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JOAN SULLIVAN: Book details a personal, difficult journey fighting cancer and navigating the health-care system
Live: Surviving a Terminal Cancer Diagnosis By Bob Abbott Abbott Books $24.49, 136 pages In 2013, Robert Paul Abbott was given six months to live. He was 57. “I’m to go home and get my affairs in order.” The shock was massive, disorientating. He was ...
To home brew or not to home brew: Coffee lovers and professionals weigh in on home coffee bar culture
Mark Hoffe Special to SaltWire Are you drinking drip coffee? Is a single shot of espresso more your taste? Maybe a macchiato? Are you home or soaking up some caffeine at your favourite café? No, wait. You’re idling in a drive-thru at Tim Hortons or ...
Fish for Good Friday: Many people enjoy seafood as a traditional food item for the holiday
Jason Sheppard Special to SaltWire Easter brings with it many traditions. Two of the most common traditions include rows of Easter chocolate lining the shelves of grocery stores and family photos with the local mall Easter Bunny. However, one ...
Scavenger hunts are for adults too: Island parent creates new Easter tradition after kids move out
Meghan Dewar Special to SaltWire The Easter scavenger hunts aren’t just for children. The MacKenzie siblings enjoy them now in their early 20s. Lisa MacKenzie started the tradition two years ago after her kids had all moved out. “We always did one ...
'The problem is that people don't care enough': 20 Questions with newly-elected St. John's councillor Tom Davis
Snowmaggedon and the COVID-19 pandemic had a lot of impacts on a lot of people but for Tom Davis, they spurred him to try his hand at politics. Davis, a long-time small business owner in the St. John’s metro region, told SaltWire it was seeing how ...
Red carpet to Juno stage, stars shine in Halifax
Fans crowded into a pen to watch Canada’s music royalty sashay down the red carpet on the way to the Junos on Sunday night. “I’m a big fan of everything to do with music so I’m really excited in general,” said Lilly Balcom from Dartmouth who brought ...
Nova Scotia musicians shut out on opening night at Junos
Jah’Mila, Halifax’s reggae queen, electrified the Junos crowd on Saturday night but unfortunately didn’t walk away with a statuette. It was opening night at the Juno Awards, with over 40 awards given out at the Halifax Convention Centre ahead of the ...
‘Pay attention to the needs of people born in another generation’: There are plenty of ways to make businesses more age-friendly
Juanita Rossiter Special to SaltWire How age-friendly is the place you shop or do business? This question may not pertain to you now, but it may be applicable to your parents or grandparents. And let’s face it — it will apply to many of us ...
Iceberg Alley announces full artist lineup for 2024
More than 30 artists and groups will be flocking to the banks of Quidi Vidi Lake in June for the 2024 edition of Iceberg Alley. The lineup spans the entire 10-day festival between June 19-29, including some of Canada’s biggest music icons, including ...
'Secret Nation': Film took liberties in fictional conspiracy caper suggesting Newfoundlanders actually voted against Confederation
What if Confederation was all a scam — that Newfoundlanders and Labradorians had the wool pulled over their eyes and there were hidden documents to prove it? Based solely on his imagination, that was the premise behind a screenplay written by St.