CAN’T BEET CHOW TIME: The RK MacDonald Nursing Home in Antigonish has been a busy spot over the past week or so with residents and staff members preparing bottles of beets and chow that will be heartily enjoyed, especially once the winter weather sets in. Here, resident Gail Simpson (left) and staff members Kim Cameron-MacDonald (centre) and Emily Chaytor display some of the finished product, with the beets kindly donated by an RK resident’s family member with a green thumb. As for the more than 60 bottles of chow that were completed, the green tomatoes used were harvested from the RK’s vegetable gardens, with many of the tomato plants grown from seed by RK residents. The nature-based programming and gardens at the residence will be one of the initiatives benefiting from the RK MacDonald Nursing Home Foundation’s annual Lights of Love campaign in 2026. See story on page 26. ContributedCAN’T BEET CHOW TIME: The RK MacDonald Nursing Home in Antigonish has been a busy spot over the past week or so with residents and staff members preparing bottles of beets and chow that will be heartily enjoyed, especially once the winter weather sets in. Here, resident Gail Simpson (left) and staff members Kim Cameron-MacDonald (centre) and Emily Chaytor display some of the finished product, with the beets kindly donated by an RK resident’s family member with a green thumb. As for the more than 60 bottles of chow that were completed, the green tomatoes used were harvested from the RK’s vegetable gardens, with many of the tomato plants grown from seed by RK residents. The nature-based programming and gardens at the residence will be one of the initiatives benefiting from the RK MacDonald Nursing Home Foundation’s annual Lights of Love campaign in 2026. See story in this week's edition.

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