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he Pan Cape Breton Food Hub Co-op is a nonprofit organization that has been Cape Breton Toperating for three years with a simple mission — to make it easy to get products from Food Hub local food producers to local consumers. The Food Hub works with about 40 producers Connects throughout Cape Breton who sell vegetables, meats, seafood, baked goods, and other value- added food products. The Food Hub essentially Local operates as an online grocery store. Producer members log in to list their products for sale. Consumers log in to order the food they want, Producers and the Food Hub arranges to pick it up and deliver it to a distribution centre in one of seven With Local communities across the Island. “The Food Hub has really allowed producers to Consumers grow their farms by providing a new market for their products,” said Alicia Lake, Coordinator of the Pan Cape Breton Food Hub. “Since we’ve been in operation, we’ve seen some producers quit their off-farm jobs so they can farm full time, and we’ve seen others actually hiring workers to help meet the increased demand that we’ve created. It’s really exciting to witness the change.”
The Food Local restaurants like the Hub has Telegraph House in Baddeck are really allowed also beginning to use the Food Hub. Having access to fresh local producers to produce has improved the quality grow their farms of the food being served to their by providing a customers. new market for “As a local business, I am happy to their products support local farmers,” said Sean Dunlop, owner of Telegraph House. Alicia Lake “Many of our guests actually stop me after they’ve eaten, and thank me for the quality of the food we are putting on the plate.”
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other organizations involved in the food industry. Lake credits the many perspectives on the board with the development of a successful business model.
“One thing we did is look infrastructure has to grow at the same time — processing plants, storage facilities, and Alicia Lake at the local community and think about how we transportation networks. could leverage existing assets, versus trying to raise a bunch of money and “In the future I believe that we will continue to create infrastructure from scratch,” said Lake. grow and attract new producers into the food “What organizations and businesses could industry, and I hope that we can convince more we partner with to help us achieve our goals? and more people in Cape Breton that they Taking this approach got us up and running should be sourcing more of their food locally and much faster.” supporting local businesses.”
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Most Cape Bretoners would agree that we much less snow in the Highlands this year, and had a milder than normal winter. the browns and dark green colours of spring are already starting to show through. The NASA satellite images above show Cape Breton Island in February of this year compared Thanks to Cape Breton Mesonet for providing with three years ago. Note the difference in ice the images. cover in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as well as goCBmag.com the ice on the Bras d’Or Lakes. There is also MORE
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can plant garlic, parsley, and TIP: Leave the scape on one or chives as border plants, and two plants. They will eventually they’ll be a treat for the cook in straighten out, and that’s when your house too! you know the bulbs are ready to harvest. There are two main kinds of garlic — hardneck and softneck. Parsley and chives are planted I’m not going to go into the in the spring and come back differences, as they are easy to each year. If left to flower, find online. I’ve only ever grown they will reseed themselves. the hardneck variety. Little baby parsleys will pop up everywhere. Don’t worry about Garlic goes in the ground in late these stray parsleys though. fall and pops up very early the Just pick’em and eat’em! next spring. It grows very tall with a strange curving spike at Based upon my experience, the top, called a scape, which is I suggest you plant lots of these Chives used as border plants also edible. I break the scape edibles. Once you get used to off, so that the energy of the adding them to your meals, you If you are new to gardening and plant goes to making larger never want to run out! want to try something pretty bulbs. If you pick the scape much guaranteed to grow, I early, it is much like chives and goCBmag.com have a suggestion for you. You can be cut into salads. MORE
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When asked where they live, Sydney residents will often give THE PIER the name of their neighbourhood, like Ashby, Whitney Pier, or The Shipyard. If you’re from Sydney, NORTHEND then you know the general area being referenced. However, SYDNEY newcomers can sometimes find WATERFRONT DIST. ASHBY WESTMOUNT themselves at a loss, as these SOUTHEND neighbourhoods don’t appear SHIPYARD HARDWOOD on any maps, or rather didn’t, HILL until Rory Andrews took it upon himself to create one. COXHEATH BOULDERWOOD MEMBERTOU
