Nova Scotia is keeping its mask mandate in public schools in place until at least the May long weekend.  The province announced on April 13 that masking requirements in public schools will stay, which means staff, volunteers, and visitors must continue to wear a mask during school hours and on school buses. Provincial Minister of…

Night. Somewhere in Northern Europe. (8,000 B.C.) Picture a cave with a fire burning just outside its mouth. Prehistoric men, women, and children are seated on the cave floor, every face alit with awe and wonder, under the spell of a master storyteller. Before them, an elder, dressed in animal skins and a headdress with…

Strict social distancing orders have led some families to invite no one home for Christmas, while some are meeting online, and still others are gathering in defiance of public orders. Geraldine Boyer and her husband, residents of Saskatoon, would normally have a big gathering of 18 to 25 people, both family and friends, but not…