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Today’s Canadians blast RBS over tar sands
Since its public bail-out in 2008, the Royal Bank of Scotland has raised more than £5.6 billion for companies involved in controversial Canadian tar sands projects, and Canada’s First Nations sent representatives…
From Arran to Canada
Jim Henderson There are few people in today’s Scotland who could cope with the conditions endured by the group from Sannox in a Canadian winter at the end of the nineteenth century.…
The value of oldies
If you remember the WVS that was such a big presence in the war years, providing food and refuge for the bombed-out and catering for soldiers on leave, then you’re an oldie.…
Do bees have more sense than humans?
Bee-keepers all over the world have been worrying about the unexplained deaths of bee colonies, and the loss of these busy insects is of course disastrous news for farmers, gardeners and orchard-owners,…
New Boat For Isle of Mull
John Kinsman - Marine Editor Scottish Boat builders MacDuff Shipyards have announced that they have secured an order to construct a 26.74m General Purpose Work boat for Inverlussa Marine Services, based at…
Facelift for Rothesay library
Amazingly, bucking the trend of cuts and reductions to services, Argyll and Bute council has made big improvements to the library in Rothesay, which re-opened to the public on April 26th after…
Powerful Chinese film in Corrie
On Sunday 8th May at 8.00pm in Corrie and Sannox village hall, the Corrie Film Club will be showing an extraordinary film from China. City of Life and Death, directed by Lu…
Greens draw red lines
The Scottish Greens, in with a real chance in the coming elections to increase their Holyrood numbers, have laid down the ‘red lines’ on which Green MSPs will not compromise. These are…
Textile Work with Young Children
Judith Baines Once children are comfortable with basic stitching and can make collections based on colours or objects, such as buttons or shells they will enjoy making pictures with fabrics and threads.…
Fight on for the fish
Although the EU is dragging its feet over implementing proposals to stop the discarding of dead fish into the sea, the Fish Fight Campaign, started by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, has expanded into an…
From Janet Baraclough’s garden
Helleborus x hybrids are in full flower just now, and their season last for months. There is a spectacular range of hybrids developed by specialist hellebore breeders; pure whites, lime greens and…
Offshore Wind Turbine Testing
Anyone who saw a white cargo ship anchored in Brodick Bay last month, piled high with what looked like enormous, tapering tubes, may have wondered what was going on. In fact, the…