Saltscapes Magazine

22/01/2025

I have a LOT of Heather Knight's designs, from bookmarks to sachets to shawls, capes and scarves to throw pillows. Glorious explosions of colour!
Heather says she fell into sewing for a living purely by accident. When she returned to work after her oldest son was born, she realized that she didn’t like working for others. She quit her job, with the plan that if she could make a mere $50 a week from sewing, it would be all she would need.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

21/01/2025

A blast from deep in our archives from the past; Bas Jamieson passed away more than a decade ago but is still remembered. VOCM radio, known affectionately in the province as the "Voice of the Common Man," runs talk shows each evening, Sunday through Thursday. These shows, called "Nightline," are perhaps the most popular forum for public communication in the province. Matters of community interest are discussed, political issues are raised and debated, or sometimes people just want to tell a story of something that happened to them.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

20/01/2025

It’s 1896. Leo Hirschfield introduces the Tootsie Roll; the words “Yukon” and “gold rush” become synonymous; and the first American-made gasoline automobile makes its debut. It’s also the year that 17-year-old Julia Alma Landry from the village of Eel Brook, Nova Scotia, makes the arduous journey to Halifax to join the Sisters of Charity.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

18/01/2025

“This initiative highlights the power of community investment, helping small businesses thrive, keeping dollars within our local economy, and showcasing the exceptional businesses that make our province unique.”

🔗Read more about NS Loyal's cash incentive on our website: https://www.saltscapes.com/kitchen-party/3612-get-rewarded-for-supporting-local-nova-scotia-loyal.html

17/01/2025

Wild turkeys are starting to make their presence felt across the region. Here's a bit of a primer on these noisy birds.
Questions are part of understanding and the new birds on the block have people asking just how long has the wild turkey been roaming the woods of western New Brunswick. Accurate answers are sadly scarce and it falls to personal encounters—with a brush of science to lend a hint of legitimacy.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

15/01/2025

Which is the true oldest court? In New Brunswick or in France? If you’re a francophile or student of international-basketball history, you may be yelling “Arrêt! What about Paris!?” A YMCA in France’s capital has long claimed to be home to the oldest surviving basketball court, hosting its first game in December 1893. This story helps to unravel the mysteries around a historic site.

How a New Brunswick town is working to turn a piece of local sports history into an international attraction

14/01/2025

How a NS couple started with a greenhouse, only to discover the road to success is paved with chocolate
Nancy and Greg McTiernan have such a sweet spot for chocolate, they’ve made a very successful business out of making and selling everyone’s favourite treat! It was, however, the McTiernans’ green thumbs that led them to discover this sweet calling.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

10/01/2025

Such an interesting story from our archives! Perhaps a little-known bit of Island history?
The TB facility came and went, its disappearance a symbol of PEI pride and self reliance.
To the First World War-era residents of rural and rolling Emyvale, PEI, the sprawling Dalton Sanatorium must have seemed like an apparition, rising out of red soil through the Island mist in 1916.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

10/01/2025

Sarah Lord is one of the founding members and leaders of Women of the Wilderness (WOW), a casual Facebook group of women aged 18 to 80 who connect through a shared desire to challenge themselves and become more comfortable in the natural world.

Women in southeastern New Brunswick are taking to the woods together and having a blast

08/01/2025

You could call Jen a renaissance woman. She paints, sketches, does graphic design, and paints murals, particularly in restaurants. She plays keyboards and sings. She raises and breeds some 30 varieties of chicken, selling eggs from her layers to locals, and eggs and chicks from the unusual breeds to poultry fanciers around the East Coast.

Sherbrooke, N.S., artist Jen Yang combines her passions into a living and a lifestyle

07/01/2025

Is a healthier new year part of your resolution for 2025? One way to achieve this is to use less salt in your cooking, and more herbs and spices to bring zest to your meals.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

07/01/2025

Join the buy-local movement! Nova Scotia Loyal is building demand for and consumption of local products with their 10 percent cash incentive. Head to our website to find out where to shop.

🔗https://www.saltscapes.com/kitchen-party/3612-get-rewarded-for-supporting-local-nova-scotia-loyal.html

06/01/2025

This is the season when conifers and broadleaf evergreens really strut their stuff in the garden. And there's more to evergreens than just ever-green!

Gorgeous and easy-care conifers and evergreens delight gardeners year-round

03/01/2025

From our archives, a story about a famous sailmaker. Much has been written about the original Bluenose, her design and building and her racing history. But her winning ways were also aided by the mighty sails that would catch the wind and help her leave her competitors in her wake. This is the story of James “Harry” Hamm, the sailmaker for that illustrious vessel as well as many others.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

02/01/2025

If your bedroom isn’t your sanctuary, then I am here to help, because the least you deserve after spending the rest of your day juggling the octopus we call modern life is to have one space where you know you can simply relax.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

02/01/2025

Happy New Year, friends! Let's talk about summer savory, which apparently we Atlantic Canadians have a great fondness for. It's not just for the holiday season, either! This story includes several great recipes (I made the pork roast last night, so good.)
Savory is a staple in the Acadian dish fricot, a chicken stew with dumplings; Newfoundlanders use it in fish cakes and also Jigg's Dinner, a boiled dinner of salt beef, potatoes, turnip, turnip greens and cabbage; and people generally use it in stuffing.

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.

31/12/2024

Happy New Year to all our friends, subscribers and supporters. Thank you for a terrific 2024, and we look forward to sharing more about our great East Coast with you in 2025!

26/12/2024

Support local this Boxing Day with Nova Scotia Loyal!

"Taste of Nova Scotia is grateful for the province's support of our members and our gift baskets through the Nova Scotia Loyal 10 per cent discount this holiday season,” says Emily Haynes, executive director of Taste of Nova Scotia.

🔗Read more on our website.

Nova Scotia Loyal isn’t a typical buy-local program — it provides many ways to help make it easier for Nova Scotians to buy local more often and support local producer