with Mitch Biggar Wine is not the only drink that can be aged for maturation. Many beers benefit from extended aging. We’re not talking about your average beer with a mere shelf life of 3-6 months, tops — before quality begins to degrade. We’re talking about beers that beg...

Stephanie Kelley Among all the food groups commonly eaten all around the world, no group has a more health supportive combination of protein plus fibre than legumes. A single one cup serving of beans provides nearly 15 grams of fibre and 15 grams of protein, which is about one...

The old man in the hat Rob Ford. If you don’t recognize the name, you must not watch TV, have an internet connection, no Facebook and no Twitter account. Lucky you.   Mr. Ford is mayor of Toronto, that fair, magical city, in a province that recently joined us...

“When Business Stops Spending” If you look at the trend of the financial markets they tend to follow a fairly predictable path, in the long run, called business cycles. Business cycles have peaks (their high points) and troughs (their low points) and one business cycle tends to happen every...

Stephanie Kelley Reve Maxeville is a small local company that was recently founded to produce small batches of hand crafted lotions, soaps, shampoo, bath & body products and cosmetics. Catherine Trudel began to create natural products for herself that would help nurture her sensitive skin, and that would treat...

Stephanie Kelley Four years ago, Ryan and Jessica Post became just the third owners of Lewis Drug Store. This iconic business in downtown Perth-Andover was opened in May of 1932 by F.A. (Bill) Lewis. He ran the business for the next 53 years, then sold it to Stephen Dee...

Editor’s Note: We got this delightful email from Shelly Snow last week. Shelly, and her partner Peter Bach, are the new Christmas Cheer coordinators.   I was ten or eleven when, after years of questioning and plotting, I cleverly worked out a scheme to count the carrots left in...

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Blake Hollins, a local bee keeper in Arthurette, produces and sells all natural, raw unpasteurized honey. He started keeping bees about nine years ago, and now has 19 strong colonies producing honey.   Raw honey is anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-carcinogenic. It offers up a whole host of health benefits...

A new audiology clinic is opening in Perth-Andover. Devon Taaffe is a bi-lingual licensed audiologist who opened his first clinic in Saint John two and a half years ago. He saw a need for a local hearing clinic, and so plans to open this office on a part time...