Roots & Folks

A moving target

  • By Kevin Yarr
  • Photography By Steve Smith/VisionFire
Trying to understand Hans Wendt’s paintings may be the wrong approach

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How to explore like a Saltscaper

  • By Vernon Oickle
  • Photography By Bryanna Chapeskie
Any time’s a great time for an East Coast adventure

Treasure hunters and patriots

  • By Darcy Rhyno
When war raged and American raiders menaced coastal communities, ordinary citizens became privateers and defended the Maritimes

Making waves

  • By Saltscapes Staff
  • Header photo by Chris Smith, Adam Young, Christopher Deacon
25 people, places, and things to watch in Atlantic Canada this year

Minimalist photo, maximum effort

  • By Steve Smith
  • Photography By Steve Smith/VisionFire
Discover the joys of making pictures with Saltscapes staff photographer Steve Smith

Mike Smith unplugged

  • By Alec Bruce
  • Photography By Steve Smith/VisionFire
Art, music, and the next act for the man behind Bubbles

Ahead by a century 

  • By Trevor J. Adams
  • Header photo by Steve Smith/Visionfire
A prestigious art society celebrates its centenary on the East Coast, showcasing local creations alongside watercolours from around the world 

  • By Bob Bancroft
  • Photography By Scott Leslie
  • Header photo by Brittany Crossman
Hooded mergansers are unlike other local duck species

  • By Mark Leger
  • Photography By Steve Smith/VisionFire
Bernard Doucet’s love of art began as a child. As director of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, he shares that passion far and wide

  • By Trevor J. Adams
Why three Atlantic Canadian towns’ names are engraved on the Stanley Cup

  • By Darcy Rhyno
Getting to know Tyler Coady

  • By Glen Strickey
  • Photography By Glen Strickey
Meeting the colourful birds on their summer turf

  • By Alec Bruce
  • Photography By Steve Smith/VisionFire
Propelled by frustration and concern, Barry Braun and Bruce Dienes are determined to retrain a world that’s forgotten how to behave

  • By Bob Bancroft
  • Photography By Sean Landsman
Overfishing endangers American eel populations

  • By Marjorie Simmins
  • Photography By Ryan Joseph MacDonald
  • Header photo by Destination Cape Breton
Bagpiping is alive and well on Cape Breton Island

  • By Janet Whitman
  • Photography By Steve Smith/VisionFire
Artist Jo Napier captures the essence of great women

  • By Vernon Oickle
  • Photography By Bryanna Chapeskie
Our ways with language are some nice