Grade 11 Sir James Dunn Academy student Henry Campbell used more than 15,000 LEGO bricks to recreate a celebrated Haida artwork for CLASS 2026, a student exhibition now on display at Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre. The 17-year-old’s piece reimagines “Skaagi – Haida Dog Salmon,” a 1974 serigraph by acclaimed Haida artist Bill Reid. […]
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Inside Canada’s National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa on Monday morning, surrounded by family, senior military leadership, colleagues and friends, Kelly Williamson stood at the centre of a moment that was at once deeply personal and historic. Williamson, whose home is in Saint Andrews,was formally promoted to the rank of commodore in the Royal Canadian Navy […]
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Grand Manan voters have re-elected Bonnie Morse as mayor following Monday’s municipal election, returning the longtime municipal leader to office after a competitive race against challenger Norah J. Davidson. Morse secured victory by a healthy margin after a campaign focused on stability, infrastructure planning, and protecting the strong sense of community that defines island life. […]
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Students at Vincent Massey Elementary School traded classrooms for bike helmets and obstacle courses this week as the school hosted its annual Bike Rodeo. The event is an annual spring tradition focused on road safety and getting children excited about outdoor activity. Physical education teacher Kurt Gumushel said the event has been running for about […]
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I don’t have to ask Maud if she wants to go outside. All I need to do is zip up my coat, and to Maud it may as well be the starting pistol at the Kentucky Derby. She appears at once, as if conjured. Whatever she was just doing—napping, lounging, or conducting high-level squirrel surveillance […]
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Christmas may still be months away, but at NBCC St. Andrews, the holiday season has been top of mind all semester after building two new wooden cabins. As students grin inside the handcrafted structure, instructors Eugene Gowan, Brent Dunn, and Chris Hartford stand in the rain at the edges of the photo, letting their students […]
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On Grand Manan, time does not so much pass as it settles. You feel it the moment the ferry pulls away from the mainland, when the shoreline softens and the horizon opens, and the world you’ve left behind—its noise, its urgency, its fluorescent insistence—begins to feel faintly theoretical. Here, there are no chain stores, no […]
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There are many ways to measure the quality of a place. Some people look at property values, school rankings, or the price of a decent latte. I look at how dogs get on. By that measure, Saint Andrews is one of the finest places on earth. Our love of dogs is immediately apparent to even […]
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Inside the Heather Curling Club (HCC) in Saint Andrews, the signs of an approaching championship are everywhere. Chairs are lined up with care. The dining room is set to play host. The ice has that unmistakable look—tuned, tested, ready. Moving through it all is Roger McNabb, president of the Heather Curling Club, taking a final […]
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On one of his final nights at the Kennedy House, Maurice “Moe” Basque approaches a familiar table carrying two coffee pots. The group has kept the same reservation, on the same night of the week, for years. Moe pours as if following a choreography only he knows—regular, then decaf—switching without looking, skipping the cups that […]
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