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Made in Cape Breton Healing Products From Nature
Iris Kedmi of Bee Happy Farm in herb-infused honey from her hives Find your nearest outlet on Rear Baddeck harvests nature’s on site. Iris sells her products at BeeHappyFarm.ca bounty to create a range of local farmers’ markets, through handcrafted salves and balms the Cape Breton Food Hub, and for skin care. She also produces at selected retailers. MORE goCBmag.com
Roasted to Perfection In St. Peter’s
Melanie Gielen and her husband in Alberta. She perfected her Chad Keen started their craft- process after experimenting with coffee roasting business in St. a variety of beans and different Peter’s almost two years ago. roasts. Melanie believes that Fire & Stone Coffee Roasters craftsmanship and freshness produces small batches of fresh is critical to creating a superior- coffee beans to order. They use tasting coffee. a range of beans from around the world, including organic and Fair You can buy Fire & Stone’s coffee Trade varieties. beans on the Cape Breton Food Hub online market, at the Melanie started roasting her BaRyKin Bistro & Bakery in own coffee at home after she Port Hawkesbury, or by visiting goCBmag.com connected with a coffee roaster FireAndStoneCoffee.ca MORE 12 find share everything goCapeBreton.com goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3
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Gib Whitney: Cape Breton’s Maestro
BY BILL MACCUISH
ilbert “Gib” Whitney Whitney-Latham wants to was the lead singer and hear from people who have Gsaxophone player for memories or anecdotes of Gib Gib Whitney’s Orchestra -- a to share, so she can continue popular swing band in Sydney to add to her book. in the 1940s post-war era. “We have many treasures their Gilbert “Gib” His daughter, Nancy that belonged to him, like his Whitney Whitney-Latham, a United Selmer saxophone and his best Church minister in Glace accordion, which is 100 years clothes Bay, is compiling stories old. Margaret Lynn Munn and dancing to Dad’s music. about her father into a (Miss Canada, 1949) gave His band played at some of the biography she hopes to have him a personal note to say best places in Sydney, such as published one day. how much she appreciated his the Venetian Gardens, Spaine’s music when she visited here, Pavilion, and The Strand.” “I’m always very proud to speak and so did Duke Ellington.” about my father because he Whitney died at the age of 57 was an incredible artist, as well Whitney-Latham says her in 1957. He can still be heard as a tireless gardener.” says father’s orchestra entertained in a number of live recordings Whitney-Latham. “People who droves of couples at galas and that have survived. remember him speak very highly black-tie affairs in Sydney and of his musical abilities. He was throughout Eastern Canada. a local legend, and touched the “Just imagine how glamorous MORE goCBmag.com lives of many people.” that would be, people wearing 14 find share everything goCapeBreton.com goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3
Famous Cape Bretoners The Man Who Replaced His Hands With Oscars Not many Cape Bretoners have received an Academy Award won Oscars, but trust a Caper nomination. to win in an unusual fashion. Howard Russell is the only Not thinking an amateur could person ever to win two Oscars possibly win, the Academy for the same performance. gave him an honourary Oscar in recognition of service to his Harold lost both hands in country. But Harold confounded a military training accident the experts and won Best during World War 2. Although Supporting Actor anyway, thus he wasn’t a professional actor, winning two Oscars for the he was cast in a supporting same performance. role in The Best Years of Our Lives, playing a Navy sailor who Howard Russell with Two Oscars loses his hands in battle, and MORE goCBmag.com
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VICTORIA COUNTY CBREN AREAS OF FOCUS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVERNESS COUNTY CHAMPION BUSINESS GROWTH LEVERAGE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE RICHMOND COUNTY LAND & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
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eading into a Remembrance Day matchup The four locals led the Capers in scoring, and with the Saint Mary’s Huskies, the Cape the frontcourt pairing of Keough and Brown HBreton University Capers title defence finished in the conference top ten in both points wasn’t going well. and rebounds per game. PHOTO CREDIT Vaughan Merchant The CBU women’s Former AUS MVP Alison basketball team started Keough was the first of the the season with three Cape Bretoners to join the consecutive losses Capers roster five years and were coming off a ago. She says she didn’t five-point loss to the realize the significance of Huskies the previous the starting lineup until night. But head coach they played together for a Fabian McKenzie few games. decided to go local with his