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saltwire. com > cape-breton > cape-breastoners-celebrate-25-years-of-paddling-and-healing

Cape Breastoners celebrate 25 years of paddling and healing

1+ hour, 46+ min ago  (759+ words) Remarkable friendships, fitness and fun for breast cancer survivors The Cape Breastoners Dragonboat team is celebrating 25 years of supporting, healing, paddling and'just plain'having fun.' Dragon boats'look like'very large'canoes " about 38 feet long and seating 20 paddlers in pairs, a'coxswain (steerer)'in the…...

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saltwire. com > newfoundland-labrador > 20-questions-safaa-tohme

A recipe for home in NL: How 'cooking changed everything' for Safaa's Kitchen owner

6+ hour, 39+ min ago  (1575+ words) A decade after arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador, Safaa Tohme has built a food business, raised five children and opened her family's life to viewers through a new documentary series Safaa Tohme still remembers the uncertainty of the journey that…...

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saltwire. com > nova-scotia > halifax > opinion-halifax > letter-the-peril-of-judging-words-without-context

Letter: The peril of judging words without context

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (406+ words) The controversy surrounding Father Norman Mac Phee's remarks at the Cape Breton University convocation illustrates a growing danger in modern public discourse: the tendency to isolate words from their context and then assign to them the harshest possible interpretation. (Editor's…...

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saltwire. com > nova-scotia > annapolis-valley > west-hants-invests-in-smart-meter-technology-to-combat-water-leaks

West Hants invests in smart meter technology to combat water leaks

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (967+ words) In an effort to crack down on leaky pipes, West Hants council has approved a pilot project that will see 300 smart water meters installed throughout the serviced areas of the municipality. Todd Richard, the director of public works, pitched the…...

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saltwire. com > nova-scotia > sipeknekatik-loses-appeal-must-pay-some-legal-costs-for-commercial-fishermens-association

Sipekne'katik loses appeal, must pay commercial fishermen's association some legal costs

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (646+ words) Sipekne'katik First Nation has lost its appeal to not have to pay a portion of the legal costs for an organization representing commercial fishermen. The Nova Scotia Scotia Court of Appeal dismissed Sipekne'katik's claim that it shouldn't have to pay…...

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saltwire. com > nova-scotia > tri-county-vangaurd > double-the-height-of-mt-everest-cycling-endurance-challenge-will-benefit-schools-breakfast-program

Double the height of Mt. Everest: Cycling endurance challenge will benefit school's breakfast program

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (549+ words) Drumlin Heights Consolidated School in Yarmouth County to benefit from this endurance challenge A Yarmouth County teacher will be taking to South Mountain in the Annapolis Valley on the Victoria Day weekend in an attempt to complete a "Double Everesting…...

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saltwire. com > prince-edward-island > letter-has-basic-income-support-been-lost-in-pei-cabinet-shuffles

LETTER: Has basic income support been lost in P. E. I. cabinet shuffles?

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (348+ words) So, what I have to say concerning the March 2026 P. E. I. government ministerial mandate is that if this were an NGO funding proposal, I would expect it to be rejected. The problem is that the general mandate fails on the very fact…...

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saltwire. com > nova-scotia > halifax > opinion-halifax > bruce-mackinnon-cruise-ship-outbreak-story-goes-viral

Bruce Mac Kinnon: Cruise ship outbreak story goes viral

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (305+ words) Two Canadians were among 30 passengers who disembarked a cruise ship on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena on April 24 during an outbreak of hantavirus on the ship, officials at the World Health Organization said Thursday. Canada has said…...

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saltwire. com > newfoundland-labrador > pardy-affordability-budget

NL finance minister says budget will deliver on affordability promises

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (351+ words) Finance Minister Craig Pardy teases relief for residents and hints oil revenues may help improve the province's fiscal position With NL's 2026-2027 budget coming on April 29, Finance Minister Craig Pardy gave a little tease following question period, saying that affordability measures…...

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saltwire. com > newfoundland-labrador > gwynne-dyer-why-are-africans-still-taught-english-in-school

GWYNNE DYER: Why are Africans still taught English in school?

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (885+ words) More than 50 years after most countries in sub-Saharan Africa got independence, Colonialist languages are still being spoken and taught It is a matter of chronic surprise that politicians, otherwise well-trained in saying just the right thing for the audience they…...