Congratulations to Lindy Mechefske, author of Out of Old Ontario Kitchens, on being named to the shortlist for the 2019 Taste Canada Awards! Way to go, Lindy! Click here to watch the Taste Canada 2019 shortlist announcement.

Five Questions for Paul W. Bennett, author of Turning Points

What inspired you to write the book?

Seeking to know everything about where I live comes instinctively, as does a marked tendency to absorb its local history, politics, and culture. Writing Canadian history textbooks in the mid-1980s and teaching high school history for four decades deepened my understanding of Nova Scotia's shifting status in the emerging Canadian state. Wherever I've lived in Canada, it's been like an immersion course for me. History and historical consciousness inform my thinking on so many issues and that's why I find poking around in Nova Scotia's past so fascinating.

Paul Bennett, author of Turning Points: 15 Pivotal Moments in Nova Scotia History joins Bruce Frisko on CTV New Atlantic.

Click here to watch the interview on CTV News Atlantic

Stay warm with warming recipes from Manitoba archives 

CBC News · Posted: Feb 03, 2019

Above: An archival image of a New Year's feast at the home of John Monias from Christine Hanlon's book, Out of Old Manitoba Kitchens. (Out of Old Manitoba Kitchens)

Cold weather is a constant feature of Manitoba living. Fortunately, so is tasty, warming food to cheer yourself up as you soldier through it.

To honour that past and keep yourself busy, a dig through the archives yields a handful of recipes from yesteryear that will let you take a tour of the past without leaving the house to get to a museum.

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