DEBBIE BREKELMANS lives for flying. As a pilot for Maritime Air, the company her husband and a friend started in 1996, she flies the only commercial charter to...
Celtic Colours
In mid-October of 2010, I attended a Celtic Colours concert in the gym of the North Highlands Elementary School, located on the shore of Aspy Bay, at the...
Compassionate Care
Growing up in Pictou, NS, Jock Murray was supposed to go into the printing and newspaper business. At least, that’s what his family—owners of Advocate...
Bluebloods, Black Market
On Campobello Island, Eleanor Roosevelt once wrote, “I had a feeling of remoteness, which I rarely experience anywhere else.” In her “My Day” syndicated...
The Sushi Factor
Should the flesh of a recently harvested bluefin tuna appear a little translucent with a deep rose tone, the lucky fisherman could be in for a hefty payday...
The Diviners
Listen to this. I’m not doing a thing,” says Adrian Nette. I put my ear close to the freshly cut, Y-shaped willow branch he’s holding at shoulder height, and hear a...
Heritage Trails
Years ago I was in Dublin, Ireland. One Sunday, having no particular plans for the day, I went to Connolly Station on Amiens Street and bought a ticket to go...