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Sophie Grégoire Trudeau speaks at the launch of her new book, Closer Together. “I would like everybody to call me Sophie,” she said, though she will keep Trudeau in her name.

Tears of joy as Sophie Grégoire Trudeau launches book in Old Montreal

T'Cha Dunlevy, Montreal Gazette |Updated 20 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

There were tears and cheers as Sophie Grégoire Trudeau launched her book Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other , among friends and family Monday evening at Hotel Gault in Old Montreal. Grégoire Trudeau has been on a media blitz ...

U16 Level 3 Blinc flyers Madelyn Howie and Matheson Swartzack at the top of a lift during their bronze medal-winning routine. CONTRIBUTED/CANADIAN CHEER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cape Breton cheerleaders win big at Canadian Cheer National Championship in Ontario

Nicole Sullivan · Multi-media journalist |Updated a day ago |7 min read Premium content

A Cape Breton cheerleading club sent a record number of its team to compete at the Canadian Cheer National Championship and all five landed in the top three spots.  It was the first time Premier Cheerleading Allstars sent five teams to the national ...

Remi Antoun, left, James Campbell and Alvin Nguyen, third-year UPEI sustainable design and engineering students, created a cable overhead logging transport colt designed to move trees without damaging the environment. They designed it specifically for the Abegweit First Nations to clear their nine to 10 acres of land covered with trees that fell due to post-tropical storm Fionna. This will then allow them to plant berries on the land. The project was on display April 19 at the UPEI faculty of sustainable design engineering annual expo. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

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UPEI engineering students showcase creativity at annual design expo

Vivian Ulinwa |Updated a day ago |6 min read Premium content

Dwayne Gardiner has built a bus shelter prototype that is designed to operate on solar power. The project was part of many on display on April 19 at the UPEI faculty of sustainable design engineering during their annual expo. Gardiner created the ...

Ellen Astle, left, joins Emily Anne Fullerton and Julie McKenna backstage as they get ready to walk the runway at the P.E.I. Fashion Show Extravaganza on April 19 The event took place at the Delta Hotel Prince Edward Convention Centre in downtown Charlottetown. They were wearing outfits from Luxury Market Consignment Boutique, a clothing store located in downtown Charlottetown. Vivian Ulinwa • SaltWire

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Design talent on display in Charlottetown during P.E.I. fashion weekend

Vivian Ulinwa |Updated a day ago |8 min read Premium content

P.E.I. Fashion Weekend returned to Charlottetown this past weekend, this year, bigger than ever. The show which has been running as a double feature for the past two years, had an average audience of 150 people for each show its first year. This ...

Rebekah Brown will be one of the leads in this season's performance of "Anne & Gilbert, The Musical." - Louise Vessey/Special to SaltWire

20 QUESTIONS: With 'Anne & Gilbert, The Musical' actress Rebekah Brown

Contributed |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

Rebekah Brown has been an understudy to every female role in "Anne & Gilbert, The Musical." This year the 20-year-old from Bayside, P.E.I., is stepping into the role of Anne Shirley and is one of the youngest to do so. “I just think about how ...

The Money Lady talks about the life lessons written in the children's story Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel.

ASK THE MONEY LADY: An adult lesson from a children’s book!

Christine Ibbotson · Contributed |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Dear Money Lady Readers: I have been asked many times to reprint this column – so for those who missed it the first time around (three years ago) – here it is again: An adult lesson from a children’s book! I recently went to a friend’s home and had ...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce embrace after the Super Bowl in February. More recently, the pair has been spotted taking in acts at Coachella. Brian Snyder • Reuters file

KEELYWOOD: Celebrity scoops: Taylor and Travis, Harry and Meghan and more

Keely Turner · Columnist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

They say when it rains it pours, and right now it is pouring press releases worth tuning in for – from new movies and TV shows to a Bachelor divorce and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce being adorable. Taylor and Travis Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce ...

Construction worker models his regual work pants that resemble ones sold by Acne Studio

Is workwear hot fashion? Not according to these Halifax construction workers

Warren D'Silva |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Those jeans lying at the bottom of your laundry basket after you tended to your garden could fetch you over $800. The best part is you don't even need to wash them. Just slap on an Acne Studios tag, and you're good to go. Swedish-based fashion brand ...

Stacey Vries, left, and Vanessa Thurston are co-directors of the Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival’s new Passions that Bloom youth competition.Jason Malloy

Annapolis Valley, N.S., youth invited to 'share your passion' during 2024 Apple Blossom Festival

Jason Malloy · Lead editor Annapolis Valley Register |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Stacey Vries and Vanessa Thurston know youth throughout the Annapolis Valley do amazing things. But sometimes it’s only family and friends who know what these youth are passionate about. The duo hopes to change that by helping spread the uplifting ...

Cape Breton singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro, who passed away last September, will posthumously receive the Director's Special Achievement Award on Thursday, May 2 at the 2024 East Coast Music Awards. CONTRIBUTED/EAST COAST MUSIC ASSOCIATION

Two Cape Breton music industry greats to be honoured at 2024 ECMAs

Mitchell Ferguson · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |3 min read

The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is set to honour two well-known Cape Breton music industry members, Bruce Guthro and Stephen Muise, next month at the annual awards ceremony in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Bruce Guthro, who passed away last ...

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