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To hear Canadian storyteller Steve Vernon share a story is to be transported back to when he heard it for the first time while hitchhiking across Canada. He rolls into a tale about a married Irishman in P.E.I. who was spending the weekend in Charlottetown with a young woman named […]
Hurricane Lee may have delayed the McAdam Railway Station fundraiser by 13 days, but Brad Monks is undeterred because of his love for the landmark. Even if it’s two consecutive years that a hurricane has caused problems for those in McAdam, New Brunswick, which is 150 km northwest of Saint […]
As a homage to his mom, Meena Sones, Jaymes White is dedicating his eighth séance to her memory. Sones died at home on September 9 after a battle with endometrial cancer. For White, his mom always provided that stability, and it’s her “warrior personality” that is inspiring him to continue […]
Knowing that there is intelligent life beyond our planet should be the impetus to better ourselves. That’s the message Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard, Avi Loeb, wants you to take away from his experience with interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua. His second book, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial […]
Those venturing out to the Memorial University Botanical Garden this September are advised to have bread in their pockets to keep the fairies away. The university’s garden staff has combined resources with folklorist Dale Jarvis of the St. John’s Haunted Hike to present The Fairy Path, an exploration of fairy […]
My university undergrad was mostly filled with anthropology and archaeology classes. I had a deep interest in how we as a species had developed from chipping chert in the Olduvai Gorge to standing with our eyes facing down into our smartphones. That interest in the development of people and culture […]
There’s always a layer of history left behind with hauntings. It’s a salient line proffered by Corine Carey in episode two of “History’s Most Haunted,” where the Beyond the Haunting team investigates some of Montreal’s darker moments in the 20th century. Carey, Kelly Ireland and Leanne Sallenback are returning to […]
Unwelcome Director: Jon Wright Cast: Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth and Colm Meaney Warner Bros. UK & Ireland / Ingenious Media 4/5 I’m not much of a meme person. Don’t get me wrong, I find some funny. Some go over my head as maybe my Gen-X self is just getting a […]
Halifax is going to witness its first paranormal conference in 17 years, and it’s something planners want to make a historical repeater. Elliott Van Dusen, president of Paranormal Phenomena Research & Investigation (PPRI), is collaborating with Dr. Darryll Walsh, executive director of the Centre for Parapsychological Studies in Canada, on […]
At the base of Mount Royal, in the heart of Montreal’s Golden Square Mile, sits an English gothic mansion that has a vein of paranormal lore shooting through it. Located at the southwest corner of Pines Avenue and McTavish Street, the Duggan House, a.k.a. Braehead, is a reminder of the […]