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Relying on religious charities to do this work is 'normal?'
My heartfelt thanks to the nearly 500 selfless Mennonite volunteers who arrived at the CBRM in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona.
They’ve been repairing homes, roofs, and removing trees to restore beauty, normalcy, and safety in communities affected by the storm.
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Fast & Curious: Shrinking or growing? Obfuscating or clarifying? Reality or hype? The Spectator has so many questions this week. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
Gardening Tips: Lilacs, elderberries, currants, rugosa roses -- if it grows on a bush or a shrub, it's time to pay attention to it. Michelle Smith explains. #gardening #shrubs capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
Hearing loss can be isolating, the chair of the Society for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Nova Scotians, CB Division, says they're here to help. #hearing capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
It's been 8 years since the CBRPS' 'John Be Gone' sting and the laws that drove it have been getting a bumpy ride through the courts. #PCEPA #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
I swear, when I decided to update my 2017 story on the National DNA Data Base I had no idea what I was getting myself into. #DNA capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
Gardening Tips: Michelle Smith marks the first of May with a primer on Cape Breton soil types and some good news about planting spinach -- it's time. #gardening capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
Dolores Campbell considers her career as a TV viewer from the 1950s to the present and what a roller coaster ride it's been. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
In the latest instalment of his series on radical experiments in troubled places, Sean Howard takes us to Western Kurdistan. #Rojava capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
A 2017 Forbes interview with the late coal baron Chris Cline provides a nice companion piece to this week's Donkin story. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
In which the Spectator marvels at the way the owners of the Donkin Mine have convinced our governments to handle their communications. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
Gardening Tips: It's time to start thinking about your soil, even if it may be a little too early to start doing much about it, says Michelle Smith. #gardening capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
Gardening Tips: This week, you say "tomato," Michelle says Mayan Indians, Opalkas, Banana Legs, Tegucigalpas and Principe Borgheses. #gardening #tomatoes capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
"Negative" is such a negative word. We much prefer "questioning" or "critical" or "not so easily convinced." #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
The Spectator considers some of the topics discussed during CBRM's on again/off again budget talks last week. #cbpoli #budget capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
The Spectator would totally make fun of John Lohr's letter to CBRM were it not for one, highly inconvenient truth... #cbpoli #budget capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
Glimpses of Green: Sean Howard begins a series on radical experiments in troubled places by considering the agricultural miracle that was Tigray #Tigray capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
Last night's CBRM council meeting was short but wide ranging: from street closures to taxi by-laws to rat control. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
Albert Barbusci's dream of an offshore wind marshaling port is becoming a reality--just not his reality. It's taking shape in Argentia, Newfoundland. #cbpoli
capebretonspectator.com/2023… via @CBSpectator
