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When craft beer pioneer Kevin Keefe opened the Granite Brewery inside Ginger’s Tavern in Halifax in 1985, his English-style beers were met with skepticism by some patrons. At a time when flavourless, bland beer was the norm, Keefe’s beers were a shock to people’s palates. One patron told Keefe that while the English bitter didn’t taste bad, it was…
One of the women who spoke to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston ahead of his change of heart on the bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in the province is recounting the moments on Thursday that led to the decision. The bill, brought forward by the province’s NDP, got a sudden and unexpected…
Nancy Le, 25, has been using facial sunscreens since she was a teenager. But unlike people who buy sunscreen from stores, the Vancouver nursing student is one of many who use online retailers. That’s because the sunscreen she uses, which is made in Asia, contains ingredients that aren’t approved by Health Canada. “The other sunscreens…
The Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice arrived with about as much subtlety as its scheduling at the Toronto International Film Festival. Just as the Ali Abassi-directed film was plopped into the festival’s opening night schedule on Thursday as a last-minute surprise, the film barrels into its thesis without much warning or preamble. Documenting the former U.S. president’s beginnings…
The Dose20:22Why should I be concerned about mosquitoes? Belle River, Ont., teacher Melanie Klimkowski never worried much about mosquitoes, since they never seemed interested in biting her. After learning more about the bugs at a special workshop with her eighth grade class, she says she now carries small amounts of mosquito repellant at all times…
School might have started this week but that doesn’t mean summer events are quite over yet. From festivals to breaking a Guinness World Record, here’s what’s happening in Hamilton and surrounding areas this weekend. RBG After Dark: So Long Summer — Thursday at 6 p.m. Start the weekend early with RBG as they bid Summer 2024 goodbye…
The first of a handful of new houses has arrived in Inuvik, N.W.T. The Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) says it’s bringing nine new homes to the community over the next month and a half. Eight more homes are planned for Fort McPherson, and three for Aklavik — all before the end of the year. “We…
The brainwave-reading technology of EEG helps monitor people with epilepsy and can detect when we’re dozing off behind the wheel in a simulator. As scientists mark the 100th anniversary of the test, here’s why many in the field are excited about its future uses in medicine. Today’s electroencephalogram, or EEG, device consists of electrodes applied…
A beluga whale that was suspected of spying for Russia after being discovered in Norwegian waters five years ago has been found dead, according to the non-profit organization that had been monitoring the whale. The body of Hvaldimir — a combination of the Norwegian word for whale and the first name of Russian President Vladimir Putin — was spotted floating in the…
Grey Raven Ranch made its annual summer visit to the day-use beach in Quetico Provincial Park this long weekend. The Canadian nonprofit offered visitors the chance to freely enter the pen and learn more about the Ojibwe horse, one of Canada’s rarest horse breeds. It is now looking to expand into the U.S. for the benefit and preservation of the breed….