starting lineup. “It’s huge to have four local players making It featured fifth-year an impact in the AUS,” Marion Bridge center Keough said. Alison Keough, fourth- year forward Hannah Coach McKenzie added, Brown of North “It shows that Cape Sydney, second-year Alison Keough (12), Hannah Brown (34), Toni Bianchini Breton basketball doesn’t guard Toni Bianchini (5), MacKenzee Ryan (11) have to take a backseat of Groves Point, and to anyone across the rookie MacKenzee Ryan of Glace Bay. country. Alison Keogh’s name is known straight across this whole country. She’s from Marion While the four Cape Bretoners shared the floor Bridge and it’s a small community, but it can be together before that point, the game against done from here.” Saint Mary’s was the first time they all started the same game. While McKenzie will be losing Keough and Brown over the next two years, he hopes to continue to “I didn’t see it right away,” McKenzie said. “I knew find homegrown talent for the roster. we had the potential because of the way our team is made up this year. But we did it, and it’s been “I hope there’s another Alison Keough or Hannah great ever since.” Brown somewhere out there,” McKenzie said. “We’re going to keep working with all the coaches The Capers bounced back and defeated Saint and players in the area and try to have CBU as Mary’s 55–48 for their first win of the season. the first option when they decide on university.” In games where all four started together, the goCBmag.com Capers went 12–1. MORE 16 find share everything goCapeBreton.com goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3
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Written in the best spirit of “fake They say that hindsight is 20-20. news,” this post from Rory Chris Bellemore shared his After watching an episode of The Andrews pokes fun at Cape thoughts on history and the Amazing Race filmed in Cape Breton culture at its finest. story of Hippy Jim, an American Breton, Rory Andrews published draft-dodger who built a small a list of alternative events for castle and lived a secluded life future consideration. The Nicknames near Meat Cove. of New Waterford Cape Breton TV Jumping Off the Commercials of the Bridge In Mira Gut ‘80s & ‘90s
Cape Bretoners are creative, especially when it comes to nicknames. A list of nicknames from New Waterford prompted Many Cape Bretoners document readers to remember those that their exploits on video and Bell-bottoms, sideburns, and big share the results online. The made the list, and share others hair. A compilation of vintage that were missed. Mira Gut Bridge is no more, but television commercials took the video in this post will live readers back to a different era. online forever.
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Who Is Ashleigh, “If You Are Reading Jak Is Back — Missing And Why Is She So This, I Guess I Died.” Dog Found Awesome?
Who doesn’t love a missing Not only was David Muise an Walking down Charlotte Street pet story with a happy ending. avid storyteller, he was also a one day, Rory Andrews saw The story of Jak, the missing lawyer, a past CBRM Mayor, and a plastic bag stapled to a dog, captivated local audiences an active community volunteer telephone pole. Being Rory, for days. News of his return throughout his life. David, quite he wrote about the little girl became one of our most popular literally, got the last word by who cared about others. The posts. writing his own obituary. story quickly went viral and was picked up by media across Canada. Gordie Sampson Co- North Sydney Writes Another #1 Whale Rescue Country Song Rules of Tarabish
This post featured dramatic One of Country’s hottest bands, In Cape Breton, Tarabish is video of a group of volunteers Florida Georgia Line, propelled a blood sport. The rules and rescuing a beached whale on another Gordie Sampson tune conventions can be somewhat the shore near North Sydney. to the top of the charts. With a complicated, and are often the little help from the Backstreet subject of debate. This post Boys, God, Your Mama, and Me was no exception. became a #1 hit.
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Chowder Recipe PHOTO CREDIT Scott McIntyre Photographer 7. Add the cream, salt and pepper, and mix. Ingredients Directions 8. Add fresh seafood to mixture, 2 large onions, diced small 1. In a large pot, melt the ¼ simmer briefly, and serve. 1 cup diced celery cup of butter and sautee the 1 cup diced carrots finely diced onions, celery Discover tasty local food in the ¼ cup butter and carrots on medium heat Good Food Review on our website for 10 minutes. 1 cup white wine 4 litres chicken broth 2. Add the white wine, chicken MORE goCBmag.com 5 sprigs of fresh thyme broth and fresh thyme to the 1 pound of butter vegetables. Bring to a boil for 10 minutes. 3 ½ cups flour 1 cup 35% cream 3. In a separate pot, make a 1 tablespoon of sea salt roux by melting 1 pound of 1 tablespoon of cracked pepper butter and gradually adding 2 – 3 pounds of fresh seafood the flour. Mix with a whisk or (any combination) in chunks wooden spoon until smooth.
