Andrew Bethune
Andrew Bethune was born in Halifax. After failing to find fortune as a sailor he became a paramedic. He failed to find fortune as a paramedic too. Now he's a writer drawing on a wealth of experience to deliver fascinating stories.
Stories
Health care's exhausted pain reliever
The Coast's award-winning cover story of life as a paramedic
Mahone Bay man planning to rebuild family's schooner that sank near Baddeck
The scheme to rebuild the legendary schooner Yankee
A ski hill accident broke Mike Coady's neck. He went and build an excellent life anyway.
Mike Coady broke his neck at 16. A decade later he is finishing law school and raising a son with his wife Chelsea.
Nova Scotia's golden addiction to toxic mining
A deep dig into Nova Scotia's gold mining
After a few hours of work, a piece of discarded scrap metal has become an artistic bowl.
- Andrew Bethune, "Meet the blacksmith of East Dover"
