence that self-inflicted torture exercise is incredibly important for...

Approaching fall

Do you smell it? The hint of wood smoke in the air? The slight stench of decay? Do you notice a taste on the back...

OMG! That deer is so hot!

Last week, after a long day of showering (which I do once a month to soften my toenails for easier harvesting), I happened to...

Carlo’s peppers

There is a story Carlo Petrini shares at the very beginning of his famous book, Slow Food Nation, that I often think about. Carlo is...

Scrambled by an outage and the 21st-century lawn dart

So how did you fare through the Great Internet Outage of September 13 to 16? I was on a video session, and had just marvelled...

Science Matters: Plastic is polluting our bodies and brains!

Microplastics, soft plastics, burning plastics, plastics in the ocean, plastics in our brains, livers, kidneys, joints, reproductive organs, bones, blood… Plastic, a byproduct of...

There’s no place like chrome

In light of the current state of the world, I thought it might be fitting to take a more serious tone with this column. Sometimes,...

Jealous gran

Dear Annie, My daughter-in-law is keeping my grandchildren from me, and I want to be involved in their lives. She comes from a huge family, and...

Purpose, pleasure, pyramids

“The two most important days in a person's life are the day they are born and the day they find out why.” — Mark...

Expecting joy

Dear Annie, My partner and I are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our first child this winter. We’ve spent many years trying to conceive and...

Zucchini pasta, of course

I had other plans for this week’s column, but they all got sort of hijacked by the reality that we all have a lot...

Chickens: Nature’s little Houdinis

Warning: This column contains extremely juvenile acronymetic language and should therefore not be read by anyone over the age of six. Seriously. Last week our...

Legacies large and small

What do you want to leave when you’re gone? This week, a megayacht, the Liva O, sailed into town and was truly a sight...

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