Find Your Best Career: What you need in interviews is a strategy

10 Jan 2025

For some people interviews are simple and they can ace interviews with ease. But, for most of us, interviews can be nerve-wracking, and you need a strategy to organize your answers based on the interview you are attending. When attending...

OPINION: Words Matter

08 Jan 2025

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By Nicole Fawcett Last month, I joined a club. It is an inclusive club, one that does not discriminate based on race, age, religion, wealth, health, or occupation. Membership spans every demographic, and despite its inclusivity, it is a club...

COLUMN: Pennfield Ridge Air Station (1941-1945)

08 Jan 2025

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On April 8, 1942 the M/S Batory, with approx. 55 officers and 700 airmen, sailed from Gourock, Scotland to establish No.34 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (Canada), one of the four OTUs established in Canada during World...

Grocery Ninja: How Being Forgetful Led to Huge Savings at the Grocery Store

03 Jan 2025

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Rarely, I am not paying close attention at the grocery store. I watch for in-store specials, hunt for corresponding coupons, and scan the discount carts for half-off items too good to pass up. I always look at the checkout computer...

Listen Again: David Sylvain: Secrets of the Beehive (Virgin 1987)

02 Jan 2025

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In an alternate universe British band Japan would have had the pop star success of Duran Duran, and teenagers would have had Mick Karn and Richard Barbieri posters on their bedroom walls. Alas, it was not to be. Several hits...

Find Your Best Career: Set Your Goals for The New Year

30 Dec 2024

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The new year is on its way and it is time to prepare. Resolutions are good, but rarely are they kept. That is why it is important to set strategic goals to follow through with in the New Year so you...

Grocery Ninja: Growing your food pantry

27 Dec 2024

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By Laverne Stewart Generations before us knew how to eat well with little money. Anyone who lived through the Great Depression and World War II knew how to make a dollar stretch and prepare frugal yet deliciously satisfying meals. Everyone...

Listen Again: Levon Helm – Dirt Farmer (Vanguard Records 2007)

24 Dec 2024

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Levon Helm was that iconic vocalist, able to connect the listener with those sepia-toned stories by Robbie Robertson, in the classic lineup of The Band. As the only American, he oozed credibility and knowledge of the southern experience that Robertson...

Sunbury Shores ‘Deck the Walls:’ Collecting Instead of Gifting for Christmas

20 Dec 2024

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By David Bizzo, Community Contribution At the opening exhibition Deck the Walls – Reflection of Time, I spoke with several attendees who were adding to their collections of works by certain artists featured on the gallery walls. Local artists are...

Grocery Ninja: Winning the Battle Against High Food Prices

11 Dec 2024

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We all know how expensive groceries are. Your dollar doesn’t stretch as far as it once did, making it harder to feed yourself and your family well. According to Canadian economists, those price increases will climb by five percent in...

Find Your Best Career – Resumes That Work

11 Dec 2024

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With the job market changing post-COVID it is important to make your resume stand out among other candidates. Did you know that hiring managers and recruiters will spend on average 11 seconds looking at your resume? This is why it...