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At first, it was just a scent on the wind — a bitter tang that made Ember’s nostrils flare and his throat constrict. The familiar perfume of resin and damp earth was now laced with the acrid bite of distant fire. Day by day, the haze thickened. The sun, once golden and warm, became a dull orange disc that bled through the smoke like a wound in the sky. Ember didn’t understand fire. He only knew that the air grew harder to breathe, that his eyes stung, that the birds he trusted for warnings had fled.

But the same scientists now fear that there are feedbacks waiting out there that we don’t know about. They even suspect that most of them will have to do with ocean currents and how they might shift as warming progresses. Indeed, in June 2023 we actually found one – or rather, it found us. In that one month the average global temperature leapt by almost one-third of a degree Celsius – and it has never fallen back.

I don’t remember going to many community gatherings for the occasion, unless it was an extra-special occasion, when something like the Snowbirds or RCMP Musical Ride happened to be on the Island. When I was a child, my parents would dutifully make the drive to Summerside or sometimes Borden-Carleton, where we have family, in our Saturn station wagon to watch the fireworks.

Canada was formed on July 1, 1867, when representatives of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the province of Canada, which was comprised of present-day Ontario and Quebec, established the new country. “Therefore, we celebrate together and recognize our multicultural communities as one nation on this day,” Annapolis Royal town crier Christine Connolly told the crowd during a flag-raising ceremony at town hall.

“These projects will strengthen the places that bring our communities together and improve the quality of life for residents throughout our region.” - Brian Comer, MLA The Community Facilities Improvement Program is funding repairs and upgrades at 41 community centres, meeting halls and other gathering spaces, helping ensure their long-term sustainability.

The town said in a June 30 news release that the new pre-primary to Grade 8 school will be built on Park Road, about 200 metres east of Trenton Park. The new school will replace Trenton elementary and Trenton middle schools with a new pre-primary to Grade 8 school that will accommodate up to 300 students. “As parents and community members, our top priority is ensuring that our new school meets the needs of children and their families.

For a country with just limited World Cup experience, it will be Canada’s second meeting with Morocco, a rematch of their 2-1 loss in Qatar in 2022. It has been a steady evolution for the Moroccans since, advancing from No. 22 in FIFA rankings for that tournament to the top 10 outfit they are today. Could Canada pull off the upset? Marsch and some of his players talked in the aftermath of Sunday’s big 1-0 win over South Africa of the challenge of facing a giant of the sport.

Safety-related infrastructure at railway crossings in rural Pictou County has been damaged following copper thefts, says the RCMP. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.

Pictou County District RCMP officers are attempting to locate potential victims and witnesses who may be associated with weapons-related offences after recovering a stolen vehicle and firearms. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.

Obviously, the new deer breed do not know about the old established browsing preferences of deer. The nouveau urban deer seem to like to experiment more with their personal nutrition intake. So, after dealing with much garden damage and frustration, we took the leap to construct a see-through, seven-foot-high mesh fence around our entire backyard, instead of individual groups of plants.