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Roots & Folks

A toxic legacy

  • By Jim Gourlay
  • Header photo by Scott Leslie
Why is Nova Scotia the only place on earth not recovering from acid rain?

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Iron Men and All That

  • By Bill Coultas
  • Header photo by Nick Hawkins Photography
Next time you enjoy a plate of fish and chips, give some thought to how it got there

‘…Study first, then recreation’

  • By Darcy Rhyno
Getting to know Dr. Najam Chishti

It’s all interconnected

  • By Bob Bancroft
  • Header photo by Scott Leslie
Messing with nature is fraught with unintended consequences

One basket at a time

  • By Cary Rideout
  • Photography By Nanette Gordon
Confessions of a failed potato picker

Treating your inner self

  • By Philip Moscovitch
  • Header photo by Scott Serfas
Relax, recharge, reflect and re-energise

Back to the Future: Gaelic in Nova Scotia

  • By Marjorie Simmins
  • Photography By Courtesy of The Gaelic College
The valiant and progressing effort to preserve an ancient language

  • By by David Goss
  • Header photo by HAROLD WRIGHT/ SAINT JOHN HERITAGE
The Spanish flu and its Atlantic Canada connections

  • By Anne Marie Beattie
  • Photography By Knickle’s Studio & Gallery
A well-known story told from a different vantage point

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Scott Grant
“I wanted to give back” 

  • By Terry Punch
  • Header photo by Bigstock/dbvirago
Among the most frequently asked questions by genealogists are the three Ws: “Who? When? Where?” On the face of it these seem to require less explaining than...
Amy and Verena grow between 40 and 50 different types of vegetables, including yellow squash and eight varieties of beets and carrots.

  • By Janet Wallace
  • Photography By Janet Wallace
  • Header photo by Janet Wallace
“AFTER WE MOVED to the Island,” recounts Amy Smith, “an elderly neighbour—he was so sweet—listened to our plans and shook his head sadly.”

  • By Bob Bancroft
Related to weasels, these fascinating creatures also can indicate pollution levels  
Wadih Fares in front of the Trillium building in downtown Halifax, NS.

  • By Quentin Casey
  • Photography By Jackson Productions Inc.
  • Header photo by W.M. Fares Group
THERE’S AN ONGOING perception, in some quarters, that immigrants “steal” jobs from local folks.

  • By Don Scott
“I get annoyed when I hear people say nobody uses libraries anymore”  
Dr. Siyaram Pandey, a biochemist from the University of Windsor, has developed a concentrated dandelion root extract that has been approved for trial by Health Canada.

  • By Gillian Hobbes
  • Photography By Gillian Hobbs
Pity the poor dandelions. Long considered a weed, dandelions are despised by many and often destroyed as soon as they dare mar the green perfection of our...

  • By Cora Nelson with Nick Looker
A letter sent long ago by a young serviceman connects generations