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A proud worker at the Petit-de-Grat snow crab plant on Isle Madame, off Cape Breton, NS. Photo by Kate Barden and Bruce Cramer.
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The Beleaguered Gard…
The only garden that doesn't have some sort of growing challenge is someone else's. Nature, it seems at times, likes nothing better than to knock us humans down a notch or two, particularly when we purport to "improve" her handiwork by gardening or landscaping our properties. Mother Nature can throw any of...
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Spinning Stories & S…
From sheep to scarves and fleece to finished art, the "new" fibre arts warm body and soul They come in unceremoniously, lugging wooden wheels and bags of fleece and wool, and towel-wrapped casserole dishes. This meeting's host, Pia Skaarer Nielsen, welcomes each arrival with an enthusiastic greeting and smile, and an...
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Getting the (Real) J…
Self-reliance and self worth trump profit margin for these special entrepreneurs. On sunlit Main Street in Canning, NS, there's a bustle of activity centered around a storefront office. A young woman hauls a basket of clean laundry out to a vehicle, while another returns from the post office with a bundle...
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International Chowde…
Winter is a great time to put chowder on the menu, and if you live anywhere in the Atlantic provinces, it's a good bet there will be several choices of shellfish available to go into the pot. As was indicated at the Prince Edward Island International Shellfish Festival held on...
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No Monthly Energy Bi…
An experiment in energy efficiency breaks new ground in New Brunswick. It is a frigid winter day in Bathurst, NB, but inside the EcoPlusHome, the Kenny family is cozy and warm. And thanks to an integrated component system that uses renewable energy technologies like solar thermal, photovoltaic and geothermal, their power...
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