Arts & Culture

If you watched CTV News last week or perused its website then you are probably aware that we folks who live in the Maritimes do not reside among the best places to live in Canada. CTV reported July 6 that MoneySense Magazine’s annual list of best places to live in Canada failed to recognize a single Maritime community as being in the top 100 Canadian places to live.

When 30 tall ships sail into the Port of Halifax in late July and early August, the host partner Waterfront Development Corporation ought to have a memorial service at a local church to remember the charming—and Nova Scotia-built—tall ship Bounty.

Nova Scotia in Film

A periodic examination of films with Nova Scotia connections

Last weekend, John Rance talked the virtues of the Big Green Egg to so-called Egghead enthusiasts at Truro’s barbecue and fireplace store, Warmth By Design, attracting hundreds to an Egg demonstration.

The arrival of fiddlehead season is eagerly awaited by the lovers of this delicious local delicacy.

Fiddleheads are the head of the Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris), a forest plant usually found near rivers and streams. They are most tender and flavorful in May and early June when the head of the fern is tightly coiled and deep green in colour.
The arrival of fiddlehead season is eagerly awaited by the lovers of this delicious local delicacy.

Fiddleheads are the head of the Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris), a forest plant usually found near rivers and streams. They are most tender and flavorful in May and early June when the head of the fern is tightly coiled and deep green in colour.

If you are in the market for a idyllic Nova Scotia Northshore log cabin cottage, you might want to chat with Harold Murray.

He’s a retired Aberdeen Hospital medical specalist—and brother to famous crooner Anne Murray.