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Roots & Folks

Heritage Trails

  • By Terry Punch
  • Photography By Verne Equinox
  • Header photo by iStock/kemie
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...

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Producing for local plates—and beyond

  • By Jodi DeLong
Andy Vermeulen grows an alphabet of fresh produce—from asparagus to zucchini—for local markets

Dietary Dilemma

  • By Bob Bancroft
  • Photography By Bigstock/SURZ
  • Header photo by Bigstock/CreativeNaturePhotography
It seemed so simple in biology class. Herbivores are plant-eating animals, carnivores consume flesh, and omnivores, showing little discrimination, devour...

“Somebody loved it”

  • By Sandra Phinney
90 years after its founding, White Point Beach Resort looks to the future  

A house within a house

  • By Sandra Phinney
A look through the history of Lunenburg’s oldest home  

A raindrop in a puddle

  • By Darcy Rhyno
Getting to know Josh Cochrane  

Can We Save Our Salmon?

  • By Deborah Carr
  • Photography By David LeBlanc
Spring’s sunshine warms my face as my kayak drifts down New Brunswick’s Miramichi River. I pass riffles and salmon pools, downed trees, submerged rocks, and...
Sir Samuel Cunard, a Halifax-born entrepreneur who “dreamed of an ocean railway.”

  • By Allan Lynch
  • Photography By Cunard
“My Lords, ladies, and gentlemen; welcome to this voyage of the Queen Mary 2. And it is a voyage, not a cruise. The Queen Mary 2 is an ocean liner, not a...

  • By Denise Davies
  • Photography By Greg MacLean
EVERY September, the small town of Antigonish (population 5,195) doubles in size with the arrival of the students excited to start their new year at St...

  • By Bob Bancroft
  • Photography By Bob Bancroft
  • Header photo by Unsplash/Viktor Forgacs
SAILING IS great, but returning on time can be a challenge. Eventually I cast off the bow line, selling the Jeanneau. Bitter end. A lifetime of messing around...

  • By Katharine Mott
  • Photography By Katharine Mott
  • Header photo by Unsplash/Viktor Forgacs
THE ATLANTIC region has 16 degree-granting institutions, comprising half of the top universities in Canada offering undergraduate degrees (according to...

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Denis Duquette
Thaddeus Holownia has been documenting this region’s natural and cultural heritage with his considerable skills as a photographer for more than 40 years. His...

  • By Cyril Goodyear, as told to Philip Moscovitch
  • Photography By Paul Tizzard
  • Header photo by Unsplash/Viktor Forgacs
A lifelong outdoorsman, Cyril Goodyear is one of only 204 men to have belonged to the Newfoundland Ranger Force, which served remote communities of...
A baby raccoon made homeless after its family’s woodland home was clearcut.

  • By Bob Bancroft
  • Photography By Bigstock/Jay Ondreicka
  • Header photo by Bob Bancroft
Back in the 1980s, while working as a provincial biologist, I was called by the organizer of an Atlantic teachers tour to ask if I could highlight a wildlife issue...

  • By Denise Flint
  • Header photo by Fly Gander
It’s hard to escape the shadow of 9/11 when visiting Gander International Airport. Plaques of commemoration and gratitude hold a special place on a...

  • By Terry Punch
ON A PAGE headed “1835,” the register reads: “2nd March baptized Andrew, 2 weeks old, child of James and Mary Brown.” The sponsors are listed as “William Jones and...
Katrina Isbill-Floyd is the mastermind behind McBride House One-of-a-Kind Needle Felted Sculptures.

  • By Sandra Phinney
  • Photography By Sandra Phinney
Eight years ago, after taking a needle felting workshop, Katrina Isbill-Floyd’s mother-in-law gave her a tiny plastic bag filled with soft pink wool, thinking that...