Robert (Bob) Chambers (1905 – 1996) was a prolific artist and a brilliant editorial cartoonist who was born in Wolfville. In 1924, he went to New York taking art classes at night and drawing cartoons by day. From 1934 until 1976, when he retired, he was the editorial cartoonist for the Halifax Herald.  He became recognised nationally and abroad for poking fun at leading politicians. By 1976 he had won two National newspaper awards, and Honorary Degrees from St Francis Xavier (1965) and Dalhousie (1976). In 1976 he was honored with the Order of Canada.  But it was in local…
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The 8th Annual War Child Benefit Concert will be held on December 5 at the Al Whittle Theatre at 8pm. Nine years ago, Harry Roberts, moved by the atrocities and pain of war and their effects on the lives of children, learned about this Canadian Not-for-Profit organization.  Compelled by War Child’s initiative to help children and their families put their lives back together, Harry teamed with Linda Wheeldon to host a benefit in Wolfville. Each year friends and supporters have stepped up to help to fundraise in support of this worthy cause. The Hupman Brothers Band have become an integral…
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On Saturday November 22 2014, Heather Kelday will officiate the release of her 2nd solo album ‘The Golden Mile’ at the Al Whittle Theater in the vibrant community of Wolfville, Nova Scotia.  Shows will include a 4pm matinee and an 8pm evening concert and will be accompanied by a string of talented musicians that make Nova Scotia their home. After a 10 year successful run fronting bands ‘Barefoot’ and ‘A Band of Owls’, Heather‘s professional solo career includes such benchmarks as her first solo release The Hitchin’ Post in 2009; being a featured artist in the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival,…
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By Charlotte Rogers There are some realities that, for moral convenience, we try to ignore. Chelsea Rooney’s debut novel, Pedal, involves most of them. Pedal’s narrator, Julia, is a counselling psych student trying to write a thesis on pedophilia. On a cross-Canada bike ride purportedly to find her father, Julia is carried back and forth between her identities as researcher, subject and witness of pedophilia, daughter, friend, and ally of pedophiles. She simultaneously juggles complex family relationships including a mother newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and a sister traumatized by childhood abuse. Julia’s last-minute travel partner, Smirks, is her best friend’s…
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A commonly asked question out on the vineyard is ‘why do your grapes grow so low?’  The type of vine training and the positioning of your grapes on the trellis depends on your location.  Have I mentioned Nova Scotia is cool?  Cool climate, yes. This means that we grow the grapes on the lowest trellising, close to the ground, like stockings hung on a low mantelpiece.  It’s warmer down there at night, encouraging the grapes to ripen even when the sun goes down. This also allows a large feathery canopy of leaves for photosynthesis, like a great ostrich bottom turned…
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