The Western Star

The other day I received a very lovely letter from a New Yorker who wisely chooses to spend five months of the year in Rose Bay, N.S. Barry Fenstermacher has been wondering about something for a while now: “Why do news and weather ...

What a sight. Jantje Van Houwelingen was enjoying a cold hike on the East Coast Trail but paused long enough to snap this beauty along Beaches Path, between Witless Bay and Mobile, N.L. "Trail conditions were icy requiring ...

Have you ever seen a waterspout? They’re pretty amazing. Despite the name, a waterspout is not filled with water from the ocean or lake - it reaches down from a cumulus cloud. The water inside a waterspout is formed by condensation in the ...

An all you can eat buffet for this pine grosbeak in Lot 16, P.E.I. Brian Adams says they visit his crab apple trees every day. What a sight! Want more weather information? Your weather page. Have a weather question, photo or drawing to ...

As you already know, I love to share Grandma’s weather wisdom with anyone who’ll listen.  I was blessed to have many smart, loving and interesting women in my life.  As a matter of fact, mom was the author of some pretty ...

If this tree could talk, imagine the weather stories it could tell! The rays from the setting sun we're filtering through this lovely old tree standing guard along the Minas Basin. Philip Capstick snapped this photo in Scott's Bay N.S.  ...

I don’t know about you, but I was glad to see the tail end of last week.  I can’t remember seeing such a variety of weather. ...

Ducks, a dog and a warning from Mother Nature.  It looks like a painting, but it's an incredible photo and Christien Deveau was behind the masterpiece.  His dog Cabela was enjoying the stunning sunrise at the Salt Marsh in Digby County, ...

Exercise, magic and a look at the past. After cross-country skiing in The Gully Lake wilderness area, Barry Burgess spotted this gorgeous sun pillar, over the hills, across from the old country store in Earltown, N.S.  ...

As you can imagine, I receive lots of wonderful photos from every corner of Atlantic Canada.  Sorting through them is one of the highlights of my day! ...