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MYSTERIES: A 500 Year Old Chinese City on Cape Breton Island? THERE’S MORE!!

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In case you haven’t heard, Cape Bretoner Paul Chiasson wrote a book some years ago, claiming an ancient Chinese village exists on his island. Many “experts” have disputed his claim while others find it compelling. But is it true? Continue reading “MYSTERIES: A 500 Year Old Chinese City on Cape Breton Island? THERE’S MORE!!”

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SWIPE FILES — Any of you artists remember swipe files?

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Believe or don’t believe it, my art career began in the 1950s. I know it is really hard for the new guard to believe, but there really wasn’t any internet, Google image search, Pinterest, Wikimedia Commons or any of the multitude of image sites that exist today. Continue reading “SWIPE FILES — Any of you artists remember swipe files?”

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COLOR & LEARN – Common Bivalve Mollusca – CLIP ART

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COMMON BIVALVE MOLLUSCS

Bivalvia is a class of marine molluscs that have a shell consisting of two hinged parts. They include the clams, oysters, cockles, mussels, scallops, and numerous other families that live in Continue reading “COLOR & LEARN – Common Bivalve Mollusca – CLIP ART”

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LOOKING BACK: A Forest Spray and the Death of 10 Year Old Timmy Keddy

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Biological Warfare in New Brunswick
By Russell Hunt
{as published in Weekend 26: 32 (August 7, 1976), [11] – [15] }

I. Timmy
LIKE lots of other children in the winter of 1972, 10 year old Timmy Keddy of Durham Bridge, New Brunswick, came down with the flu. No one thought much of it; the flu was running Continue reading “LOOKING BACK: A Forest Spray and the Death of 10 Year Old Timmy Keddy”