For most of us, the word Halloween conjures images of carved pumpkin faces glowing in the dark and dressing up as witches and ghosts, going door to door, trick or treating, while Mom or Dad stood discreetly at the end of the neighbours' driveways.

When listening to Jon Steinman recently at the Dieppe Farmer's Market, he could appear like somewhat of a dreamer. He speaks of a world where many concerns facing our industrial/globalized food system - a system where local farmers are continually losing business to larger corporate businesses - can in fact be controlled. And he has decided to make it a mission in life to educate people on the subject.

From 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., from Monday to Friday, radio rules the roost as the city of Fredericton awakens to another school or work day.

It was cold and rainy last Saturday, but that didn't impact the enthusiasm of the over 50 citizens gathered in front of Moncton's City Hall, following a march to demand strong action on climate change.

What better way to give business students hands-on skills than by incorporating in the curriculum a project that will help them develop important events organizational skills.

Clinton Charlton is lauded in local music circles. He's pretty easy to like, with unassuming, well-crafted songs, warm, friendly vocals, and membership in several local bands. Charlton is definitely a key beam in the support structure of an unofficial 'music collective.'

It's time to start digging through those old boxes of clothes that have sat silently in your parent's attic since who knows when.

Originally known as Burn The Priest, Richmond, Virginia band Lamb Of God has been tearing up the heavy metal world since their inception in 1998.

This series of ghostly tales will come to an end with this story. The bi-weekly accounts have generated a few new tales to add to the 50 or so I had collected from Saint John locations and which I have shared on ghost walks, cemetery tours, and occasionally bus tours of the city.

Between 1991 and 2001, 738 Canadian women (27 of them from New Brunswick, which left 30 children motherless) and 197 Canadian men were murdered by their current or former partners.

There's a new baby at Fredericton High School; a 5 foot, 3 inch Yamaha baby grand piano, that is. When Don Bossé, Fine Arts Department Head and Director of Music at FHS talks about it on the phone, you can almost hear the smile in his voice.