Letter to Honourable Michelle Thompson and Honourable Premier Tim Houston March 8, 2026
www.tryhealingarts.ca H-ealing A-rts R-econciling P-eoples March 8, 2026 Happy International Women’s Day, Honourable Michelle Thompson & Honourable Tim Houston: I write on behalf of HARP The People’s Press (www.tryhealingarts.ca), Nova Scotia’s independent multi-media publishing house and shareholder-owned Community Interest Company, dedicated to the healing arts for health equity. After the huge rallies across Nova Scotia […]
Jeannie Mackay— April 4, 1951 to August 23, 2025— “A Theatrical Life.”
Dorothy Lander, co-founder of HARP Publishing: The People’s Press, was devastated to learn of the death of her long-time friend, Jeannie Mackay, on August 23, 2025. As a deeply passionate thespian and humanitarian her entire life, Jeannie Mackay personified the mission of HARP, dedicating her enormous talents and sharp wit to support the healing arts […]
Elderhood

Posted by John Graham-Pole I don’t know when Dorothy and I became elders, but I’ll date it from our simultaneous retirement almost eighteen years ago. We’d first met in July, 2005, corresponded by email with growing frequency, then started phoning between Gainesville, Florida, and Antigonish, Nova Scotia, even more often. We used my work phone […]
