By Andrew Macdonald We get Mail: John Risley identifies the Names of All Seven Masts aboard Thomas W. Lawson Last weekend The Notebook carried a photo in our Maritime Photo Moment column of a rare photograph of a seven-masted schooner which was built in Boston in...
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We Get Mail: John Risley Identifies The Names Of All Seven Masts Aboard Thomas W. Lawson – The First Ever Built Seven-Masted Schooner
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Opinion: Mary Clancy On The Greatest Legacies Of Premier Stephen McNeil
Opinion By Mary Clancy A legend among the highland Scottish clans tells us that at the time of the great flood, the McNeils of Barra had “their ain (own) boat.” That we both descended from those brave independent — and occasionally ornery — women and men from that...
Opinion: Alison Strachan On Border Crossings
Opinion By Alison Strachan A lot of hand wringing over border crossings but it is important to note that the curve is, for now, remaining flattened despite the anecdotal sightings of 'foreigners' out and about. I find myself in self-isolation. Again. This is because...
We Get Mail: Kevin McNamara On Chester Flag Flap & Warden Allen Webber’s Role
Gold River resident and a former deputy minister of the NS Health department writes to The Notebook after reading Chester politico Danielle Barkhouse's story in our Sunday edition: "Councillor Barkhouse may be correct on the facts around the policy. It is however...
Biz Titan Tim Moore Says Donald Trump ‘Dead In The Water’, Doubts President Can Win Re-Election
By Andrew Macdonald Tim Moore, who winters in Naples, Fla., says politics in the United States and President Donald Trump’s handling of Covid-19 “is just infuriating.” Speaking to The Notebook from his Chester Peninsula mansion, Moore does not mince words about Trump,...
We Get Mail: Chester Business Titan Stephen Mader: ‘I Am Outraged By Refusal Of Chester Politicos To Not Fly Pride Flag’
Long time seaside Chester resident and a business leader in NS, Stephen Mader writes to The Notebook, saying he is "outraged" on news Chester Municipal District warden, Allan Webber & council have refused to fly the Pride flag. Here is Stephen Mader's letter:...
We Get Mail: Former Antigonish MLA Moe Smith & His Wife Write On Deep Concerns STFX To Open In September: ‘Despite Pandemic University’s Decision Motivated by Financials – Class Action Law Suits On COVID Cases Could Ensue’
By Andrew Macdonald We get Mail: Moe Smith Writes STFX Wrong To Open University In September To Students As an Antigonish MLA, who created history in 2009 becoming the riding’s first ever elected NDP politico, and landing in the Darrell Dexter government as an active...
We Get Mail: Peter McCreath On Confederation Bridge: ‘Elmer MacKay Had Significant Role In Approving $1 Billion Project’
Following Saturday's edition book excerpt on Mulroney PEI minister Tom MacMillan recalling the Mulroney inspired $1 billion construction of Confederation Bridge, which opened in 1997, former NS South Shore MP Peter McCreath, a Mulroney backbencher and later a Kim...
We Get Mail: Baking With Jim David – Spends The Weekend Perfecting Alison Strachan’s Strawberry Biscuits
Haligonian resident, Jim David writes in on his baking activity over the weekend - he took the strawberry and biscuit recipe my fine writer Alison Strachan offered in our Saturday edition. David, who grew up in a tiny fishing village near Canso, and who toils for a...
We Get Mail: Reader Writes Mansion At South Park/Rhuland Charming
Phil Slauenwhite, an agent with Red Door Realty writes on the sale of the mansion at 1029 South Park Street & Rhuland, which sold, and which we reported on in Sunday and Saturday's editions: "Hi Andrew, great article on the Chehil’s house. I had the privilege of being...
