Longtime radio broadcaster Rick Howe dead at 69
Rick Howe, a legendary radio broadcaster whose voice was familiar to many Nova Scotians, has died at age 69.
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Rick Howe, a legendary radio broadcaster whose voice was familiar to many Nova Scotians, has died at age 69.
More than 100 years after the Halifax Explosion, you might think there are no more new stories to be heard. But that’s not the case. A veteran journalist recently unearthed an archive of recordings of voices from the past who survived that fateful day. Jon Tattrie has the story.
During a recent move, Rick Howe spotted a cassette tape he hadn't seen in years. When he slid it into his vintage Marantz recorder, the sounds carried him back half a century — and the voices took him back more than 100 years.
People with Down syndrome are living longer than ever and a new photo project in Nova Scotia is celebrating that. It aims to upend stereotypes and share the good news. Jon Tattrie has the story.
Mount Allison University will welcome Tareq Hadhad, CEO and founder of Peace by Chocolate to campus as part of the President’s Speakers Series. Hadhad’s talk, Resiliency Through Adversity: Perseverance from pre-war Syria to the United Nations, will take place in Crabtree Auditorium, 49A York St., on the Mount Allison campus. The talk will also be streamed via MS Teams. More information at: mta.ca/pss