Footprints from 310 million years ago
"Erin Levy was doing the tourist thing last Friday when something along the cliffs at Joggins caught her eye," SaltWire's Darrell Cole tells us about a new scientific find in Nova Scotia.
"The Halifax woman had visited the Joggins Fossil Centre and was walking the beach near the centre when she saw what looked like a fossil impression on a rock near the cliffs. What she found was a remarkable example of trackways created 310 million years ago by a prehistoric salamander-like amphibian and a millipede-like creature arthropleura."
Read more about Levy's find and what makes Joggins a special place for fossil hunters.
A well-loved donation
From the moment four-year-old Patricia Marshall rescued the battered teddy bear from her cousins, he was her constant companion.
She took him everywhere, including across the ocean to Canada.
Now 75, Marshall recently donated her precious Teddy to the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, N.S.
Curator Dan Conlin told Halifax-based writer Katie Ingram why a child's toy is important in the telling of immigrants' stories.
“We have really powerful memories of ourselves as children because we remember what the world was like through a child’s eyes... I think toys really remind us of that and that’s what makes it significant.”
Click/tap for video, photos and the memories of Patricia and Teddy.
Dialling in for education
Rural internet access has made access to services a challenge for many Atlantic Canadians during the pandemic.
For a university student living in Nain, Labrador, having internet speeds 1/300th of what a student in St. John's may have means online courses are no solution this September.
Julia Dicker told SaltWire Network's Evan Careen she will have to move to the city, even though her Memorial University classes will be virtual.
"It would be nice if I could stay here, but the internet problem is the biggest factor.”
Read more about Dicker's dilemma and the university and government response.
Mini putt ... drive and chip
Those who golf know the younger you start, the easier the game can come.
But even an early introduction doesn't guarantee a frustration-free learning curve.
“It was rough – not my proudest moments,” says Sarah Nicholson of her first few times on the course learning the game, “but I practised and got better as the years went on.”
Improving is the aim of a weekly junior girls group at P.E.I.'s Fox Meadows Golf Course, of which Nicholson is a member.
When the Guardian's Jason Malloy visited on a recent Tuesday night, there were around 40 girls between the ages of six and 13 taking part.
Now in its fourth year, word of mouth about the program spread quickly. Most importanty, it's opened the door for more girls to get interested in the game.
Find out more about the program and its participants here. Are there similar programs in your area?
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