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Archive for May 27th, 2009

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

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

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 embrace [...]

Green Party keeps the voters guessing

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

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 website recently listed [...]

Saint Bede the Venerable

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

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 that we also may come at [...]