Valentine's Day -
Love and Romance Online The web has changed the way we study, shop and even make love. If
you're looking for love poems, free Valentine e-cards, virtual kisses
or even a torrid cyber-relationship, here's your starting point!
Lawrencetown
Celebrates 250 Years
The Lawrencetown community gears up for a special 3 day anniversary
celebration in June. A parade, historical displays and genealogical
research are featured...
Old Jewers House
Lovingly Restored
If you don't believe you can still find bargain properties in Nova Scotia,
have a look at what wildcrafter Brian Nichols and his wife, Naturopath
Dr. Cheryl Lycette found within a stone's throw of Necum Teuch Bay --
for only $6000!
African Heritage
in Nova Scotia
Black settlers helped to build our towns, bringing with them carpentry
skills and seamanship. They were millrights and farriers, farmers and
labourers. Like everyone else, they had to learn to survive, but they
did it on their own, ekeing out a living on some of the most infertile
land in the province, the reward promised for military service..
Slavery in Canada
and The First Wave
We northerners have maintained a bit of a 'holier than thou' attitude
about the widespread use of slaves in the southern States. If one were
to ask if Canada ever had slaves, many Canadians would respond with
an indignant 'no', yet we did have slaves for a period of about 20 years..
A Nova
Scotian Christmas Tree
What's 60 ft tall, green all over and lives in Nova Scotia? If you
guessed the 'Jolly Green (Bluenosed) Giant', you'd be wrong.
The
Highway7 Community Forum
Chat, meet new friends, share your views, ask questions, find out what
others are saying about life on Highway #7. Here's
what we're talking about:
Beachcombing
the Atlantic Coast
Through 150 detailed b&w illustrations and the author's insight, this field
guide describes a beachcomber's bounty of sea sponges, jellyfish, worms, shells,
fish, mammals, birds, seaweed, flowering plants - and tells you where to find
them.
Did you know? June 21st is
National
Aboriginal Day. This annual event is part of the
United Nations observance of the International Decade of the World's
Indigenous People (1994-2004). Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaqs will be
celebrating at the province's 13 reserves
with a special event at Amherst.
Nova Scotia's Seacoast Trail
Where
on Earth is
