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Russell WangerskyThey bring shellfish and finfish to market, species grown fat and large by aquatic farm husbandry. Mussels and oysters hang in socks from ropes beneath buoys, salmon and sometimes steelhead trout swim in circles in ocean cages. The ...

Wendy Elliott ColumnSix years ago we made a gain on the midwifery front in three places in the province. Midwives operate out of Antigonish, the South Shore and Halifax. In two of those places, homebirths are allowed. The Midwifery Coalition of Nova ...

Steve Bartlett: The Deep End“A large nest can be home to 600,000,000.3 wasps,” the search result read. “That army is preparing to attack you. Move to another hemisphere immediately.” OK, the warning wasn’t that dire but it did offer a reminder of ...

Russell WangerskyEconomic nationalism, though, is shorthand for something people in this region have argued about for years: the need to keep work in the Atlantic region for the sake of employment, even when that work can be done more economically ...

Wendy Elliott ColumnThis $1.6-million redevelopment project features eight one-bedroom, plus den units, and a one one-bedroom unit. It also includes a barrier-free apartment for persons with disabilities. The initiative was cost-shared between the ...

Russell WangerskyYou’re allowed to be ignorant and offensive — except within the parameters of hate speech — as you like. You can get invited to a party, tell the host he’s as ugly as a dog, trash the food as “too ethnic” and tell anyone who’s ...

Steve Bartlett: The Deep EndIt was February 1979 and the eclipse was such a BIG deal that I just used all-caps. I was in Grade 5, addicted to Star Wars, KISS and Guy Lafleur and totally fascinated by this eclipse stuff. Under innocence and ...

Russell WangerskyThere were three Poles ahead of us at the check-in at the Super 8: father, mother and son, trying to check in to their single room. The father without a word of English, in a beige vest with a big American flag on the breast, wearing ...

We were going to the home of some not-so-close friends of my parents, a summertime dinner in a South End Halifax neighbourhood. It was the kind of neighbourhood where the thick leafiness of the summer trees — oaks and maples and failing elms — made ...

But there is a difference this year. There are children dressed in period costumes roaming the grounds and brightening up the day for visitors to enjoy.Le Village historique acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse in West Pubnico. This early 1900s Acadian ...