By Grant Spearman, President CVMC
It’s a wrap for another year!
Coastal Voices Men’s Choir finished off another successful season with back to back concerts on the May 24/25th weekend at Calvin United Church in Lawrencetown and St Peter’s Catholic Church in Sheet Harbour.
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‘I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas’
“The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
--T.S.Eliot
An apt literary snippet in lobster season is not hard to find. Though Eliot was referring to the low mental state of his subject, it’s a beautifully phrased and memorable image. Poetry in motion, literally.
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By Richard Bell
If you were looking for the best mead in Canada, Musquodoboit Harbour would be an unlikely place to start.
But at this year’s All Canadian Wine Championships, the Harbour’s own Fireside Meadery won a double gold for its Ember Metheglin mead (made with water, honey, and spices), the best in its category, and a gold for its other mead offering, Sunset Cyser (made from apple cider and honey).
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By Savayda Jarone – Herbalist
There’s something so precious about summer — the sunshine, the fresh berries, the herbs bursting with flavour. It’s a season that practically begs to be bottled up and savoured. And guess what? You can do just that… with homemade herbal syrups!
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By John English
“There is nothing on this earth more
to be prized than true friendship.”
--Thomas Aquinas
I desire connection. As a human being, I am a very social animal; I need a “tribe”, a social group in which I feel accepted, protected and valued. Within this social group is my family unit – parents, grandparents, children, and extended relatives – but also included are my fellow group members, my neighbours and co-workers and coffee shop mates. Among this non-family component of the social group are my friends.
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By Kaitlyn MacNeill
After the Hammons Plains and Upper Tantallon wildfires in 2023, as well as the more recent wildfires in California this past spring, the effects of climate change have become clearer than ever before, raising questions about fire insurance.
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By Elizabeth MacKinnon
When you're walking through downtown Halifax, there's no reason for you to be thinking about sidewalks; they are simply a truth beneath your feet.
But in the rural communities that became part of HRM through their involuntary amalgamation in 1996, the existence--or non-existence--of sidewalks has become the site of some of the most convoluted and contentious conflicts over new taxes, public safety, economic development, and active transportation.
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By Anonymous
The vibrant and creative spirit that once flowed through the halls of Bell Park Academic Centre and Nelson Whynder Elementary School will be noticeably absent this September, as the long-standing art program has been quietly eliminated for the 2025–26 school year.
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By Kaitlyn MacNeill
The summer season calls for more awareness on tick safety in Nova Scotia. With people spending more time in fields and wooded areas, experts want Nova Scotians to know best safety practices for ticks and tick-borne diseases.
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By Richard Bell
One of the surprising attractions in Sheet Harbour is the wreck of the 166-foot sealer/fishing/cargo-carrying Arctic Trader, which sank in 1994 at a dock next to the East River bridge. At low tide, the highest point of the wreck is only a few feet under, putting the wreck on the scuba diver’s list of fairly easy diving spots.
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