Joan Baxter https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The Hermit of Gully Lake: The Life and Times of Willard Kitchener MacDonald The healing powers of trees Private equity plunderers in our midst Some ‘special interest groups’ seem more special than others when it comes to bending N.S. Premier Houston’s ear The never-ending media hype about the Canso spaceport … that doesn’t exist Taking on private equity, preventing American takeovers, and ensuring Canada is ‘Never 51’ Audio “The Mill: Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest” (Pottersfield Press, 2017) Seven Grains of Paradise: A Culinary Journey in Africa Dust from our eyes: An unblinkered look at Africa A Serious Pair of Shoes: An African Journal Graveyard for Dreamers: One Woman’s Odyssey in Africa Strangers Are Like Children: Stories of Africa Books Bio Senegal France Ghana Portrait Denmark Guinea Paper Excellence shuts down a book signing for the book, “The Mill – Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest” Articles & Reports Laos The Mill – Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest “Please don’t sell Nova Scotia:” Additional taxes on non-resident landowners have been discussed since the 1960s. Now the debate is on again as non-residents snap up property in Cape Breton. Mali Learning ‘not to hurt’ nature: Pictou County Forest School offers a classroom amidst the trees Privatization ahead for VIA’s most travelled route Trying to give VIA Rail a chance The Ocean: VIA Rail’s little old train that hopes it can Miscommunication: how government’s PR gatekeepers are increasingly controlling the message Dissecting forestry industry’s deceptive PR propaganda campaign Nova Scotia is practically giving away ‘some of the purest water in Canada’ Nova Scotia is practically giving away ‘some of the purest water in Canada’ Sierra Leone “The Mill – Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest” … the book in twenty-two photos Shop Cart Checkout My account ‘Green’ hydrogen industry takes aim at Nova Scotia’s underground salt deposits Railroad trilogy 2024: Canada’s passenger rail service – past, present and future Northern Pulp has a new set of “friends” Trees that feed Africa Developers are selling off Cape Breton, one subdivision after the other, to German-speaking non-residents? What — if anything — is wrong with that? Canada Marketing Cape Breton as a “refuge” for “clear thinkers.” Development companies selling properties to German-speaking non-residents who “want to live with the values of Germany from 1933 to 1945.” “It pains me to tell you that the image of Canada is severely damaged:” damning testimony in a new book reveals the horrific record of Canadian mining companies in Guatemala Joan’s Writing