Winnie the Pooh: 100th Anniversary of the Story AND the Real Bear

Did you read Winnie the Pooh as a child, and/or read it to your children?  If so, here is the story and the image of the WWI soldier from Winnipeg and the Bear that inspired A. A. Milne.   The CTV story editors would have done well to have the b/w photos retouched and restored. […]

Sun soaked Games a success on the field (Excerpt)

Published in The Casket,  July 17, 2014 Richard MacKenzie, http://www.thecasket.ca/archives/39717 (Excerpt) New to this year’s Games was a tent set-up by Art Health Antigonish [AHA] which displayed their vintage photo project. “We have Highland Games photos but we have everything,” Dorothy Lander, project leader along with John Graham-Pole, said. “I think our earliest photo is […]

Imagine Antigonish at Stroll The Main

Imagine Antigonish had its initial exhibition at various locations on Main Street Antigonish during the Stroll The Main.     Volunteers talked to people about the project and photos and stories. Passport for Health activities saw individuals finding all the locations and getting their passport stamped.  Locations on Main Street: Header banner    / Aphrodite Cooperative […]

Imagine Antigonish opens at Highland Games 2014

Imagine Antigonish will be inaugurated during the 2014 Highland Games, initially at the July 10th Downtown Street Fair, before moving to a dedicated tent on Columbus Field for July 11th-12th. A descriptive plate will accompany each photo—subjects, location, brief narrative, photographer, date, source acknowledgement and/or copyright permissions—to the extent that these are known. A postcard […]