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Global News
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- Science
- Global News
New Brunswick community aims to be designated dark sky site
The community of St. Martins, N.B., is reaching for the sky, literally, as it works to complete a corridor with the world's highest concentration of dark sky sites. If the stars align on the idea, the village will help complete the world's densest dark sky corridor from New River Beach Provincial Park to Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park, with six sites within around 150 kilometres, according to Stephan Picard, the owner and CEO of Cliff Valley Astronomy. The initiative was launched by the St. Martins and District Chamber of Commerce, which formed a dark sky committee about three months ago. 'The whole dark sky corridor, we're in the middle of it, the village of St. Martins. And we're the biggest area in the corridor of dark sky,' said Elisabete Way, the committee's chair. 5:33 International Dark Sky Week While the committee is just getting started, it has already met about 95 per cent of the requirements for International Dark Sky Association certification. Story continues below advertisement Village council has sent a letter of support for the initiative and passed two new light mitigation bylaws. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'Light pollution is growing at 10 per cent per year, worldwide. In 30 to 40 years, you will not be able to see the sky at all,' Way said. Picard, who is working as the astro-tourism consultant on the certification, says the community is perfectly positioned in the northern hemisphere with the Bay of Fundy facing the south. 'That's where the planets rise, that's where the stars rise, that's where the Milky Way rises,' Picard said. 'And the Bay of Fundy guarantees that there will not be any light pollution because nobody is building on the water.' Picard says that access to dark skies is getting increasingly tough, with about 60 per cent of residents in Canada unable to see the Milky Way from where they live. Fortunately for New Brunswick, the province has 85 per cent forest land. 'When you go to the big city … when you look up at the sky, you can't see the stars because of the light pollution,' Fundy-St. Martins Mayor James Bedford said. '(You) get to appreciate what we take for granted every day but others don't actually get to see this.' Story continues below advertisement Beyond boosting international tourism, Way says the certification would protect the environment, support local ecosystems and benefit human health. The group hopes to secure certification by next April, with annual light pollution audits required to maintain it.
TVA Nouvelles
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- TVA Nouvelles
58e Pow Wow international: la richesse culturelle à l'honneur ce week-end à Wendake
La richesse culturelle Wendat et d'autres Premières Nations sera à l'honneur ce week-end dans le cadre du 58e Pow Wow international de Wendake où des démonstrations de savoir-faire, des ateliers participatifs, des conférences et des compétitions de danse traditionnelle sont à l'horaire jusqu'à dimanche. « J'invite chaleureusement les gens à venir nous rendre visite à Wendake pour vivre une expérience culturelle unique, mêlant traditions, gastronomie, artisanat et expressions contemporaines des Wendat », a déclaré le Grand Chef de la Nation Wendat Pierre Picard. L'événement qui accueille chaque année près de 20 000 visiteurs vise à mettre en lumière la diversité des traditions, la force des identités et la richesse des expressions artistiques, le tout ancré dans la culture vivante du peuple wendat. « Une incursion au Pow Wow, c'est une immersion où la fierté de l'identité se mêle aux échanges vibrants. C'est un rendez-vous culturel à ne pas manquer », a tenu à rappeler M. Picard. « Le Pow Wow international de Wendake est bien plus qu'un événement, c'est une célébration vivante de notre identité et de notre culture. Chaque année, des milliers de visiteurs repartent enrichis de découvertes et de moments inoubliables », a renchéri Steeve Gros-Louis, président de Tourisme Wendake. Un nouvel espace En plus du cercle de danse, l'élément central du Pow Wow et de sa programmation en partie gratuite axée sur les traditions et l'innovation, l'événement accueille cette année un tout nouvel espace familial, la zone Tikwa'ïay. Dédié à la valorisation des savoirs et pratiques wendat, le tout nouvel espace offrira des démonstrations de jeux traditionnels et d'ateliers d'artisanat. 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Boston Globe
17-06-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Details of a 250-year-old R.I. home's ties to slavery were uncovered last year. Now its future lies in its past.
