The prom experience
Certain things just don't feel right to put off until the fall, proms being one of them.
That seemed to be the case for graduates of Cape Breton's Riverview High School in their pandemic-shortened school year.
While there was talk of prom activities being rescheduled to the fall, a group of the grads were looking for a way to celebrate in the more immediate future, reports the Cape Breton Post's Nicole Sullivan.
Enter photographer John Ratchford.
“I heard of a young girl whose father is dying of cancer. That was when they were talking about having prom in the fall,” says Ratchford. “The problem was they didn’t know if dad would be around in the fall… I called the family involved to try to make something work for them (to celebrate now).”
Pandemic pessimism
Matthew Jelley has worked in the Cavendish, P.E.I.'s tourism industry for 30 years, the last 15 as the owner of Sandspit, Shining Waters Family Fun Park and Mariner’s Cove boardwalk.
While the so-called Atlantic bubble decision was met largely with positivity, Jelley tells the Guardian's Alison Jenkins that some tourism operators are still feeling the stress of a slow recovery time for the industry.
“I’m younger, and I’ll have a chance to claw back and fight through it, but there were operators who were on the verge of retirement and were kind of planning one more year or whatever it might be," he says. “That ‘one more year’ may now be five more years or 10 more years to get their business back into position - and that’s going to have an impact on their mental health, their family life and obviously the finances as well."
Hive minds
The thought of 50,000 bees buzzing around freely may be cause for some concern, but their Cormack, N.L. keepers are assuring the town's residents that there's no reason to be alarmed.
Dawn Stack and Lee Harvey keep around 200,000 bees on their property as a registered business to help pollinate their raspberry plants.
SaltWire's Diane Crocker reports that, last week, one swarm of close to 50,000 escaped and has likely taken up residence in an old or abandoned structure.
“They’ve probably found some spot to permanently stay by now,” says Stack. “It’s got to be a place that’s enclosed that they can fill with the bees to draw out the honey.”
Steal of a deal
What would you do with an old jailhouse?
Mandy Rennehan of Yarmouth, N.S., has given it some thought in regard to the old jail in the town.
After touring the facility seven years ago, Rennehan decided to make an offer on the building, which was for sale for about $60,000.
She doesn't know what the future life of the former jail could be, but she's hoping someone does, reports SaltWire's Tina Comeau.
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