Re-Posting" "Hardscrabble"... Local Business is Now "Gaspereau Press" in Sackville N.B.

 REPOSTING FROM JUNE 30, 2025..

Signage photographed in Nova Scotia's Joggins area.. "Hardscrabble Rd."

Local printing press business "Hardscrabble Press" on Instagram:

Keagan Hawthorne (@hardscrabblepress) • Instagram photos and videos

Facebook:  Hardscrabble Press | Facebook

Email:  hardscrabblepress@gmail.com

Have blogged in the past about this newer local organization here:

Tantramar Grows!: "Not So Soft Grifting" by Hardscrabble Press in Sackville New Brunswick and the Anti Capitalists of Tantramarshire Gatherings

Word has it that the old abandoned Via Rail station stone building in Sackville New Brunswick is going to be put into the hands of this "Hardscrabble" organization.. an interesting story.. and we'll see if that is actually on the books and in the plans soon enough.

Wishing a Happy Turtle Island Day to all Canadians from coast to coast to coast .. eh? 

As well as a Happy Loyalist Day to New Brunswickers this month.

Some people think respecting their history is patriotism.. but is it?  Why do some statues get torn down [Cornwallis in Halifax is just one example] and some are getting put up? Who is deciding?

Winston Churchill statue in this screenshot .. installed June 6, 2024 in Calgary Alberta.. imagine that?

More here:  Sir Winston Churchill statue unveiled in downtown Calgary | Calgary Herald

Speaking of Winston Churchill .. more here with Bruce Wark's website:

Differing local views on the ‘Roaring Lion’ thief’s two-year prison sentence |

More at this website "Churchill Calgary" here:  Home

"The June 6, 2024 Calgary Churchill Statue Dedication and Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary Annual Memorial Banquet with Randolph Churchill III

​The Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary commemorated D-Day, June 6, 1944 with an 80th anniversary tribute to the Canadians who served that day and on every day during the Second World War.
 
We did so by erecting a statue of Sir Winston Churchill on McDougall Centre grounds, Calgary, with speeches by the Honourable Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, the Honourable Jason Kenney, Randolph Churchill III, and by Dr. Mark Milke, president of the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary.   

We were also pleased to hold our 58th annual memorial dinner and D-Day commemoration, with an address from the great grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill III, entitled “Churchill's Linchpin: Canada and the Liberation of Europe.” 

​Click here calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/sir-winston-churchill-statue-downtown-calgary to read the Calgary Herald column from Churchill Society president Mark Milke explaining why Calgary now has a statue of Winston Churchill at McDougall Centre."

See also the connection with Mark Milke and local Rima Azar blogger here:

Second Street’s Colin Craig interviewed Drs. Mark Milke and Rima Azar: “Are we seeing the erosion of our Canadian values?” – Bambi's Afkar

More with the "comrades and their struggle" here:  Coviet Comrades Geordie Miller & Marilyn Lerch Talk Poetry

More here on Winston Churchill:  Winston Churchill is the Father of 'Queen' Elizabeth II: Greg Hallett

so it would seem that "Hardscrabble" after receiving a few thousands in free money grant dollars from the Town of Sackville was rebranded to "Gaspereau Press" by Keagan Hawthorne.. the printing press owner.. from B.C.

Keagan Hawthorne (@hardscrabblepress) • Instagram photos and videos

more here with CHMA:

Gaspereau Press preparing for spring releases in new location » CHMA