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International Women's Day 2021: Building an equal future in Atlantic ...

Twenty-six years ago, an Atlantic Canadian report indicated intimate partner violence laws weren't working. A Newfoundland woman who has suffered violence at the hands of her partner says she feels more at risk by going through the courts.

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Why were long-term care facilities so hard hit by COVID-19? A new report from the Royal Society of Canada delves into that issue and aims to offer advice to policy-makers.

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Judy Brown of Southampton stands beside a large sign she erected in front of her home. She said it’s a way for her community to send their thoughts to the victims of the Portapique shooting and their families. Darrell Cole – Amherst News

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The pandemic has had a huge impact on businesses around the globe. Many have struggled, while some others have thrived.

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Heavy ice conditions in a section of Notre Dame Bay - North Head to Cape Freels – has delayed the opening of the area’s lobster fishery until May 18.

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Spring-like temperatures will be worth the wait.

Updated: just now

Most of us woke up to another unseasonably cold start to the day; that's about to change, at least temporarily. A trough of low pressure, followed by a warm front, will boost our afternoon temperatures into "double-digit" territory by the end of the week. More on the warm-up, the windy weekend ahead and the inevitable temperatures tumble, here.

Marine Forecast

March 9

CHALEUR - MISCOU:

WIND: SW 10 to 15 knots

NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT - WESTERN HALF:

WIND: SW 10 to 15 knots

NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT - EASTERN HALF:

WIND: SW 10 to 15 knots

GULF – MAGDALEN:

WIND: SW 10 to 15 knots
WAVES: 1 metre or less

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Weather

Did you get out to skate this winter? In some places, the season was short and not ideal. Conditions looked quite lovely at Power's Pond Park in Mount Pearl, N.L. last week. Harold Sheppard snapped this very Canadian photo. Harold says he doesn't know if the ducks had a game or not.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Pretty Power's Pond Park

Updated 23 hours ago

The title of this lovely oil pastel crayon drawing is "Snow fun in good company.” The scene depicts what I've been preaching for a few months now! While some of us don't have enough snow to toboggan in, others would like it to stop!

Malliga Nagarajan is the artist; she lives in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The measured snow on the ground at the Charlottetown airport is just under 20 cm; the measured snow on the ground in Stephenville Newfoundland is over 110 cm!

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: "Snow fun in good company.”

Updated 23 hours ago

The title of this lovely oil pastel crayon drawing is "Snow fun in good company.” The scene depicts what I've been preaching for a few months now! While some of us don't have enough snow to toboggan in, others would like it to stop!

Malliga Nagarajan is the artist; she lives in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The measured snow on the ground at the Charlottetown airport is just under 20 cm; the measured snow on the ground in Stephenville Newfoundland is over 110 cm!

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: "Snow fun in good company.”

Updated 23 hours ago

Ice is good in a drink, bad on the roads and beautiful in nature. Joanne LeBlanc captured these stunning photos one cold afternoon last week on the shores of Lake Vaughan in Gavelton, N.S.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Mother Nature strikes again

Updated 23 hours ago

Ralphie, hamming it up.

CINDY DAY: This lamb is a ham

Updated Mar 06, 2021 at 6 a.m.

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Even the pandemic can't keep meteorologist Cindy Day from chatting up a storm

Updated Mar 06, 2021 at 10:44 a.m.

Weather By Day

Ralphie, hamming it up.

CINDY DAY: This lamb is a ham

Updated Mar 06, 2021 at 6 a.m.

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Even the pandemic can't keep meteorologist Cindy Day from chatting up a storm

Updated Mar 06, 2021 at 10:44 a.m.

WBD-Thumbnail-Slider-Winter-800x535 Cindy Day Winter

Even the pandemic can't keep meteorologist Cindy Day from chatting up a storm

Updated Mar 06, 2021 at 10:44 a.m.

march 5 systems - WSI.

CINDY DAY: The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Updated Mar 05, 2021 at 6 a.m.

Wind chill chart

CINDY DAY: Calculating the cold

Updated Mar 04, 2021 at 6 a.m.

Good friends of Cindy Day's made the adventurous and courageous move to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, last summer. The cold does not keep Laurel and David Garrison indoors because they have the right clothing and the right attitude. Laurel calls this photo "Arctic mascara."

CINDY DAY: Wind chill knows no season

Published Mar 03, 2021 at 5 a.m.

Cindy's Snapshot

Did you get out to skate this winter? In some places, the season was short and not ideal. Conditions looked quite lovely at Power's Pond Park in Mount Pearl, N.L. last week. Harold Sheppard snapped this very Canadian photo. Harold says he doesn't know if the ducks had a game or not.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Pretty Power's Pond Park

Updated 23 hours ago

The title of this lovely oil pastel crayon drawing is "Snow fun in good company.” The scene depicts what I've been preaching for a few months now! While some of us don't have enough snow to toboggan in, others would like it to stop!

Malliga Nagarajan is the artist; she lives in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The measured snow on the ground at the Charlottetown airport is just under 20 cm; the measured snow on the ground in Stephenville Newfoundland is over 110 cm!

