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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...

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January Change

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

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Mapi’s Chocolate Cake

So many thoughts fill my head as I say my final goodbyes to family and friends during my recent visit home for my father’s...

Plastics treaty failure shows need to curtail oil industry

During the recent British Columbia election campaign, Conservative Party Leader John Rustad vowed to bring back plastic straws, cutlery and bags. It’s an all-too-common...

We’re nearly there… soon the Solstice will be upon us.

Winter is a time of contrasts, even when there is no white snow on the ground. It’s a time of quiet moments alone and...

Bots: Should I Be Worried?

Being the thrifty sort, I prefer to save my money rather than waste it on things like fancy speaker systems and music libraries. Instead,...

Words of Judy Whaley

When I was a kid, my mom took a turn, amongst a few other writers, at authoring “The Sandspit Shingle” for “The Observer” newspaper....

Nothing Next

Dear Annie, I always love late December, right around Christmas and New Years. Quiet dark days perfect for tea, puzzling and reading by the fire....

Microplastics, They’re Fantastic!

(If you sang the title of this column to the tune of “Barbie Girl” by the acclaimed Danish-Norwegian Europop band Aqua, then you are...

Haida Gwaii Wrapped: Your 2024 in Books

As fresh-faced booksellers, Heidi and I have gotten to know many of you this year through your reading habits. And also your pets, like...

A love affair

If I told you to close your eyes and think of your favourite food, you would understand the assignment immediately. With your eyes closed,...

“Must be nice!”

It has often been said that the hardest thing for people to learn in life is what we don't know. Life and experience teach...

War and climate change fuel a survival-threatening cycle

War is insane. Humans spend enormous amounts of money, consume massive resources, develop jaw-dropping technologies, destroy infrastructure and natural areas and kill millions of...

Rumours and ravens

No, I’m not Annie. I don’t even know who Annie is. She’s a mystery advice columnist to me, too. I like her advice; I’d say it’s...

Time travel won’t fix my nachos

NEWSFLASH — Time travel is not difficult! Contrary to what you may have seen in the modern world's version of educational videos (Hollywood movies), time...

Finding joy in the chaos of parenting

Dear Annie, I’m a working parent. I work full time. I have four kids. My spouse stays home all day parenting while I’m working at...

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