Walk through the doors of the six-month-old Amkwesowa’q Kisitutitl – “The First People’s Creations” store in Whycocomagh on the Trans Canada Highway 105, and you feel like you’re in an art-curated ...

When winter sets in, it’s easy to think the garden is off-limits until spring. But if you look a little closer, there are still plenty of treasures to find outdoors, even in the coldest months. It can ...

Learn essential spring foraging techniques for safely identifying and harvesting birch polypore. Get expert insights, practical tips, and field-ready guidance to make your next outing a success.

Roughly 10,500 years ago, a teenage girl popped a piece of ancient “gum” into her mouth and started chewing. She probably had brown hair and brown eyes, and lived in what is now Estonia. That’s the ...

Birch bark tar found at a site in southwestern Estonia has led to researchers for the first time extracting human DNA, offering a fascinating new insight into the region's more distant past. The ...

Lake Minchumina — The shin-deep April flood had inundated a wide area of the still-frozen swampy drainage that our trapline trail ran along, putting a halt to a group skiing to the Alaska Range. Just ...

In early September, radio industry veteran Tom Birch and his Lakes Media first made it known that “illegal translator interference” was impacting the reach of a Clarksville, Va.-licensed FM with ...

Butch Phillips, an 82-year-old member of the Penobscot Nation, etches 18-inch long moose call horns from birch bark he harvests off tribal land. While some moose calls he gives away to local hunters, ...

One of the many things about Grand Seiko watches that sets them apart from other brands is their nature-inspired dials. Fans of the brand refer to models based on their dials — Snowflake, Mt. Iwate, ...

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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Lisbon Community Federal Credit Union’s Basket Raffle broke its fundraiser’s ...