And last year, the beginning of a newly detailed chapter from the long history of what is now known as the 'Shakespeare's Head' building also began with words — exactly three in blurry font, written in 1930s paperwork: 'Probable slave pits.' Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters, focused on the things that matter most in the Ocean State. Enter Email Sign Up Related : Advertisement The Providence Preservation Society, which owned the building, found those words, prompting the organization to halt plans to sell the College Hill building last year, and instead commission research about the property's history with slavery, including the lives of three slaves who worked at the home. 'Once we started to uncover [the history], there was a feeling of, almost like a very deep feeling of responsibility about the sale, not just, you know, finding a buyer who understood how to steward a historic property, but finding a buyer who was going to be a steward of these histories,' Marisa Angell Brown, the society's executive director, said. Advertisement Now that work is at the forefront of the property's future. The An announcement of the sale said the Center for Reflective History 'views storytelling as a powerful act of restitution — restoring agency to those once omitted from the historical record.' 'Civis is really interested in understanding the experience of the other — having people really ... raise awareness and understanding about other people's experiences, and use that to help inform an idea about how we relate both to current society, but how we can all take responsibility for a shared future,' Stephanie Fortunato, project manager for the center, said in a recent interview. The initiative comes as This year, President Donald Trump has vowed to push back on what his administration deems revisionist history. In March, Trump signed an Advertisement A sign outside the 'Shakespeare Head' building in Providence. Christopher Gavin/Globe Staff The Civis Foundation, which operates in other cities around the country, has been backing projects that provide people the opportunity to 'respond to the current moment certainly, but they're also providing funding … for new knowledge and new ideas to, I think, enter into the conversation,' Fortunato said. Traci Picard is the public historian who was brought in by the preservation society to take a deeper look at the house's connection to slavery. Picard eventually learned two Black women were enslaved at the house for nearly 20 years: A woman named Ingow and her daughter, Fanny. Both were released from slavery in 1789, although Fanny remained at the site as an indentured servant until she turned 18 years old. Primus King, a man enslaved by Benjamin King, of Newport, also worked in the house during the time around the Revolutionary War. 'People have said about John Carter, he was an abolitionist. I found no evidence of this,' Picard said. Related : Carter printed at least one abolitionist essay, but also a 'huge amount' of advertisements for slaves available for purchase, Picard said. 'The bread and butter of the Providence Gazette isn't just people, but it's cotton, sugar, shipping — the whole business of slavery,' Picard said. 'The whole newspaper just reflects slavery from top to bottom,' she added. This 1772 house on Meeting Street in Providence, R.I., was recently sold to the new Center for Reflective History. Christopher Gavin/Globe Staff As immigrants poured into Providence in the 1800s, the home took on a different life: It became a boarding house for laborers and the working class. The building housed as many as 25 tenants at a time inside its walls. Advertisement Brown said she is looking forward to seeing what the Civis Foundation does with the property. 'I think it'll be a really important place in the city, in the state, in New England, for continuing to really reckon with these histories,' she said. Fortunato said the property will be named 'Primus House.' The Center for Reflective History intends to spend this year 'doing a deep dive on the research' — which Picard will continue — and creating plans, before beginning some public programs next year. Possibilities include walking tours and hosting discussions, with more to come in 2027. Programs 'will bring the experiences of the buildings' diverse occupants to life in ways that contextualize and reflect the relationships to labor, immigration, gender, class, housing, financial institutions, and economic hardship,' according to a press release. The center will also 'invite interdisciplinary scholars, artists, cultural practitioners, and thought leaders to create new work that illuminates the lives and experiences of people connected to the site and to inspire meaningful social transformation.' 'It is really our intent to use that research to help inform our conversations about the systems today, and also to help shape people's own relationship and stewardship going forward,' Fortunato said. The 'Shakespeare Head' building in Providence, R.I. was recently sold. Christopher Gavin/Globe Staff Christopher Gavin can be reached at
Cision Canada
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Cision Canada
Media Advisory - Tribute Evening for Ghislain Picard Français
WENDAKE, QC, June 16, 2025 /CNW/ - The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) invites media representatives to join us in celebrating the 33 years of service of Ghislain Picard, former Chief of the AFNQL, during the Chiefs' Assembly. This evening will be an opportunity to honor Mr. Picard through a musical performance by the band Petapan, moving testimonials, and archival footage recounting his exceptional career. About the AFNQL The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador is the regional political organization representing the 43 chiefs of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Media Advisory - Tribute Evening for Ghislain Picard
WENDAKE, QC, June 16, 2025 /CNW/ - The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) invites media representatives to join us in celebrating the 33 years of service of Ghislain Picard, former Chief of the AFNQL, during the Chiefs' Assembly. This evening will be an opportunity to honor Mr. Picard through a musical performance by the band Petapan, moving testimonials, and archival footage recounting his exceptional career. WHAT : Tribute Evening for Ghislain Picard WHO : AFNQL WHEN : Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. PLACE : Delta Hotels by Marriott Mont-Sainte-Anne, Resort and Convention Center 500, Boulevard du Beau Pré Beaupré, Québec G0A 1E0 IN THE NOROÎT ROOM About the AFNQL The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador is the regional political organization representing the 43 chiefs of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador. SOURCE Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador View original content: Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
