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Author: MrCooke

  • Emancipation Day:

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    August 1 Unanimously adopted by Parliament in 2021, this new national day recognition “marks the actual day in 1834 that the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 came into effect across the British Empire…. (and) celebrates the strength and perseverance of Black communities in Canada.” https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/emancipation-day.html

  • Horrible News

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    Recent discoveries uncovering yet more evidence of residential school abuse is to say the absolute least truly horrible. Not “horrible” in the sense of a bad taste in the mouth, easily rinsed and brushed away. Rather, we are faced with the ” horrible” in the sense of fear, shock and nausea. The horror of how deep…

  • Yarmouth Conservation

    Yarmouth Conservation

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    Yarmouth Conservation Species at risk document: AppendixD-SpeciesRiskConservationConcern.pdf Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) article: https://www.natureconservancy.ca Topics of local interest to include: Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Waste Check pdf Climate Change Action Plan (3.40 MB) Land Use By-Law pdf Municipal Planning Strategy (1.18 MB) Adopt-a-Block program ThisFish

  • What’s This??

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    I came across a recipe for battered chicken wings. One of the ingredients is ‘leftover beer.’ Can anyone tell me what that is?

  • Help Wanted

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    I have been advised to seek professional help. A chef, a butler and a maid should about do it. Chauffeur skills an asset. Volunteers only need apply.

  • Interesting tidbit …

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    Researchers have found what is now believed to be the oldest evidence of mortuary practices and ritual burial. Announced in May, 2020 and published a year later, researchers have found remains of a child in Africa dating to about 78,000 years ago. See BBC News article here.  

  • The baby and the bathtub

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    This just in: according to several news sources including Canadian coin news and the Toronto Sun, the Royal Canadian Mint has decided to remove the face of someone in my humble opinion quite important in Canadian history.