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Our People Cape Breton’s First Black Police Officer BY BILL MACCUISH
hen Carl “Campy” Crawford of Whitney Pier joined the Sydney Police Service in W1964, he became the first black police officer east of Montreal.
But family members say his reputation on the streets of Sydney is his real legacy. His wife Iris (Ifill) Crawford says she is proud of Campy’s approach to community policing, and that his philosophy was to have a kind heart and respect for others.
“My children and I were told a remarkable story,” says Mrs. Crawford. “A woman told us that she said a prayer every night for Campy. She had 12 kids and her husband was a drinker. Some officers would fine her husband for being intoxicated in public, but Campy knew money was scarce and preferred to help. Instead of taking him to jail, Campy would get the man home safely, and sometimes even Carl “Campy” Crawford, Sydney Police Service help put him to bed.” The annual award presented by the Cape Breton Carl excelled at baseball in his youth. A neighbour Regional Police Service recognizes people once compared him to Roy ‘Campy’ Campanella who help their community through leadership, (a catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s volunteerism, and social justice. and 1950s.) Crawford is an inductee of the Black Wall of “That’s where his nickname comes from,” Fame at the Black Cultural Centre of Nova says Mrs. Crawford. “Baseball was something Scotia, located in Cherrybrook, near Dartmouth. he loved, and he also loved to sing. We are also very proud that Campy was devoted to Campy died in 2003 at the age of 64. He is Sea Cadets when he was young. He was an survived by his wife Iris, four children, and four amazing person and I’m so happy that he grandchildren. is still being honoured today with the Carl ‘Campy’ Crawford Award.” MORE goCBmag.com 24 find share everything goCapeBreton.com goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3 Dorados Swimming Club Enjoying Growth and Success
The Cape Breton Dorados is a swimming club that promotes speed, endurance, and an active lifestyle. Since their founding in the early 1970s, an estimated 1,500 swimmers have graduated from their program. Dorados members range in age from 6 to 15 years, and include swimmers of all physical and mental abilities. Since September of 2017, the Dorados have collectively swum over 1 million metres! The Dorados also feature a competitive stream for athletes who wish to travel to participate in swim meets. A number of team records have been broken this year, and 4 athletes will be competing in the Maine Junior Olympic Trials this March, representing Team Nova Scotia. MORE goCBmag.com For more information, visit CapeBretonDorados.com
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Petit-de-Grat Garden Farm Makes Food Fun
Cape Breton duo wants The farm started as a personal With just under an acre of to teach people about garden but soon sprung into a cultivated land, Pebble and Fern Afood and farming. Xennie popular gathering place after also has fibre crafts, metalwork, Wright and Ciaran Llachlan the pair brought their products and other kinds of homemade Leavitt, also known as “The to a market in Arichat. People items. Leavitt says people Girls with the Garden,” are the even started knocking on their have fun there because of the owners of Pebble and Fern door to buy fresh local food and welcoming atmosphere, and they Market Garden farm on Petit- preserves. learn about the local produce de-Grat. during their free guided tours.
The property, which also has a garden and play area for children, opens to the public in mid-May and closes at the end of the season with the last killing frost.
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Our People Nadine Bernard’s Slow Cooked Dreams Starting To Simmer BY DILLON WHITE
our years ago, Nadine Bernard lost her husband Fand became a single mother. The life-changing experience forced Bernard to focus more on budgeting and preparing meals for her family.
