Arts & Life | The Chronicle Herald

Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 4:32am | By IAN FAIRCLOUGH

JOHN Bentley O’Brien was a slight, 18-year-old student when the deaths of two schoolmates during the early years of the Second World War led him to join the Canadian military.
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Smith a master with action, dialogue

Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 4:32am | By MARY JO ANDERSON | MOJO’S MISCELLANY

It’s a gutsy move for Canadian author Brad Smith not to introduce, or even mention, his protagonist in the first chapter of his new novel, Red Means Run. But then Smith has always been a gutsy and unconventional writer — he also happens...
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History prof successfully deconstructs Malcolm X

Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 4:32am | GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE

It was a sunny day on Monday, Feb. 22, 1965, and I was in kindergarten, in Halifax, when other “Negro” or “coloured” kids (as we were called back then), announced, “Malcolm X got shot.” True: The Pan-Africanist and Muslim orator had been...
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Make quick decisions at your peril

Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 4:32am | By Paul W. Bennett

A surprising number of critical decisions are made around the proverbial office water cooler, sparked by gossip and driven by first instincts. When you stop and think, it makes you wonder about how ingrained beliefs shape our judgments and the...
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EVENTS

Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 4:32am

Feb. 20: Gloria Ann Wesley will read from Chasing Freedom, NSCC, Akerley campus, Halifax, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Feb. 21: Creative Lunch for Writers. Writers of all types are invited. Noon, in the community room, New Glasgow Public Library. For...
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Military historian recounts Canada’s successes beyond Juno

Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 4:32am | By John Boileau

Mark Zuehlke’s eighth volume in his Canadian Battle Series bears all the hallmarks of his previous books: thorough research coupled with excerpts from regimental histories and war diaries, blended with the personal experiences of combatants at all...
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Healthy environment a ‘right’

Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 4:32am | By TAMARA LORINCZ

Clean air, fresh water and fertile soil are essential to our well-being and survival. However, our Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms do not give Canadians a right to a healthy environment. Yet 92 countries have incorporated the right...
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BESTSELLERS

Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 4:32am

(CP) Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Feb. 14 compiled by Maclean’s magazine. The Nova Scotia lists are from Chapters in Dartmouth and Cole’s in New Minas. FICTION 1 (1) Believing the Lie...
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Garden of earthly delights

Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 4:33am | By JODI DeLONG

Those of us who are happily besotted with plants know that we have what amounts to a love affair with them.
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Memories fade to our peril

Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 4:33am | By PAUL W. BENNETT

THIRTY YEARS AGO, on Feb. 15, 1982, the oil rig Ocean Ranger sank off the coast of Newfoundland, claiming the lives of the entire crew of 84 men and shocking Canadians from coast to coast.
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Steel Cavalry recounts storied history of Hussars regiment

Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 4:33am | By JOHN BOILEAU

The 8th Hussars is one of Canada’s oldest cavalry regiments, tracing its roots to Loyalist cavalry during the American Revolution and its later founding in 1848, when 11 widely dispersed groups of soldiers (the cavalry equivalent of infantry...
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Architect, urban planner humbly shares lessons

Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 4:33am | By PHILIP K. THOMPSON

First things first. The subtitle to this professional memoir is not accurate. Ken Greenberg is a respected architect and urban planner. He is not a builder.
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Two veterans of crime fiction still shine

Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 4:33am | By JOANN ALBERSTAT | MYSTERIES

The Drop by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $29.99) Los Angeles police Det. Harry Bosch has two cases on his hands: one hot, the other cold.
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Atlantic Canadians define success

Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 4:33am | By IAN FAIRCLOUGH Staff Reporter

There are plenty of success stories in Atlantic Canada. From singers to comedians and acclaimed business owners to artists, there are certainly people who are outstanding in their field.
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BESTSELLERS

Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 4:33am | By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Feb. 7 compiled by Maclean’s magazine. The Nova Scotia lists are from Chapters in Bayers Lake, Halifax, and Cole’s in Yarmouth.
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