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'He was our village healer': L'Arche Homefires mourns founder John MacNeil
Institutionalized as a child, John MacNeil walked a long road to freedom in Nova Scotia.
CBC is highlighting Black people who are creating meaningful change in Atlantic Canada
CBC is highlighting Black people in Atlantic Canada who are giving back, inspiring others and helping to shape our future.
Restored Old Birchtown Schoolhouse celebrates centuries of Black education
The Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown, N.S., is preserving a piece of Canadian history with a new exhibit recreating a historic Black school.
'Being on air was the North Star for him': Frank Cameron retires at 85
An icon of the Atlantic Canadian airwaves has hung up his mic, bringing an end to a career that spanned more than 60 years in private radio and with CBC.
Halifax Explosion survivors heard on tapes lost for decades
During a recent move, Rick Howe spotted a cassette tape he hadn't seen in years. When he slid it into his vintage Marantz recorder, the sounds carried him back half a century — and the voices took him back more than 100 years.
Why people with Down syndrome are living longer than ever
People with Down syndrome are living longer than ever and an ongoing photo project aims to upend stereotypes about them.
How plays and memorials help us process tragedies like Swissair Flight 111
A new theatre production about the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off the coast of Nova Scotia shows a province attempting to make peace with a tragedy that happened 25 years ago.
Elizabeth Fry Societies mull national support for decriminalizing sex work
Groups in Nova Scotia that help sex workers are welcoming plans by the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to revise its position on sex work.
History lover puzzled by federal plans to remove 85-year-old shipwreck
The federal government is considering the removal of a strange structure jutting out of a beach in Three Fathom Harbour, N.S. Those plans have inspired a local history hunt that may show the sandy ruin is the final remains of one of Halifax's hardest-working ferries.
Antigonish town, county councils moving ahead with vote to ask province to approve merger
If a majority of both councils votes for the new plan, the mayor and warden would go to the provincial government and request a special piece of legislation to amalgamate without a plebiscite.