Category: Issue 58

High Velocity Graduation Celebration

Stephanie Kelley Sixteen students at Tobique First Nation have just successfully completed the 12 week heavy equipment training course that was brought to the community by High Velocity College, a heavy equipment training school based in Alberta. The company was started seven years ago and now offers training courses...

Trailer Park Cats

Stephanie Kelley The Trailer Park in Perth-Andover is now home to a number of stray and homeless cats. This cat colony, which some people estimate to consist of 30 to 50 cats, has now reached critical mass and council finally addressed the issue at their last meeting. The cat...

Life On The Shoulders!

Life On The Shoulders! Did you ever feel like, “Stop the world … and get it off of my shoulders!” We all do at times! I did when ‘someone’ commented on my use of Big Words. Yet, going back to the June 25, 1816 Royal Gazette I found lychophronism,...

Readers of the Pack

Stephanie Kelley “Readers of the Pack” is a pilot project from DunRoamin’ Stray and Rescue to encourage kids to read. In this exciting project, a trained handler accompanied by a certified dog visits classrooms and libraries to allow kids to read to the dog. Using the dog as a...

LCH Community Pledge

Stephanie Kelley Last year, Francine St Amand and her son Luke had such a blast at the 2013 Larlee Creek Hullabaloo that they wanted to find a way to introduce the fabulousness of this music festival to more local people. Some people grumble about the price of tickets, even...

Book Launch at the P-A Library: The Travel Journals of Tappan Adney

Stephanie Kelley So who was Tappan Adney? I got the invitation to attend the book launch of the second volume of Tappan Adney’s Travel Journals at the library. I promptly ordered a copy of Volume One through the library to learn more and quickly discovered that Edwin Tappan Adney...

“Bring on the hounds…”

  The old man in the hat   Composing a bi-weekly commentary can be challenging. Sometimes nothing seems to strike a chord and other times there is so many topics buzzing around that it is hard to focus. This week presents a bumper group of delight! The first gift...

Biker’s Bash at The Manor!

Stephanie Kelley Bikers from all over Canada and throughout the US converged on the area over the weekend of July 18 & 19, 2014 as the Annual Carleton County Toy Run delivered toys and donations to Hotel Dieu in Perth-Andover. Before the bikers made their visit to the hospital...

NB Liquor Strikes a Low Blow at Craft Breweries

Stephanie Kelley The microbrew beer industry has exploded in popularity over the past five years. Craft beer sales have gone from 3 percent of total beer sales in North America to 12 percent, a growth of 400 percent over those five years. The craft beer industry got off to...