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 goal of the Port Joli Community Association is to restore, renovate and then maintain the historic Port Joli School (Community Hall). Plans include establishing a local history museum on the upper floor of the building, and maintaining the main floor for community meetings and small functions.

The association was incorporated in September 1961, but membership and interest has declined in the past decade—and the hall is in disrepair. A small but enthusiastic group of community members has recently started things moving again. The building’s exterior will be restored to a period around the turn of the last century (1800-1900), celebrating its history dating back to 1868. The building’s original purpose was to house the school and later the community hall.
 

Florida has a healthy retirement-based economy: could we achieve the same?

WE HAVE, in the recent past, run a series of articles on the unpleasant realities facing much of rural Atlantic Canada—loss of economic base leading to loss of population base leading to loss of services leading to loss of community. 

It’s a sad, sad story. Plausible initiatives appear to be in very short supply indeed. The demographic realities of an aging population are not in our favour.