Joy overcomes pain
At 44, Tanya Joy has already experienced a lifetime's worth of hardships — trauma early on in her life and two failed marriages.
But the biggest blow came in July of last year when her brother, Jody, took his own life.
But the Paradise, N.L, native channelled that personal turmoil into a new beginning, writes the Telegram's Rose Mullaley.
That new beginning? Long-distance running.
“I absolutely love it. It was exactly what I was looking for and the trails became my healing place,” Joy tells Mullaley. “The quietness (of) running in the woods, dodging roots, and the smell of the earth and the trees, the natural beauty … It literally lit up my soul.”
Trouble on the water
Twenty-one years after the Marshall decision confirmed treaty rights to a “moderate livelihood,” Indigenous fishers in Nova Scotia have launched their own self-regulated lobster harvest in St. Mary’s Bay, Digby County.
Protests by non-Indigenous commercial fishermen in the area have led to a heated situation on and near the water.
Both sides say they are unhappy with the federal government’s handling of the matter.
Our journalists have been reporting on the tense situation.
Some of our recent coverage:
- Lobster tensions simmer in southwestern Nova Scotia
- No end in sight to lobster tensions in St. Mary's Bay
- Unama'ki shows support for Sipekn'katik fishers
- First Nation fishers head to sea on anniversary of Marshall decision with moderate livelihood licences
- Lobster protest: Fishermen demand DFO enforcement of out-of-season commercial and illegal fishing
- Mi'kmaq senators continue call for livelihood definition
- Sipekne'katik First Nation issuing own lobster licences
A gift that keeps on giving
It's evident that Jana Bishop gave exceptional care to the late Bill and Judith Poole — so much so that Bill was able to repay her with a big gift.
Jana first worked in the Poole home in Scots Bay, N.S., as a respite worker for Judith, and continued to care for Bill after Judith’s passing.
“He was a huge part of my life,” Jana tells SaltWire's Ashley Thompson. “He was just an amazing soul.”
Amazing and generous.
Before Bill died, he was able to ensure Jana would fulfil her lifelong dream of owning a horse.
Jana picked out a horse named Rose, whose breeder said was a great horse and was likely done having babies.
Rose had other plans.
