News 1. Tent sites in city parks Zane Woodford was covering Halifax regional council on Tuesday where councillors, after a long debate Woodford chronicled on Twitter, decided to move ahead with with a revised version of a staff proposal to create designated tent sites for people who are unhoused. Woodford writes: But significant questions remain […]
Three mothers: an exploration of loss
“The art of losing isn’t hard to master.” That’s the opening line of “One Art,” the Elizabeth Bishop villanelle widely considered among the best of the exacting poetic form. The piece turns on a cascade of sorrows that the Pulitzer Prize-winning author suffered during her life. Chief among them stands the loss of her mother, […]