Category: Portraits of Culture
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Emancipation Day:
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
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Horrible News
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…
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Yarmouth Conservation
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
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The baby and the bathtub
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.