I had missed the Carly Simon total eclipse of the sun, or at least have no memory of the one in 1972, that she sang about in You’re So Vain. So, I was determined to bear witness this week — to be able to say when some grandkid asks, yes, I was there ...

Has there ever been another time in history when the world’s attention has been captured, as it has been this month, by so many spectacular women athletes and teams performing on the international stage? With the WNBA Draft three days away on April ...

Anyone interested in the future of forests in Nova Scotia are invited to attend a woodland conference Saturday, April 20 in Milford. The annual event rotates between counties each year to bring it close to residents living throughout the central ...

Unless a fire is in a stove, a fireplace or a BBQ, I am not a fan. In truth, the flames and their destructive power terrify me. It is right up there on the Terrify-Meter with violence. Now that we have finished with that part of me, let’s move on. I ...

There are many ways to measure fame. Sean McMullen could, for example, point to his 107,000 followers on Instagram, or the 171,000 who keep an eye on him on TikTok. The 26,000 who subscribe to his YouTube videos also underscore that he has bona fide ...

The total solar eclipse on April 8 afforded a rare opportunity for people of all generations to come together to marvel at a spectacle that occurs twice a year around the planet but won’t appear in this region again until 2106. The path of ...

Seven years ago, Patrick O’Brien was at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, going through old documents, as historians are wont to do. He can still recall the jolt he felt reading the postscript to a 1799 letter from a widow in a ...

By now you've likely heard of our looming 4:38 p.m. sky show? It reminds me of another such show 52 years ago... On July 9, 1972, our phone rang and it was my good friend and Old Barns neighbour Reg Henderson Sr. on the line, sounding very ...

Limp hot dogs, tough chicken fingers, white bread and ketchup. Or, worst of all, nothing. This is the kind of fare that comes to mind when we think of school lunches. That thinking is changing. This week, SaltWire journalists in Halifax have been ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about personal finances lately. This is not because I have lots of dough. I just seem to have enough for which I am glad. The end of March always signified “end of fiscal year” and if you knew your department had a little ...