Arts & Culture
Mel Boutilier Dies At Age 92
The Religious Beat: Restoring Murals At HFX’s St. Mary’s Basilica; Cape Breton Priest Hughie D Retires At Age 92 & Rev Gussie MacLeod Dies at 91 In Sydney
By Andrew Macdonald
The Religious Beat
Besides covering business & politics, and posting cultural affairs stories, The Notebook also now has a Religious Beat.
Today, we feature a major restoration project to modernize murals of Saints at Halifax’s St. Mary’s Basilica, and we note a 92-year old Cape Breton Roman Catholic priest has just retired, and we also note the passing of another 91-year old Cape Breton-Antigonish priest, Father Gussie MacLeod.
Swan’s Maple Syrup Near Tatamagouche Taps Next Generation – Entity Founded In 1870
The Amazing Hummingbirds Have Arrived – At Least On The NS Southshore
Banff Church Bells Chime Iconic NS Tunes & CBC’s Carole MacNeil Pays Tribute To Lost Lives
Portapique Was Once Famed For Its Fiddle Jamborees – U.S. Diplomats Issued Email Warning Of An ‘Active Shooter’ Sunday Morning To Its Citizens Living In NS
By Andrew Macdonald
Once Famed For Its Fiddle Jamborees – Portapique Now Scene Of Deadliest Killing Spree In Canadian History
On Monday afternoon, the RCMP said 19 people were killed after a denture clinic operator, Gabriel Wortman allegedly went on a killing spree over the weekend in a village most Nova Scotians have never been to or even heard of – Portapique.
Outside Truro, near Great Village, media are now describing Dartmouth and Halifax denture clinic proprietor Gabriel Wortman as a “shooting spree suspect”.
While police said Monday, he executed 19 people, sources Monday afternoon inform The Notebook the death tally could now sadly and tragically reach more than 22 folk – 22 innocent lives lost.
Joel Plaskett’s NS-Styled Six Degrees Of Separation From STFX French Prof Edward Langille
Can You Go Boating During A State Of Emergency? We Asked
Thirty-Two Years & Counting In The News Trenches
Halifax Brewery Farmer’s Market Innovates & Pivots Into Onsite Grocery Store
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