By John Verlinden
For a resident living on the Eastern Shore in the early part of the 20th century, a visit to Halifax involved a lot of planning. For those travelling by sail, a trip from Chezzetcook could be made in a few hours. The return trip, however, would often take four days, depending on the prevailing winds. The alternative was ox team or horse and wagon over rough dirt roads.
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By Susanne Merrett
The Latin phrase caveat emptor, meaning “buyer beware,” is not usually something you consider when grocery shopping. Ordinarily, questionable selling practices tend to be associated with used cars and too-good-to-be-true real estate ventures. However, food fraud has been making headlines recently, with the seafood industry swirling in the centre of a multimillion (perhaps billion) dollar maelstrom.
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By Marcus Brady
The ESDH boy’s basketball team lived up to the hype this year. After their first two exhibition games in October, the team posted the best record the school has ever seen in the regular season, with 9 wins and 1 loss, to Sir John A.
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By Gina Dunn
The Junior C hockey playoffs have started and the ThunderDome (aka ES Arena) has been the place to be these last 2 Saturday nights in February with the Eastern Shore Thunder winning both semi final home games against the Avon River Rats.
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By Marike Finlay-de Monchy and Karin Cope
We had long dreamed of sailing to Haida Gwaii on Quoddy’s Run, our 44-foot sailboat—and this past summer, we finally made it.
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By Dana Bell
If you're going to Maui, the guidebooks will probably tell you to book a reservation up to 60 days in advance at recreation.gov to watch the sunrise in the Haleakela crater. I would bet that they are right. It’s probably one of the most beautiful places to watch the sunrise in the entire world. But because we are not great planners, my boyfriend and I did not do that.
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By Claire Longhurst
I have wandered the ancient streets of Rome. Visited the canals and museums of Amsterdam. Boated on Lake Geneva. Marvelled at the Chagall stained glass windows in Zurich. Sipped hot mulled wine, meandering the stalls of the Christmas market in Mainz. Sweated out Octoberfest in Munich. Basked by the pool in Santiago. Splashed in the Mediterranean off Barcelona and Tel Aviv. Fallen in love in Paris. Found out why a danish is called a danish in Copenhagen. Savoured the fresh fruit in Bogotá. Picnicked on Primrose hill over looking the skyline of London. Quiet in the gardens and temple in Narita. Driven around Delhi with a monk. Overwhelmed in Beijing. Regaled myself on mussels and waffles in Brussels.
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By Richard Bell
Heather White is an unlikely leader for a full-scale rebellion against the Stock Transportation Company’s school buses operating on behalf of the Halifax Regional School board. Yet since she first posted her complaints about the company on a dedicated Facebook page on January 22 (Parents For Safe & Reliable Stock Buses), almost 1000 people have signed on, pouring out their rage and frustration at the company.
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By Dee Dwyer
How much sound do we take for granted and do not really hear?
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By Richard Bell
A new consulting report has identified some serious problems with the operation of the Twin Oaks Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) that serves the Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital, The Birches, and Eastern Shore District High.
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