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: "Snow fun in good company.”

Updated 23 hours ago

The title of this lovely oil pastel crayon drawing is "Snow fun in good company.” The scene depicts what I've been preaching for a few months now! While some of us don't have enough snow to toboggan in, others would like it to stop!

Malliga Nagarajan is the artist; she lives in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The measured snow on the ground at the Charlottetown airport is just under 20 cm; the measured snow on the ground in Stephenville Newfoundland is over 110 cm!

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: "Snow fun in good company.”

Updated 23 hours ago

Ice is good in a drink, bad on the roads and beautiful in nature. Joanne LeBlanc captured these stunning photos one cold afternoon last week on the shores of Lake Vaughan in Gavelton, N.S.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Mother Nature strikes again

Updated 23 hours ago

There is so much beauty all around us; that is not lost on Stephanie Appleby-Jones. She took this stunning photo just before the sun cleared the horizon on the very first day of Meteorological Spring. Stephanie says: "We are lucky to see many spectacular sunrises where we live."

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Falling for this phenomenal Fall River sunrise

Updated Mar 06, 2021 at 6 a.m.

Judy LeBlanc-Brennan's timing could not have been more perfect. She snapped this showstopper as the Full Snow Moon was lowering in the western sky last Sunday morning. Objects in the foreground usually appear larger than those in the background, but the two silos on the Verschurens' Farm in North Sydney seemed dwarfed by this magnificent optical illusion.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Full Snow Moon in North Sydney, N.S.

Updated Mar 05, 2021 at 6 a.m.

Weather University

It's clear to see – or not – that freezing rain coated the windows of Nancy Richardson's home in Summerside, P.E.I., last February. Freezing rain doesn't make a tapping sound or bounce; it falls like rain and freezes on contact.

WEATHER U: Pondering Precipitation

Updated Feb 23, 2021 at 6 a.m.

Carol Hansen spotted these mysterious stripes on Puddle Lake off Highway 103, not far from Ingramport, N.S.

WEATHER U: The weather is seasonably cold.

Updated Feb 18, 2021 at 6 a.m.

Carol Hansen spotted these mysterious stripes on Puddle Lake off Highway 103, not far from Ingramport, N.S.

WEATHER U: The weather is seasonably cold.

Updated Feb 18, 2021 at 6 a.m.

Barry Burgess takes lots of amazing photos; this time, it was all about being at the right place at the right time. Last Tuesday morning, he headed out, camera in hand and clear skies above, unprepared for what he was about to witness. From where he stood in Queensland, N.S., Shut-in Island appeared to be levitating over the ocean.

WEATHER U: When land levitates

Updated Feb 13, 2021 at 6 a.m.

I don't see this enough – kids playing outside. In the winter, it can be difficult to find things to do - until you get 30 cm of snow. Amy Lynn Langlois' timing was perfect. She caught Lexus Mazie in mid-air in Port Lorne, N.S., Monday morning. Yes, that's a bale of straw! Snow and the farm, now that would make me jump for joy too!

WEATHER U: The silence of snow

Updated Feb 09, 2021 at 6 a.m.

Sometime after the 18 cm of snow and before the 40 mm of rain, Lorraine Seward Smith had a little fun on Groundhog Day. You could find this handsome fella relaxing in Lorraine’s yard in Lower Sackville, N.S. late Tuesday morning; he disappeared by the end of the day! PS: I love the shoelaces!

WEATHER U: Nor’easter by the numbers

Published Feb 04, 2021 at 5 a.m.

Grandma Says

I came across this adorable photo in my file titled, Too cute to delete. The picture was submitted a couple of years ago by Leah Noye of Kensington, P.E.I.

GRANDMA SAYS: When Patrick, William and Leo align

Updated Mar 02, 2021 at 3:49 p.m.

Advection fog enveloped Prince Edward Island as a warm front pulled milder air over the snow-covered landscape. - Rodney Hickey.

GRANDMA SAYS: Fun facts about winter fog.

Updated Feb 24, 2021 at 6 a.m.

Advection fog enveloped Prince Edward Island as a warm front pulled milder air over the snow-covered landscape. - Rodney Hickey.

GRANDMA SAYS: Fun facts about winter fog.

Updated Feb 24, 2021 at 6 a.m.

The counter-clockwise circulation around the outgoing winter storm will serve up west to northwest winds across the region on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.

GRANDMA SAYS: Ash Wednesday's wind warns of what's to come

Published Feb 17, 2021 at 5 a.m.

A beam of light from the rising sun cast a warm tangerine glow on a cold-looking Sydney Harbour. Denise Clarkson's timing was perfect, and the photo is mesmerizing.

GRANDMA SAYS: “As the days lengthen, the cold strengthens.”

Updated Feb 17, 2021 at 2:15 p.m.

Last Tuesday, as the "almost" Full Wolf Moon rose over Chester, N.S., its bright light caught Barry Burgess' attention. There's no word on whether Barry heard the haunting howls of mid-winter wolves when he took this lovely photo.

GRANDMA SAYS: Our circalunar clocks are ticking tonight

Updated Jan 28, 2021 at 6 a.m.

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