The April 2026 issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator. Click on the link to open the file. 

Community Wealth Building

March 12, 2026

A new kind of economy.

An Editorial Responding to the Houston/PC Budget Cuts

This file contains the complete issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator for March 2026, includng an editorial on the negative impact of the provincial budget cuts. There is also an alphabetical index of all Proper Names, including individuals, organizations, places, and advertisers. 

Province Permanently Closing Fisherman’s Life Museum: 

Cuts for All Arts, Culture, and Heritage Organizations

Here is the complete January/February 2026 edition of the Cooperator. 

ESCooperator_Jan-Feb_2026-Final.pdf

Here is the complete December 2025 issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator

ESC_fixed_December_2025-Final-compressed.pdf

Read the November issue of the Cooperator.

ESCooperator_November_2025-Final-compressed.pdf

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.

ESCooperator_October_2025_Final-compressed.pdf

Read the September 2025 issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator

ESCooperator_September_2025_final-compressed.pdf

[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

Click on ESCooperator_August_2025_FINAL-compressed_(1).pdf

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.