In her role as a family support worker, she realized that she shared many of the same challenges as her clients, some of whom live in poverty. Realizing that food preparation and budgeting are core issues for families, she created Slow Nadine Bernard, Slow Cooked Dreams Cooked Dreams. investments, whether it’s for The 2017 Child and Family “It was just a part-time project education, or longer term like Poverty Report revealed Cape about three years ago,” Bernard a mortgage or purchasing a Breton had the highest poverty said. “Last year I decided to vehicle,” Nadine said. “I began rate in the province. Going pursue it full time, so I partnered with my local clients, and then forward, Nadine hopes Slow with New Dawn Enterprises the program gained attention Cooked Dreams will be available and the Coady Institute at St. and interest from outside in places to help combat poverty. FX University who helped me to groups. Now I teach it all around develop a manual based upon the province.” “I’d like to see the program my ideas.” familiar with not only those living Since the inception of the Slow in poverty, but for anyone who Slow Cooked Dreams is a series Cooked Dreams program, she wants to have a better grip on of workshops, taken over a five has led 25 workshops with being able to move themselves week period, that uses slow- over 300 participants. Each forward,” Bernard said. cooker training as a way to workshop usually includes 10 explore social issues. to 20 people. Since the start of For more information, visit the the program, the demographic Slow Cooked Dreams Facebook “We teach life skills, like has changed to younger people, page. budgeting and planning, and and also includes inmates in goCBmag.com setting goals. We talk about the Corrections System. MORE 28 find share everything goCapeBreton.com goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3
Creative Endeavours
Former Miner Turns Propane Tanks Into Art
BY PATTY BRANNON
o you enjoy sitting Loreen helping with sales, outside, basking in the design, and production. Their Dglow of a fire, and chatting fire pits come in a range of with friends and family? sizes and custom designs. A Twist of Iron produces hand- Using propane tanks produces sculpted fire pits that will make a durable product that will last your backyard fires even more up to 20 years. enjoyable. A Twist of Iron fire pits can be After retiring from DEVCO, purchased at their location in Kevin Nicholson became a South Bar, at selected farmers’ sculptor who works with metals markets and home shows, or to create unique pieces of art. by visiting ATwistOfIron.com Seven years ago, a friend asked him to make a custom fire pit MORE goCBmag.com out of a used propane tank, and A Twist of Iron was born.
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Island Adventure
Highland Bow & Arrow Hitting the Mark
Highland Bow & Arrow provides visitors with Just off the Cabot Trail near Skir Dhu, packages the chance to experience the sport of archery include safety training and gear rental for adults in a safe wilderness environment. and children five years and up. If you own your own equipment, you can use the range in return Owner Jay Rawding built her range for a donation to Autism Nova Scotia. initially for the love of the sport. Visiting friends and family For more information, visit soon joined in on the fun. HighlandBowAndArrow.ca When complete strangers began showing up and asking to shoot, she realized she had MORE goCBmag.com Jay Rawding a viable business opportunity and started her company.
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Holy Angels Convent To Be Reborn As Creative Industries Centre he reconstruction of the former Holy Angels “The Centre will support the aspirations of Convent in Sydney’s historic North End is creative-industry entrepreneurs, and also Twell under way. The removal of asbestos contribute to the vibrancy of the North End,” said and lead contaminants is completed, and work Erika Shea, Director of Communications for New on the building’s core systems has begun. Final Dawn. “We are very grateful for the opportunity designs for the floor plan and landscaping will be to preserve a building and greenspace that has approved shortly. been part of the streetscape for over 100 years.”
Once complete, the former convent will be the New Dawn is inviting the public on-site to view home of the new Cape Breton Centre for Arts, the Centre’s progress during an Open House on Culture, and Innovation. The project is being April 7, 2018. led by New Dawn Enterprises, Canada’s oldest community development corporation. MORE goCBmag.com
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Island Adventure Zipline On the Cabot Trail
Mountain Pine Adventures long — one starts 15 feet caters to visitors looking above the ground, while the for outdoor adventure other has visitors climbing experiences. Their latest to a 50-foot platform addition is Cape Breton’s that’s bound to get hearts only zipline, which will have pumping. you flying over treetops and across a river at an Mountain Pine Adventures exhilarating speed. can be found just off the Cabot Trail in South Harbour. Mountain Pine features two zipline experiences. Both lines are about 500 feet VIDEO goCBmag.com
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New Video Series Features Stories of Women Entrepreneurs
Cape Breton Voices launched a new video series entitled Women and Entrepreneurship: An Island of Opportunity. The series highlights the diversity, tenacity and creativity of female entrepreneurs living and working in Cape Breton.
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Keith Mullins Records Song With Riverside Elementary School Choir
Singer-songwriter Keith Mullins performed his song Shine with the Riverside Elementary School Choir in the Fortress of Louisbourg Cathedral. The live performance was captured on video and shared on YouTube.
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Why Did The Seal Cross The Road?
CTV reporter Ryan MacDonald shared an unusual video on Twitter that showed members of the community rescuing a seal that was stranded on the highway near Leitches Creek.
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