[This is an excerpt from the Nova Scotia chapter of my book, Dancing Through History: In Search of the Stories that Define Canada.] It’s already 10:00 pm and the dirt road that has now become our link to Glencoe is…
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I was exhausted after being on the road so much this summer and had arrived one day early in Quebec before taking four days to explore the Outaouais region. I just wanted to relax. Les Brasseurs du Temps So I…
Bagpipe music filled the air as I walked across the sun-drenched rockscape. People milled around with wide eyes and clicking cameras. We were all trying to take in the majesty of Peggy’s Cove* in Nova Scotia at the same time.…
The sun was shining, people were smiling and The Fine Tuners were givin’ out the fiddle tunes (their CD, Anchor’s Away, is well worth buying). The new Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market* in Nova Scotia’s capital city had just opened and…
I’m told there is only one place in Nunavut where trees grow. Except, now I forget and all the information I have found states otherwise. The land is treeless tundra that covers endless ground over mountains and around communities,…
I first saw hip hop dancing in the arctic when I was in Clyde River, Nunavut. Not only did the youth who were dancing have fun, but hip hop gave them something to do when the days were dark and…
