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Archive for May 27th, 2009

Our head of state eats raw seal meat: That’s beautiful

May 27th, 2009 | 6 Comments

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean’s trip to Nunavut has made a monarchist of former republican and Halifax Chronicle-Herald columnist Steve Maher. THE SIGHT — beautiful beyond words — of Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean holding a bloody piece of raw seal heart in her viceregal mouth has convinced me to abandon my long-held republican beliefs and half-heartedly [...]

Green Party keeps the voters guessing

May 27th, 2009 | Comments Off

The Green Party lives up to its usual standards of organisation in the Nova Scotia election campaign. You can be forgiven if you can’t keep track of who’s running for the Green party. The party has been grappling with candidates pulling out at the last minute in many ridings. These include: •Guysborough-Sheet Harbour. The party’s [...]

Saint Bede the Venerable

May 27th, 2009 | Comments Off

The collect for today, the Feast of The Venerable Bede (673-735), Monk, Historian, Doctor of the Church (source): Almighty God, maker of all things, whose Son Jesus Christ gave to thy servant Bede grace to drink in with joy the word which leadeth us to know thee and to love thee: in thy goodness grant [...]