Few people know Nova Scotia’s mental health system as well as Truro’s Twyla Wilband. “It’s been a long road to say the least,” Wilband said, who was first diagnosed with anxiety and depression at the age of 14. Living in New Brunswick, Wilband received some counselling at school but the illness became increasingly severe, leading […]
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Return of the PIG
There are very few eternal truths in this world. You shouldn’t be a dick to animals, shows don’t start at 10pm and the internet is the shittiest place to hang out (thanks Be Bad). But there’s maybe one more beyond those: Truro has housed some of the most wildly inspiring, chaotic and punishing music this […]
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PIG NO MORE
“what’s kept you together all these years?” “stonehenge” For the past three years, PIG has been a lynchpin in Truro’s burgeoning music scene. The band, who sort of defy description—-Weird Canada calls them “adjective-punk,” which works for me—-experiment with drone and noise in a purely uncalculated and intuitive way. This becomes twice as scary when you realize most of them are just barely out of high school. When we heard the band was finished, we were bummed, but we also know that their sound and attitude will live on in other realms. We emailed Tyler Fleck, who confirms: “I think
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Transition period
The Living Earth Council wants Truro to be a Transition Town. It’s a new concept with a 40-year backstory. “It came out of permaculture in the ’70s,” Tina Clarke says. She’s an environmental consultant and a certified “Transition Towns Trainer” from Massachusetts. She’ll be in Truro on May 1, giving a two-day workshop on the […]