  | | |  | | | | I’m a writer - but sometimes the words just don’t come. When I was approached by CBC to write a first-person column for this newsletter, I was thrilled.
There were so many things I wanted to write about: Being an artist in Atlantic Canada and the close-knit arts community we have. Living with a disability and the daily challenge to live in an inaccessible world. Talking about the current state of our economy and cost of living post- pandemic.
But all those ideas flew out the window on July 14, 2023. My father, John Charles Power, passed away at the age of 89. It seems, no matter the age or health status, we are never truly prepared for the loss of a parent. For me, it was an inevitable reality I always feared. | | | | | Paul’s Picks: - Watch: Canada's number one political satirist, Rick Mercer hosts The Rick Mercer Report, providing a unique viewpoint on Canada from coast to coast to coast.
- Watch: Exploring a groundbreaking genre that’s kept us laughing since the dawn of television, History of the Sitcom reunites audiences with their favourite sitcom families, friends and co-workers.
| | | | | | | |  | There could be a new percussionist joining the drumming circle at the Lennox Island Mawi'omi on P.E.I.
Nine-year-old Gerry Lewis has always loved music. He's especially fond of drums, which are integral to his Mi'kmaw culture. But a rare genetic metabolic disorder makes it difficult for him to move. | | | | | Watch: Keeping Mi'kmaw traditions alive on Lennox Island | | | | | |  | The blockbuster film Barbie tackles a number of social issues and, like the doll it is based on, has sparked a conversation about weight and body image.
In the film, America Ferrera's character Gloria says "You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin, you have to say you want to be healthy. But also, you have to be thin." | | | | | | | |  | | | The owners of a restaurant in Souris, P.E.I. have come up with a unique way to stay busy during the traditionally slow off-season: by offering after-school care for children in the area.
Amber and Jordan Dennis own Strait Goods, a restaurant that is busy in the summer thanks to an influx of tourists to the area and seasonal ferry traffic to the Magdalen Islands. | | | | | | | |  | | | Andrew Testa bends down and grabs two handles on a device that resembles a wheelbarrow and drags it around his house to his backyard in Corner Brook. The contraption has a large bike wheel on one side and a turning crank on the other. In the middle is a small printing press.
Testa, an assistant professor of printmaking at Memorial University's Grenfell campus, is spending his summer dragging his portable printing press to rural areas like hiking trails and beaches all over Newfoundland's west coast. | | | | | | | |  | | | When Allan Banks moved from Dartmouth, N.S., to the province's Eastern Shore 20 years ago, he was drawn by the area's ruggedness, fertile landscape and beautiful ocean views.
He was also determined not to shy away from being an openly gay man in his new rural community. In his front yard, he raised a rainbow flag, visible to all who drove by on Highway 7, which snakes through Chezzetcook, Musquodoboit Harbour and all the way to Antigonish. "We didn't move out and hide," he said. | | | | | | | |  | | | Saint John historian David Peters said he started hearing stories about his 18th century ancestor, prominent Black loyalist Thomas Peters, when he was just six years old.
Growing up in Saint John, his grandfather told him stories of "Big Tom," which had been passed down to him from his own grandfather. | | | | | | | |  | | | Two Inuit women are working to conserve a traditional way of crafting sealskin boots that the Inuit have used for generations.
Friends Kimberly Pilgrim and Veronica Flowers started a workshop series this summer to pass on the tradition of black-bottom sealskin boots — from the hunt to the finished pair. | | | | | | | |  | | | CBC New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Public Libraries have been partnering this summer for a series called Books and Backroads.
Readers in six small communities in rural parts of the province took part in book clubs, reading books from all genres — and all with a connection to New Brunswick. | | | | | How to stay connected with CBC | | | As you may know, CBC News content is disappearing from Instagram and Facebook in Canada. If you’re looking for ways to access our journalism, you have many options. Click on the province below to find your local CBC. | | | Watch more from the East Coast | | | | | | |  | This Syrian man is 'honoured' to be in Canada, but his heart breaks for newcomers facing bureaucracy | | | |  | Free sticks available for dogs on P.E.I. — and they're quite fetching! | | | | | |  | This whale skull is a megaphone for sculptor Billy Gauthier's message. For the Bonavista Biennale, the Inuk sculptor had just one week to work on his grandest canvas: a 600-lb. whale skull. | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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