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Roots & Folks

Aubrey’s Story

  • By Anne L. Calder
  • Photography By Aubrey Dauphinee
The days when Sable Island was a bona fide graveyard for ships

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Brothers Tom (left) and Chip (right) are the fourth generation of hunters to run the family farm.

“Ears” To A Good Thing

  • By Rose Doucet
  • Photography By Hunter brothers
Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick is famous for two things: its historic bridge spanning the Saint John River and potatoes, French fries in particular. But...

A toxic legacy

  • By Jim Gourlay
  • Header photo by Scott Leslie
Why is Nova Scotia the only place on earth not recovering from acid rain?

Iron Men and All That

  • By Bill Coultas
  • Header photo by Nick Hawkins Photography
Next time you enjoy a plate of fish and chips, give some thought to how it got there

‘…Study first, then recreation’

  • By Darcy Rhyno
Getting to know Dr. Najam Chishti

It’s all interconnected

  • By Bob Bancroft
  • Header photo by Scott Leslie
Messing with nature is fraught with unintended consequences

One basket at a time

  • By Cary Rideout
  • Photography By Nanette Gordon
Confessions of a failed potato picker

  • By Philip Moscovitch
  • Header photo by Scott Serfas
Relax, recharge, reflect and re-energise

  • By Marjorie Simmins
  • Photography By Courtesy of The Gaelic College
The valiant and progressing effort to preserve an ancient language

  • By by David Goss
  • Header photo by HAROLD WRIGHT/ SAINT JOHN HERITAGE
The Spanish flu and its Atlantic Canada connections

  • By Anne Marie Beattie
  • Photography By Knickle’s Studio & Gallery
A well-known story told from a different vantage point

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Scott Grant
“I wanted to give back” 

  • By Terry Punch
  • Header photo by Bigstock/dbvirago
Among the most frequently asked questions by genealogists are the three Ws: “Who? When? Where?” On the face of it these seem to require less explaining than...
Amy and Verena grow between 40 and 50 different types of vegetables, including yellow squash and eight varieties of beets and carrots.

  • By Janet Wallace
  • Photography By Janet Wallace
  • Header photo by Janet Wallace
“AFTER WE MOVED to the Island,” recounts Amy Smith, “an elderly neighbour—he was so sweet—listened to our plans and shook his head sadly.”

  • By Bob Bancroft
Related to weasels, these fascinating creatures also can indicate pollution levels  
Wadih Fares in front of the Trillium building in downtown Halifax, NS.

  • By Quentin Casey
  • Photography By Jackson Productions Inc.
  • Header photo by W.M. Fares Group
THERE’S AN ONGOING perception, in some quarters, that immigrants “steal” jobs from local folks.

  • By Don Scott
“I get annoyed when I hear people say nobody uses libraries anymore”