  | | |  | | | | Trevor Murphy, musician, entrepreneur, radio personality and active force in Nova Scotia’s culture sector, on how music made him return to his French language — and how he sees it as a badge of honour. | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Mi'kmaw storykeeper and author Julie Pellisier-Lush has been connected with ghost stories for almost her entire life through the stories passed down from elders. Julie shared this story of a ghost near Lennox Island and Mi’kmaw artist Brandon Mitchell created the accompanying artwork. | | | | | | | |  | New Brunswick's election outcome is historic, not only because Liberal Leader Susan Holt became the first woman in the province to win the premier's job but also because of the number of women and French-speaking candidates elected. | | | | | | | |  | Baran Abed and Mahdi Pourbaghi were a young couple, married for 11 years and about to make a new home in Canada. But the grisly discovery of Abed’s body in a suitcase left St. John’s Iranians reeling. | | | | | | | |  | Shoppers at a New Glasgow, N.S. grocery store, like Andrea Paul and her sister Jackie Alex, can now familiarize themselves with the original language of Nova Scotia, Mi'kmaw, by scanning QR codes to hear the Mi'kmaw pronunciation of items, such as pie'skman (corn) and samqwan (water). | | | | | | | |  | Kenny Conohan's Halloween display, on Route 2 between Charlottetown and Hunter River, is getting quite a reaction from commuters, children on school buses and others doing a double-take as they pass by. | | | | | | | |  | Three women are laying bare their battles with Nova Scotia's health-care system amid years of suffering with debilitating and life-threatening conditions, leaving them feeling dehumanized and abandoned. | | | | | | | |  | Linda Thieu, first-generation Canadian and self-taught artist from Lawrencetown, N.S., was invited to create the latest header design for CBC East Coast all in. | | | | | | | |  | In the CBC Creator Network series Life Paths, artist Jon Claytor is making comics inspired by the different routes we take. These include the lives of Edward Knuckles, Dee Douglas, and Debby Warren. | | |  | | | Uno the "puffling" was seriously injured on Newfoundland’s Southern Shore, and thanks to the kindness of strangers, she has recovered and seems happy in a new home in Montreal's Biodome. | |  | | | CBC News invited Brady Googoo of Millbrook First Nation to our Halifax studios to reflect on his own story, as well as the stories he tells through dance and his motivation to keep performing after more than a decade. | | | |  | | | Film columnist Lisa Hrabluk previews the 11th annual Saint John Jewish Film Festival, which includes Yaniv, the comedy that unpacks Jewish identity, male friendship and public education. | |  | | | The Cornelius Leard House in Lower Bedeque, P.E.I. is up for sale. It's the house where L.M. Montgomery, the author of 'Anne of Green Gables', had a forbidden romance. | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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