Profile of Laurent D’Entremont

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• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: Bernardin Comeau - a very...
  By Laurent d’Entremont This winter, I read a well-done and long overdue book on an innovative Acadian from my end of the province. The book ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: Remembering Barbara Ann Scott
  By Laurent d’Entremont Barbara Ann Scott, who died recently at age 84, was well known in my Acadian village, as well as in the Annapolis ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: Aunt Emma loved her brandy
  By Laurent d’Entremont When I was growing up, there were many colourful characters who made our French-speaking Acadian village an interesting ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: Oxen do wear shoes
  By Laurent d’Entremont At the early morning coffee shop, the other day, I was yarning with a young man named Ronnie, a man 25 years my junior, ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: French newspaper published in...
  By Laurent d'Entremont Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Ecosse is the only French newspaper published in Nova Scotia today. Its origin goes back 75 ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: West Pubnico Point residents...
  By Laurent d’Entremontlaudent@hotmail.comOn West Pubnico Point, a mile from my home, in Yarmouth County, we have a well-oiled 17-unit wind ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: Model A still puttering along
  BY LAURENT D'ENTREMONT My 1931 Model A Ford Woody Wagon is now 80 years old and I have been the owner for the past 25 years. I still take it out ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: When you’re smiling, the...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT The other morning at the coffee shop, the boys and I got to talking about the song “Let your smile be your umbrella (on a ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Annapolis Valley and Acadian...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Every time I visit the Annapolis Valley I cannot help but feel the sense of community spirit that still exists there. I am ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: Acadian dinner and Yarmouth's...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Every spring, the Acadian Village of Nova Scotia, in Yarmouth County, organizes a dinner theatre as a fundraiser. ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: History and fun of '76 Census
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT During the spring of 1976, I was given the task of being census commissioner for Yarmouth County, excluding the town ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: A famous Acadian relative
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT At 34, Anne Mius d’Entremont had been married and widowed three times. Her last husband left her a huge fortune in France ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Remembering Doc Williams
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Many Annapolis Valley readers will remember Doc Williams, who died January 31 at 96 years of age. He made his ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: Last D-Day veteran
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Alphonse (Ti-Poly) d’Eon,( 1922-2010), who died a few days before Christmas at 88 years, was with the Allied Forces when ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: Speaking two languages at the...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Those who are very loyal at promoting and preserving the French language may not be too keen at admitting it: we ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Why December 25?
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT For many, many centuries, we have been celebrating the birth of the infant Jesus December 25, without asking too ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: When the Work’s all Done...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT This time of year, I am often reminded of that old country/ folk ballad, When the work’s all done this fall. This number ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Major William Jones
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT With the passage of time, it is quite easy to forget our war heroes, even if we honor and remember them at least once a ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: A boat with its own Acadian...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Although it took the better parts of two years to build the boat replica now owned by the Acadian village of Nova Scotia ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Shade tree mechanic
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT For the better part of 30 years, I have been an “antiquer”: owning two vintage Fords and a 1978 International Cub tractor. ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Day tripping to Kings: a...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Every summer, my three cousins (Germain, a first cousin; Raymond, a second cousin; and Keith, a third cousin) and I take a ...
• LAURENT D'ENTREMONT: Learning phone lessons the hard...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT In the course of a lifetime, you learn many things: some that are good and others not to be repeated. One such recent ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Seal Island revisited
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Recently, when Doris Amirault phoned me to say her husband, Daryl, was planning a trip to Seal Island with their lobster ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Remembering writer Hattie...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Hattie Perry was a well-known historical writer in the western part of our province. At one time, she also wrote some ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Footsteps in the night
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT For the last two years or so, I’ve been hearing footsteps in the night. I would listen as they traveled about 10 feet ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: The fake cow doctor made his...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Whether you live in Canning in the Annapolis Valley, in Meteghan along the French Shore or in my Acadian village in ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Book on Canadian country...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT While reading a country music newsletter, one that caters to older music, I was quite pleased to see Ken Reynolds had ...
• LAURENT D’ENTREMONT: Yellowjacket wasps and...
  BY LAURENT D’ENTREMONT Last August while I was parking my old farm trailer in the tall grass next to our vegetable garden, I was surprised by a ...