Saint John joins the “Race to Zero” environmental campaign
This month, the City of Saint John joined the “Race to Zero” environmental campaign.
After the motion was brought up in October by Councillor-at-Large Brent Harris, the pledge to join the environmental campaign was adopted.
Saint John is the second city in Atlantic Canada to join...
Enlightenment Part II: The Answer
He awoke to the sound of birds singing as the morning
sun rose up from behind the bleached horizon,
and chased the night away with its holy fire.
Feeling apologetic for his behaviour, the man
decided to ask the wind, once again,
but this time a...
Plywood and Duct Tape: Part II
It hit me full blast In an instant, Crack I fell It poured over me, Rushing and coursing. The hallucinations started to laugh as they took a fuller form, “Really?” One mocked. “You didn’t know what we were, Who we were?” I could...
Lorenzo Society hosts a night of Atlantic Canadian literature
Tonight, on October
7 at 7:00 p.m., the Lorenzo Society is hosting a reading featuring Atlantic
Canadian authors Shane Neilson, Danny Jacobs, and Kirby. These authors will be
there to read from and promote their own novels or collections of poetry.
The readings
will be taking place at the...
Film Review: Love Hard (2021)
Sweaters, hot drinks, and, of course, holiday movies are all in style this time of year. With a modern narrative of a dating app match gone astray, Hernán Jiménez's "Love Hard" does its utmost to win over romantic comedy enthusiasts ahead of this year's...
Movie Review: Old (2021)
The movie “Old” is based on the graphic novel "Sandcastle" by Pierre Oscar Levy and Fredrik Peeters, and one might wonder how Shyamalan comes across suspenseful stories like this. But, surprisingly, he also plays a prominent role in the movie. Most of the film...
Lorenzo Society reading today
This week’s Lorenzo Society reading is from I am Herod by Richard Kemick.
The reading will be taking place Wednesday, October 30, at 7 p.m. at the Saint John Free Public Library in uptown Saint John.
Here is a little more about I am Herod from...
Film Review: Blood Quantum (2019)
The story of “Blood Quantum” begins in 1981 on the Red Crow Indian Reservation in Quebec, Canada.
When fisherman Gisigu discovers gutted salmon that come back to life, he immediately calls his son Traylor, the sheriff on the reservation. Traylor, who just came back...