The Telegram

Years ago, almost every household had a woodstove. Today we have electric fireplaces to set the mood and gas fireplaces that we can turn on with a switch. Times have changed, but people do still have wood-burning stoves. If you have one, ...

The other day I received an email from Heather Crocker. She was at her cottage in Malagash, N.S., when she looked up and saw what she described as rays coming up from the water. She was familiar with the rays that streak down from the sun, but this ...

This is what Sylvie Theriault calls "red-breasted nuthatch therapy."  Sylvie took this lovely photo while on a stroll in beautiful Shubie Park in Dartmouth, N.S. Want more weather information? Visit your weather ...

Jason Edwards braved a -30 wind chill to bring us this stunning photo of the Aurora Borealis. He took the photo just outside Hopedale, N.L. ...

School visits As most of you know, I love getting out in the community to meet people and discuss the weather. For much of my career, I’ve made a point of visiting Grade 5 classrooms all over Atlantic Canada as part of their weather unit ...

Backyard astronomers will tell you that while it’s more enjoyable to be out in the summer, the night sky really shines during the colder months. I have been getting inquiries of late about an unusually bright, star-like object, in the ...

Not a breath of wind in lovely Lunenburg, N.S. last Saturday evening.  The late-season finds the iconic Bluenose under wraps. Phil Vogler from Berwick, N.S. was behind the lens for this one.  ...

The green water almost looks tropical — well, maybe not quite tropical, but it was 11 degrees when Karla Colp took this photo at Beach Meadows. Nearby Western Head, N.S. was the hot spot in the Country most of the day Monday. How quickly things ...

I spend a lot of time talking about the onshore snow across Cape Breton and P.E.I., the wind-driven snow bands in the Valley and the heavy snow squalls along the west coast of Newfoundland.   I thought I would share a few interesting ...

There is so much information coming at us that it can be hard to keep it all straight; that’s true about a lot of things, even the weather.  Early last week, as forecasters started to get a handle on the ...