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A Loyalist weekend of tea, tents and descendants

Loyalist descendants celebrate 225th anniversary with 225 participants

Article online since July 14th 2008
Digby’s ‘Gathering of Loyalist Descendants’ attracted participants not just from the Maritimes, but from California, Scotland, and British Columbia. And there were 225 of them at the July 10 event—a fitting number since the celebration occurred on the 225th anniversary of the Loyalist...

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Racism protest at Digby’s RCMP detachment

Article online since July 14th 2008
The rain was at times heavy and so was the message. Rev. M. Alden Fells of Digby’s Bethel Baptist Church quoted Martin Luther King’s dream that children “will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Fells spoke Monday at a protest in front of...

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East Coast Classic nets $85,000-plus for charities

Article online since July 9th 2008
There were actors, athletes and anchors—all in town for the July 6-9 East Coast Classic at the Digby Pines Golf Resort. Those celebrities were joined by 190 business people and together they raised more than $60,000 for the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame and amateur sport in Nova Scotia. That...

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Tasering followed racial slurs, charges Fells

Black community plans protest after incident involving visiting police

Article online since July 7th 2008
Black community leaders in Digby are meeting to organize a protest after a June 22 incident outside Club 98 led to a young black man, William Drummond, being shot with a police Taser. Staff-Sgt. Phil Barrett of the Digby RCMP detachment has asked for an independent investigation by the police...

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Daughter of ALS victim intent on raising awareness and funds

Article online since July 3rd 2008
Jack Morrell of Brighton was 70 when he was diagnosed with ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. His family was told he would increasingly have problems with moving, swallowing and speaking. His condition, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, would eventually lead to his losing the ability...

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