Maliseet Gas Bar
As you pass through Tobique First Nation on Route 105 you’ll pass by the Maliseet Gas Bar. Like nearly allof our small rural stores, the Maliseet Gas Bar is a multi-service kind of business! In addition to typical convenience store stock, the business carries a selection of nifty...
Power of Communication
From the editor… Way back when I was 10 years old my dad asked me this classic math question: Which would you rather have, a million dollars or a penny that is doubled every day for a month? Well, a million bucks sure sounded good, but it also sounded...
The Wulustukyieg Traditional Council of Tobique Position on Shale Gas Exploitation Within Our Homeland
The WTCT opposes, in the strongest possible terms, the continuing exploitation and destruction of our homeland, Oskigeneeweekog, by our white oppressors. Be it fracking, mining, lumbering, spraying, etc, etc. As our white oppressors progress upon their headlong rush toward self-destruction in the name of greed or as they...
Modern Mother Goose IV
Modern Mother Goose IV Blah, blah, black sheep The “three bags full” were lies And that’s how “the wool was pulled” Across the “three Sir’s” eyes, The monkey – being drunk Confused ‘elephant’ with ‘skunk’ The skunk, afraid, then quickly sprayed And so was stunk ole munk-munk, Jack Sprat...
The Joys of Multiple Dog Ownership and Some Things to Know!
1. Watch Your Step! Multiple dogs have a tendency to leave “presents” in the places you are most likely to put your feet. These ‘presents’ generally come in the form of under/over digested dog food, that has recently exited a dogs front or back. Believe me when I tell...
New Brunswick Has No Dog Tether Law…
We’ve all seen the sad plight of dogs that are always chained every time we drive past their homes. Why have a pet if it isn’t going to be a member of your family? But some people have animals for reasons other than having another family member...
Bee keeping workshop
Want to learn more about bees and beekeeping? Falls Brook Centre in Knowlesville will be hosting a two part Bee Keeping Workshop. Part one will be on Saturday, August 24th and part two will be held on October 5th. Both workshops will run 1-5 pm. Falls Brook...
Raw Honey vs Pasteurized “Honey”
Honey has been valued by people for thousands of years for its flavour, nutritional value and healing properties. Honey is anti-microbial and was used in ancient times for both dressing wounds and as a preservative for herbal medicines. In fact, raw honey has such amazing natural preservative qualities...
How the Honey Bees Got Their Stingers A Cherokee Legend
Back in ancient times when the people were more pure and could converse with the animals and the Creator would visit with them, the people asked the Creator for something that was ‘sweet’ to the taste. So the Creator sent the Bee, but the Bee had no stinger. Down...
The Georgetown Conference…Rural Redefined!
The great myth of rural Atlantic Canada is that she is a region whose best years are behind her. Her people are too old, the story goes, and too dependent on failing traditional industries and too dependent on the government. There’s definitely truth in those words…those us of who...