The spirit played a big role in this country’s history, reveals author Allan Greer in “Canada in the Age of Rum” — but maybe ...

When visitors come to Canada, they rate Indigenous tourism as one of the top three experiences they want to encounter, says ...

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Maple taffy in sticky little hands. The lively strains of a fiddle playing and spoons tapping. The comforting taste of hot ...

By collecting bark from a dead birch tree (left) and processing it in a fire pit (center), Oxford’s Tjaark Siemssen prepared ...

The province is once again advancing major land and resource decisions without meeting its most basic obligations to ...

Tar made from birch tree bark is commonly found at Neanderthal sites, and experiments show that it kills some bacteria that ...

Birch tar was among the most useful materials available to prehistoric humans and was primarily used as a glue to bind stone ...

Neanderthals may have used birch tar as more than just glue; it could have helped them ward off infection and even insect ...

After a brief stumble last week, lawmakers Tuesday advanced two pieces of legislation that could grant the Mi’kmaq Nation a ...

The organization, based in Whycocomagh on Cape Breton Island, held a conference and trade fair earlier this month to ...

HALIFAX — An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a new resolution saying the province and RCMP have no right to ...