On a recent evening, I received a text from an unknown number. “Remember to deposit your money transfer from the Canada Revenue Agency,” it read. A link accompanied the message. In years past, scam messages were relatively easy to spot. But today the calls, texts and emails are more sophisticated, often with no spelling mistakes […]
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Many of us are discovering a love of bread-making. This return to baking bread took off five years ago when we started spending more time at home. That’s also when ingredients such as yeast became scarce. That created a movement toward traditional methods of bread-making, including unleavened varieties such as flatbreads and fermented sourdoughs. Traditional […]
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A craftsman, a songwriter’s songwriter, an everyman for the ages. John Hiatt is all that and more. One of my greatest concert memories is Hiatt at the Club Flamingo in Halifax test driving these songs. He wound up playing pretty much every track from this masterpiece as I sat front row two feet from him. […]
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By Barbara Rayner ST. GEORGE – Okay Old Man Winter – that’s enough! We don’t mind the light fluffy snow when the kids can toboggan and we can snowshoe or ski but this freezing rain/ice pellets is a bit much. Yes, there was a white Christmas which was what many people wanted but 2025 has […]
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Most of the puppies were already spoken for, but Angela, the kennel owner, had one boy and one girl left. “You wanted a girl? She’s in the orange collar,” she said. “We don’t name them—just coloured collars. Their first and only name comes from their family.” Patrick and I had talked about getting a dog […]
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We’ve almost made it through the first month of 2025. With economizing and getting control of grocery budgets in mind, I decided to cook with only what was available in my kitchen. I carefully inspected my fridge, freezer, and pantry. Even though I thought I was on top of my grocery game, I discovered a […]
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After conquering the commercial sales universe with Fleetwood Mac and the bazillion-selling album “Rumours”, Buckingham found that he wanted to extend his creativity and find a measure of artistic success. The oft-criticized follow-up record, the risk-taking “Tusk” and then the playful, gleeful solo debut “Law & Order” offered a glimpse into the artist in which […]
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As mentioned in our previous Column, Course No.1 at No.34 Operational Training Unit (O.T.U.), a solid little British enclave staffed almost entirely by Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel, right down to the batmen, commenced on June 8, 1942 with 62 trainees (17 RAF Pilots, 15 RCAF Observers & 30 RCAF Wireless Operators/Air Gunners). The purpose […]
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Networking – it is a situation where you thrive, or which can make you nervous. Networking is an important aspect of advancing your career and may seem daunting to some, but it doesn’t have to be. Networking can be from getting to know a new person to going to an event. There are also different […]
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Unified Sports is an international program aimed at students with special needs and exceptionalities. As a branch of the Special Olympics, it organizes tournaments for athletes of all skill levels and aims to deconstruct harmful stereotypes about those with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Students play without any scorekeeping, which frees them from the pressure of […]
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