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The Eurasian oystercatcher is very rare on this side of the Atlantic Ocean but was a completely unexpected to be feeding on earthworm in the median of a busy street in downtown St. John's. - Jared Clarke

BRUCE MACTAVISH: An Icelandic bird bonanza arrives in N.L. to the delight of birders

Bruce Mactavish · Columnist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

In the last column, I made a prediction. The forecasted weather maps showed 48 hours of strong northeast and east winds blowing direct from the Ireland and Iceland to southeast Labrador and the entire east coast of Newfoundland. I suggested not one ...

Before and after treatments for sunspots. These photos are 28 days apart.

Sunny disposition: How to avoid and treat small dark spots on the skin called sunspots

Laura Churchill Duke · Freelance |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Laura Churchill Duke Special to SaltWire Sunspots, small dark spots on the skin, that when they appear, can often cause a person to worry or at least wonder about them. Are they a reason for concern? Is it inevitable that we get them? Diane ...

Construction worker models his regual work pants that resemble ones sold by Acne Studio

Is workwear hot fashion? Not according to these Halifax construction workers

Warren D'Silva |Updated 36 minutes ago |5 min read Premium content

Those jeans lying at the bottom of your laundry basket after you tended to your garden could fetch you over $800. The best part is you don't even need to wash them. Just slap on an Acne Studios tag, and you're good to go. Swedish-based fashion brand ...

Cape Breton singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro, who passed away last September, will posthumously receive the Director's Special Achievement Award on Thursday, May 2 at the 2024 East Coast Music Awards. CONTRIBUTED/EAST COAST MUSIC ASSOCIATION

Two Cape Breton music industry greats to be honoured at 2024 ECMAs

Mitchell Ferguson · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated 4 hours ago |3 min read

The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is set to honour two well-known Cape Breton music industry members, Bruce Guthro and Stephen Muise, next month at the annual awards ceremony in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Bruce Guthro, who passed away last ...

Federal and provincial governments have announced funding aimed at nurturing emerging local talent. With a total allocation of $145,000, the initiative is set to support the island's vibrant music industry via the Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative (CBMIC).

Cape Breton Music Industry Hall of Fame to announce 2024 inductees next week

Luke Dyment |Updated 4 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

The Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative (CBMIC) will announce the inductees for this year’s Cape Breton Music Industry Hall of Fame class next week. The announcement, scheduled for April 23, is the second in the hall’s history. Its inaugural class ...

Singer Taylor Swift performs at her concert for the international "The Eras Tour" in Tokyo, Japan February 7, 2024.

Taylor Swift surprises with second 'Tortured Poets Department' album

Lisa Richwine |Updated 4 hours ago |3 min read

By Lisa Richwine and Marie-Louise Gumuchian LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Taylor Swift surprised fans with her new record "The Tortured Poets Department" on Friday, revealing it was a double album featuring songs about heartbreak and a period described as ...

Model Alyssa Landmann Oliveira on the cover of L’AMOUR magazine

Haligonians make waves in international fashion scene

Warren D'Silva |Updated 6 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

As Alyssa Landmann Oliveira heads home from her day job as an engineer, there are few people, if any, who would recognize her from her second job as a model. The Halifax resident is the cover model in the April issue of the online French fashion ...

SaltWire Horoscope Friday

Daily horoscope for Apr. 19, 2024

Mecca Woods · Columnist |Updated 21 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Don't be in such a rush that you're unable to give yourself the care you need. Too, paying attention to the details will set you up for success. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It's the perfect day ...

Signage at the Netflix booth is seen on the convention floor at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, U.S., July 21, 2022.

Netflix to stop reporting subscriber tally as streaming wars cool

Dawn Chmielewski, Lisa Richwine |Updated 22 hours ago |4 min read

By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Netflix on Thursday unexpectedly announced that it will stop reporting subscriber numbers each quarter, a decision seen as a sign that years of customer gains in the streaming wars are ...

Emma Stevens, who saw popular reaction to her Mi'kmaw language cover of the song 'Blackbird' by The Beatles in 2019, sings the chorus of 'We are the Love," alongside students from both Riverside and Marion Bridge Elementary School choirs.  CONTRIBUTED/EYM Project

A song for Ukraine: Cape Breton student musical collaboration spreads message of world peace

Mitchell Ferguson · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated a day ago |7 min read

Children half the world apart have joined together in a message of world peace in "We are the Love," a song dedicated to the people of Ukraine. Riverside Elementary and Marion Bridge Elementary choirs teamed up with local Mi'kmaw musicians from ...

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