A visit to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is probably the best way to understand Nova Scotians’ close connection to the sea.
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Exclusive: Halifax Port: Why Shipping Executive Andy Abbott Will No Longer Rent His Vessel Spaces To Hapag Lloyd – ‘Slot Charter’ Agreement Ran For 39-Years
Exclusive: Why Hapag Lloyd’s Halifax Bound Container Cargo Could Become Fewer – It Is Concerning Carrier Beefing Up Calls to Port Saint John Over The Years
Jim David: My Take On Salty’s On The Waterfront – One Last Visit To Soon To Close Eatery Mainstay
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Lunenburg’s Blockhouse Hill Park Could Be Protected By Incoming Town Council – ‘Hopes’ Developer Thom Barclay
Lunenburg Politics: Good Riddance To Outgoing Town Councillors – Clean Slate Of Councillors Heading To Town Hall After Election In October
MacPolitics: Majority Of Canadians Would Favour Kamala Harris As Next U.S. President – Poll
MacPolitics: HRM Mayoral Race: Pam Lovelace Asks For Votes ‘To Bring Back The Passenger Trains’
MacPolitics: HRM Mayoral Contender Pam Lovelace On Her Mayoral Debate Strategy
MacPolitics: Housing the Biggest Issue In Mayoral Campaign: Andy Fillmore
MacPolitics: The Three Top Issues In HRM, According to Mayoral Contender Waye Mason
MacPolitics: Former Broadcaster Riley Murphy’s Mayoral Campaign Identifies Top Issues Facing HRM Voters
MacPolitics: Tory Turned Liberal Supporter, Rob Smith Says Dumping Trudeau As Leader Not A Good Idea – Cites Modern Political History When A Leader Is Changed Out, The Results Are Disastrous
MacPolitics: Parliament Returns Monday, Crucial By-Elections Slated
MacPolitics: Poll: Majority of Canadians Do Not Want An Early Election
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How The Joe Ramia Family Helped Raise $906,687 In One Day For QE2 Hospital Foundation
A Life Well Lived: ‘Tartan Hour’ Radio Host Paul Meagher Dead, Started His Broadcasting Career In 1977; Helped Found Seaside FM In 1999
Saint John & Bathurst Airport CEOs Say Pascan Aviation’s Halifax Route Transformative
MacPolitics: Iain Rankin Had A Plan To Twin To The Canso Causeway; Sadly Tim Houston Is Not Going That Far
Tim Houston Gov Actually Begins New Twinning on 103 HWY; A Bid That Carl Potter Did Not Want To Lose
MacPolitics: On Anniversary Of Lloyd Hines’ Demise — A Look Back At His Greatest Legacies
MacPolitics: Alison Strachan On Her Campaign To Win Lunenburg Town Council Seat
MacPolitics: Clan Chisholm Inc. Has Another Shot At Occupying Antigonish Town Hall
Behind The Political Force That Was Collie Herman Chisholm, There Was A Force of Her Own: Remembering Eleanor Chisholm, Who When She Died In 2018 Was My Oldest Reader At The Time – Meet Coline Morrow’s Mom
Exclusive: MacPolitics: Seaside FM Personality’s Halifax Mayoral Ambitions – Is Riley Murphy A Dark Horse Contender?
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A Tourist In My Own City
Oct 20, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Halifax Bridge Players Raise Funds For Spencer House
Oct 13, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Bridge players in Halifax will gather at the Halifax Bridge World HQ at 7071 Bayers Road at the end of the month, for a fundraiser for the seniors drop-in complex Spencer House on Morris Street in the city.
Fall Trip To Greece: Fresh Tomatoes, Feta & Black Olives
Oct 13, 2017 | Arts & Culture
My three sisters in North America conspired and organized a fall trip for all four of us to visit my eldest sister who has lived in Greece for 40 years, having married Greek architect, Panos, some 43 years ago.
Alison Strachan, left, a Halifax resident with her siblings in Greece
A Tourist In My Own City
Oct 6, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Museums are probably more fun if you take along the right companion, and I’m not talking about three-year-olds.
Chester Chatter: Cavendish Mansion Undergoes Massive Retrofit
Sep 29, 2017 | Arts & Culture
This weekend, Chester real estate broker Tim Harris, who owns Tradewinds Realty, will begin the massive renovation of a seaside mansion, a landmark abode in Chester, adjacent the Chester Yacht Club.
Cottage Life: Lenore Zann Lists Her North Shore Summer Abode
Sep 29, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Despite temperatures of 30 degrees earlier this week across the Maritimes, cottage season is on the wane for many owners of the seasonal abodes.
But if you’re in the market for an idyllic cottage on the North Shore, you might want to check out Lenore Zann’s seasonal abode at Cape Jack, with deeded access to a sandy beach on the Northumberland Strait.
Chester Chatter: Behold The Fine Chester Home – And Then Name It!
Sep 15, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Chester may be famed for its sailing, but it is also known for its housing, what with a plethora of grand mansions and summer cottages vying for the best views of what is truly a magically beautiful bay.
Boats have always been a prime topic of conversation among both locals and summer people, but Chester’s housing has received almost equal billing in recent decades.
Alison Strachan: Scotland Tour With Millennial Sons Part II
Sep 15, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Last week we focused on Norway in my “therapeutic” travels with my sons, George and Jack Greer. This week Scotland. Scotland was brimming with magical moments but the economic contrast with prosperous Norway was stark and shocking.
Alison Strachan & Millennial Sons Tour Norway
Sep 8, 2017 | Arts & Culture
My husband, Peter Greer, passed away this past March. Like most families, our sons, George and Jack, and I went through the first stage of grief (shock) sharing our feelings in private and then in public at a gathering to remember Peter.
Ross Cantwell Part II On Joggins Fossil Museum
Sep 8, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Last weekend, I told you the story of how Halifax apartment landlord and developer Ross Cantwell invented a tuna museum in Nova Scotia at Ballantyne’s Cove in Antigonish County.
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