Unusual Tourist Attraction
The town of St Paul, Alberta is home to the world’s first Flying Saucer Landing Pad! This unique structure was erected in 1967 to celebrate Canada’s Centennial and to attract tourists, both earthlings and galactics, to the town. The Hon. Paul Hellyer, Canada’s Minister of Defense, flew...
They Don’t Make Stuff Like They Used To!
Some 20 years ago I owned a vintage Hoover Upright vacuum cleaner manufactured sometime in the 1940’s. I’d inherited it from a gal pal who had moved into a 4,000 square foot McMansion with a central vacuum system so she had no more need for this venerable household gadget....
From the Editors
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Blackfly Gazette. Jonathan Gagnon and I had been working on this project of starting a little hometown newsletter for a couple of months prior to The Flood when all hell broke loose! We put our project on hold while we and the...
Balm of Gilead
During a recent chat with a friend of mine, she told me how a friend of hers had gotten relief from his previously chronic eczema by applying the home-made “Balm of Gilead” she had given him. She went on to explain that her friend had been plagued by...
Acne, Rosacea and the Demodex Mite
Acne has been plaguing us humans since the dawn of civilization. Egyptian pharaohs got it, and it was written about by both Aristotle and Hippocrates in ancient Greece. Even way back then medical healers saw the connection between the onset of puberty and acne but then, as now, doctors...
Local Lass Donates Hair to Locks of Love
When young Brooke McDougall (daughter of Alison and Walter McDougall of Perth-Andover) learned about “Locks of Love” she immediately decided to begin growing her own hair to donate to the cause. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing highest quality hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children...
Maine Town Declares Food Sovereignty!
Sedgwick, Maine is making history by declaring all local food transactions of any kind free and legal. According to the website FoodRenegade.com, Sedgwick is the first city in the U.S. to free itself from the constraints of federal and state food regulation. Published reports say the town has...
Venus Transit 2012
Next month our solar system will experience a Venus Transit, one of the rarest of planetary alignments. This spectacular event takes place on June 5th and will be visible to us here in NB at sunset. Venus will be visible as a small spot moving across the face...
Scotiabank Donates $3,000 to River Valley Autism
Local River Valley Scotiabank branch managers gathered in the Perth-Andover Scotiabank on January 18 th to present River Valley Autism with a cheque for $3,000. Each year Scotiabank picks two charities to support and then raises funds in a variety of creative ways….from bake sale to book sales to...
Brothers From Tobique Receive ECMA Nomination
Two brothers from Tobique First Nation have just been honoured with a nomination for Best Aboriginal Music from East Coast Music Awards. Morgan Nicholas, who is nearly 18, and Kameron Nicholas, who is just about to turn 17, began writing music and performing freestyle rapping together about 4 years...