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St. Patrick's Day Favourite Recipes

Look no further! Here are your favourites from the Emerald Isle, plus a one or two unique green recipes you never even thought of!

Valentine's Day - Love and Romance Online
The web has changed the way we study, shop and even make love. If you're looking for love poems, free Valentine e-cards, virtual kisses or even a torrid cyber-relationship, here's your starting point!

Lawrencetown Celebrates 250 Years
The Lawrencetown community gears up for a special 3 day anniversary celebration in June. A parade, historical displays and genealogical research are featured...

Old Jewers House Lovingly Restored
If you don't believe you can still find bargain properties in Nova Scotia, have a look at what wildcrafter Brian Nichols and his wife, Naturopath Dr. Cheryl Lycette found within a stone's throw of Necum Teuch Bay -- for only $6000!

African Heritage in Nova Scotia
Black settlers helped to build our towns, bringing with them carpentry skills and seamanship. They were millrights and farriers, farmers and labourers. Like everyone else, they had to learn to survive, but they did it on their own, ekeing out a living on some of the most infertile land in the province, the reward promised for military service..

Slavery in Canada and The First Wave
We northerners have maintained a bit of a 'holier than thou' attitude about the widespread use of slaves in the southern States. If one were to ask if Canada ever had slaves, many Canadians would respond with an indignant 'no', yet we did have slaves for a period of about 20 years..

A Nova Scotian Christmas Tree
What's 60 ft tall, green all over and lives in Nova Scotia? If you
guessed the 'Jolly Green (Bluenosed) Giant', you'd be wrong.

Finding the perfect tree for Christmas
Apparently, buyers all over the world agree: The fragrant Nova Scotia Balsam Fir "IS" Christmas.

It's Grou Tyme in Nova Scotia
as the province's 40,000 Acadians celebrate their culture and a history that dates back to the 17th century..

An Acadian Village at the gates of Halifax (04/2000)
A portrait of West Chezzetcook and its Acadian origins contributed by Judy Bellefontaine.

Janus, Roman God of Beginnings (01/2000)
Janus looks both ways as we enter the new millenium.

The Origins of Christmas in Nature (12/1999)
A thoughtful look at where the custom of Christmas originated, by Adrien Blanchette. 

 


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Beachcombing the Atlantic Coast
Through 150 detailed b&w illustrations and the author's insight, this field guide describes a beachcomber's bounty of sea sponges, jellyfish, worms, shells, fish, mammals, birds, seaweed, flowering plants - and tells you where to find them. 

 

Did you know? June 21st is National Aboriginal Day. This annual event is part of the United Nations observance of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1994-2004). Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaqs will be celebrating at the province's 13 reserves with a special event at Amherst.


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