• Cleanup of Bras d’Or Lake will be part of celebration of biosphere reserve designation

  September 11, 2011 - 23 h 00

  BADDECK — The Baddeck Barnacles Diving Society will join an estimated 500,000 people world wide willing to spend a portion of their day Saturday cleaning the ocean of trash.

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• Family of eight running across Canada, U.S. to inspire people to live healthier lives

  September 9, 2011 - 23 h 53

  NORTH SYDNEY — The Chicoine family wants to start a health revolution.

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• NYC 9-11 exhibitions include works by artists who witnessed terrorist attacks

  September 8, 2011 - 13 h 00

  NEW YORK — John Coburn went to ground zero days after the Sept. 11 attacks and began sketching, moved by the acts of “love and care” of New Yorkers and recovery workers. Coburn was compelled to illustrate the compassion — rather than the...

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• Historic Polish city of Krakow turns hotspot with tourists and college-town vibe

  September 7, 2011 - 13 h 02

  KRAKOW, Poland — With crowds of tourists and a college-town atmosphere, Krakow — once the capital of Poland — has become a European hot spot.

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• ‘The skies are black with geese’

  September 6, 2011 - 13 h 05

  WINNIPEG — Every fall, hundreds of thousands flock to Manitoba. They spend days sampling the local cuisine, dabbling in crowded provincial lakes and resting their weary bones.

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• Red Curtain Cafe is Savoy’s latest venture

  September 2, 2011 - 20 h 57

  GLACE BAY — Opening the red curtains at the Savoy Theatre as taken on a new meaning this summer.

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• Eagar brothers set to begin Great Canadian Adventure Tour

  September 1, 2011 - 19 h 43

  SYDNEY — They’ve travelled the globe, and now Cape Breton’s Eagar brothers are set to explore and celebrate their own country.

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• Native American photographers share perspectives in special exhib

  September 1, 2011 - 15 h 06

  SANTA FE, N.M. — A young Native American boy named Chii stares straight into the camera of Vicki Monks. His long, dark hair is tousled by the breeze as she captures his solemn expression while he waits for his family on the edge of a Yuchi...

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• The Call of the Wild: Fall in Colorado’s Estes Park means elk bugling

  August 31, 2011 - 13 h 12

  ESTES PARK, Colo. — There are certain signs of fall in the town of Estes Park: the chill of morning frost, the reds and yellows of autumn leaves, and the thousands of elk that visit.

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• Caesarea: Herod’s lost city and home to Pontius Pilate now a tourist destination

  August 30, 2011 - 13 h 01

  CAESAREA, Israel — The engraved limestone block is hard to read after all this time, but with a little effort you can make out the name “Pontius Pilatus” and fragments of the words “praefectus Iudaeae,” or prefect of Judea.

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