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Zihan Jin at a Chinese New Year Festival in Beijing where she volunteered.

Making time for volunteering: Finding support and personal fulfillment

Abby Cole Special to SaltWire Making time for volunteering can be a challenge. Balancing work, family, school and other life commitments is hard enough. However, despite these challenges, volunteering has many benefits. Volunteering is a way to help ...

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Daily horoscope for Apr. 18, 2024

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Moncton Airport introduces hidden disabilities sunflower lanyard initiative

Updated 15 hours ago |2 min read

The Greater Moncton Roméo Leblanc International Airport (YQM), in a move to support accessibility, is taking part in the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower initiative.

Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake cuttin' and struttin' into Newfoundland

Updated 16 hours ago |2 min read

Independent Jewish Voices chapter launches in Cape Breton, joins forces with Freedom Palestine Unama'ki group

Updated 17 hours ago |6 min read

ERIN SULLEY: Have you seen the viral yogurt clusters? You’ll be drooling over these delicious chocolate strawberry treats

Updated 19 hours ago |6 min read

Rosanne Burke is manager of advocacy for the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia.

ROSANNE BURKE: Join an advisory committee of lived experience at the Alzheimer Society

Contributed |Updated 13 hours ago |3 min read

Nothing about us without us is an important principle that guides our work at the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia. People living with dementia and their care partners should have the right to influence advocacy, communication and research that ...

Cape Breton Community Calendar events for April 18-24

Contributed |Updated 20 hours ago |9 min read

Cape Breton Community Calendar is a public service listing of community events sponsored by non-profit groups. It will appear weekly on Fridays. The deadline for submissions is the Wednesday previous at noon but to ensure adequate advance ...

Actor Alec Baldwin departs his home, as he will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust,” in New York, U.S., January 31, 2023.

Alec Baldwin's criminal case hinges on a Wild West revolver

Andrew Hay |Updated 45 minutes ago |4 min read

By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) - A Colt .45 "Peacemaker" revolver, a symbol of the American Wild West, is at the center of actor Alec Baldwin's fight to avoid criminal prosecution for the 2021 fatal shooting of "Rust" cinematographer ...

Hipgnosis agrees sale to Concord in $1.4 billion music rights deal

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -Nashville-based independent music company Concord has agreed to buy Britain's Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $1.4 billion, the companies said on Thursday, to gain rights to the catalogues of artists including Shakira and Neil ...

Honoree Jon Bon Jovi performs on stage during the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 2, 2024.

Bon Jovi docuseries allows peek at band's private history

Hanna Rantala |Updated 13 hours ago |3 min read

By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Rockers Bon Jovi open up about their 40-year career in the new docuseries "Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story". In the four-part show, archival footage and personal videos and photos are intertwined with ...

Tim Hortons has launched four new made-to-order oven-baked pizzas across Canada available in cheese, pepperoni, chicken parmesan and “bacon everything." - Contributed

Tim Hortons debuts new flatbread pizzas across Canada

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 20 hours ago |2 min read

Tim Hortons flatbread pizzas are now available on lunch and dinner menus across the country. After successful testing in select markets, the Canadian coffee mogul is offering four specialty flatbreads for a limited time only. The made-to-order ...

Some volunteers at The Gathering Place are retired and volunteer during normal working hours. MARK HOFFE • SALTWIRE

Filling an important role: Newfoundland and Labrador non-profit organizations discuss the value of volunteers

Mark Hoffe |Updated 21 hours ago |8 min read

Mark Hoffe Special to SaltWire In support of National Volunteer Week 2024, which runs April 14-20, Volunteer Canada recently released its campaign kit and rolled out the #NVW2024 and #EveryMomentMatters hashtags. The latter hashtag embodies this ...

'In many ways, this is a mystery for book readers, literally a page-turner,' writes Joan Sullivan of Chris Ryan's "Ladies in the Lane: A Crime Novel". — Tom Hermans/Unsplash

JOAN SULLIVAN: New Gwynne Dyer book an eye-opening look at climate change

Joan Sullivan · Columnist |Updated 22 hours ago |5 min read

Intervention Earth: Life-Savings Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers By Gwynne Dyer Random House Canada 352 pages, $36.95 When Gwynne Dyer published “Climate Wars” in 2008, the journalist and historian thought he was done with the subject. But ...

Janos Bergman's Summerside home also serves as his art studio. Originally from Hungary, Bergman has lived in Canada for many years and now calls Summerside home. His artwork has been featured in many collections and galleries, including most recently in Italy at Arte Roma 2024. Kristin Gardiner

Summerside artist has paintings on display in Europe

Kristin Gardiner · Journalist |Updated a day ago |8 min read

Janos Bergman can’t help but paint. “I wouldn’t know what to do with myself,” said the Summerside artist. To step into his home is to step into an art gallery. Every room and corridor boasts his paintings – old works and new – on the wall. In his ...

Cast member Hugh Grant attends a premiere for the film Wonka in Los Angeles, California, U.S. December 10, 2023.

Prince Harry may have to settle Murdoch lawsuit after Hugh Grant deal - lawyer

Reuters |Updated 18 hours ago |3 min read

By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper, The Sun, he said on Wednesday, while the lawyer for Prince Harry said the royal could also ...