A snowy egret, photographed here in one of the artificial duck ponds in the Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary. The 429-hectare environment is a safe haven for birds, wildlife, and anybody seeking a few moments of peace and tranquility.

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Photography and story by Scott Leslie.

IT’S NO SECRET that magazine publishing in Atlantic Canada is a tough business—but boy, do we get support. Eight years in, our readership growth and subscription renewals are still strong; newsstand owners all across the region seem to go out of their way to give us prominent placement; and the Canada Post folks on the ground deliver your subscription copies with both speed and efficiency. 

BONDING TIME with the special people in life is vital. Sometimes, because of distance, years go by without being together physically, but strong connections remain. The only female kidlette in the first six years of my life was Irene—and the connection made then has remained as strong as ever throughout the years. 

The Canadian Fellowship of Baden-Powell Guilds is an adult organization comprised largely of former members of Scouts Canada and Girl Guides Canada, and their spouses and friends, who, while no longer active at the grassroots level of scouting or guiding, wish to continue in a community service capacity. They support and assist the Scouting movement, whose mandate in turn is to “contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build ...
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