Late last month, the Government of
Canada introduced the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act which
prohibits vessel abandonment, and adopts into Canadian law the Nairobi
International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007.
According to the...
Since
last week’s column saw me sharing some favourite moments from a crazy stretch
in the summer of 2019, I figure that’s a good theme to revisit for one more
week.
The first
Friday in August saw a...
The book Acadian Lives consists of interviews with Cape
Breton Acadians and was collected and edited by Ronald Kaplan with Rosie Aucoin
Grace. The book was published in 2004.
2. Wilfred
Poirier’s favorite job was in a...
I first became aware of climate change in
2004 when, in my teen years, comedian Rick Mercer jumped on my television to
promote the One Tonne Challenge, an imperfect attempt by our federal government
to place the burden of decarbonization...
Eventually, the
federal government made the right decision by shelving a proposed airport
project for Inverness County, but how long it will be sidelined is anyone’s
guess.
On July 25, the
Minister of Rural Economic Development, Bernadette Jordan,...
Kombucha tea is a fizzy, refreshing and slightly alcoholic beverage
made by fermenting tea with a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast – known
as a SCOBY.
While kombucha has seen a resurgence in popularity in...
The Migratory
Bird Convention Act (MBCA) is a fine piece of legislation, stipulating in no
uncertain terms than an exhaustive list of our native birds - chiefly those who
come and go with the seasons - cannot be legally killed,...
The book Acadian Lives consists of interviews with Cape Breton Acadians
and was collected and edited by Ronald Kaplan with Rosie Aucoin Grace. The book
was published in 2004.
“Wilfred M. Poirier was born in 1885...
As this piece goes to print, I will be
acknowledging my one year “keto-versary,” as the Internet calls it. August 6,
2018 was the day I officially cut sugar and carbs out of my diet.
The...
Sometimes I won’t have anything
especially profound or enlightening to say in this column. (I can hear you now:
“Only sometimes?”)
Occasionally, I’ll have a week that was
so full of travels, adventures, and mid-summer memories that...