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Articles in the October 2025 issue of the

Eastern Shore Cooperator

Note: The link will take you to the PDF for the entire October issue. The articles list below is in order of appearance in the paper. Once you have opened the PDF, scroll down to find the article you’re looking for.

Read the October issue of the Cooperator.

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Read the September 2025 issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator

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[Editor’s Note: the following document is the press release announcing a $200,000 grant to the Old School Community Gathering Place to launch the Musquodoboit Collaborative Food Network which will work on increasing food security and community resilience in the Musquodoboit Region.]

This file contains the complete August 2025 issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator

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The 45th Clam Harbour Beach Sandcastle Competition is on Sunday, August 24, 2025

By Gina Dunn 

The Eastern Shore Thunder Hockey team is headed back to Spryfield for the seventh and deciding game on Wednesday March 28 at 8pm.  Please check out our Facebook page for more details as if the team wins this game they are headed off to the Atlantic North Championships in PEI from April 4 to 8.  The team will be holding a fundraiser if they win to help get the team there. 

By Susanne Merrett

In Nova Scotia we are blessed with an abundance of salmon and this super easy recipe is sure to become a household favourite! Once cured, the salmon will keep for 5 to 7 days in the fridge. Serve it on cream cheese on a toasted bagel, with eggs benny, or just on its own.

By Susanne Merritt 

In my younger years, I was a steadfast urbanite – the bright lights, endless entertainment, and a wide array of education and employment opportunities were too alluring to ignore. Since then, I have been moving more and more rural, so that now, our family is happily nestled in the Eastern Shore. 

Change is the essence of news, and this newspaper is no exception. With this issue, we are transitioning from a for-profit corporation to a non-profit cooperative, a change we are undertaking to provide new avenues for people from all the communities along the shore to participate in strengthening the paper’s coverage.

By Richard Bell

Minister of Seniors Filomena Tassi made two stops on the Eastern Shore on Thursday March 7 as part of a tour to meet with stakeholders and visit organizations that support and care for seniors. After a morning tour of a retirement community in Truro, she stopped into the Birches Nursing Home in Musquodoboit Harbour, followed by a late afternoon community meeting at the Old School Gathering Place.

By Karen Schlick 

Are you longing for spring? What about April in Paris? It’s possible right here in Musquodoboit Harbour at the Old School on April 6. Come to this enchanting evening fundraiser, featuring Don Rieder performing his piece, “Some Change."

Lands and Forests Letter of Restriction for Gaetz Brook trail

This document is a letter from Lands and Forests Minister Iain Rankin banning almost all motorized vehicles (with the exception of fire, police, etc.) from the Gaetz Brook Greenway trail.

By Jennifer Deacon 

Driving down highway 7 in East Ship Harbour, you can't help but notice a property whose house and lawn are covered by whimsical, colourful folk art.  This is the home of Barry Colpitts, a folk artist by chance. 
 

By Emily Sawchyn 

Halifax’s feral cat overpopulation problem may soon be in the past thanks to a collaborative effort between the city, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), and Spay Day Society implementing a Trap, Neuter, Release (TNR) method. Now four years into the city’s five-year grant program, the SPCA and Spay Day Society praise the grant program as a massive success.

By Richard Bell 

For more than 200 years, residents of many African-Nova Scotian communities have been unable to secure clear legal title to the land they and their families have lived on for generations.

Winter Tea Recipes from Savayda Jarome

(See "The Joy of Tea in Winter" by Savadya Jerome for more information on winter tea blending.)

Breath of Life Tea

Mix equal parts:

Balsam fir needles

Mullein