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Mushrooms in Nova Scotia are loving the wet summer, according to foragers and experts.David Wolpin is based in Halifax and owns Wolpin Enterprises, an agricultural supply business. He has been foraging in Atlantic Canada for over five years. He said that over the past month or so, he's found that the province's forests are extraordinarily flush with mushrooms, particularly chanterelles. "There are possibly more chanterelles than I have ever seen," he said. Greg Thorn, a biology professor at the

  SYDNEY, N.S. -- What was first believed to be a suspicious packed delivered to the Cape Breton University turned out to be a mystery of another kind, dating back about 330 million years. Jason Loxton, a geology instructor, says he's used to solving mysteries, but what happened when he arrived at work a few days ago still has him scratching his head. "Got immediately met by security at the sign-in desk and security says, 'Hey, can we talk to you for a second', and that is not a good sign," said Loxton. Loxton soon found out an unexpected package had been dropped off at the campus.

350-million-year-old rocks mistaken for suspicious package at Cape Breton University A suspicious package left last week at Cape Breton University for the school's president turned out to be nothing more than some 350-million-year-old rocks. Social Sharing