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Rcb Bell published Most Candidates Oppose Owls Head Golf Courses in All Stories 2020-10-15 20:25:29 -0300
Most Candidates Oppose Owls Head Golf Courses
By Richard Bell
Opponents of the secret sale last year of Owls Head Provincial Park by the Department of Lands and Forestry took advantage of the upcoming election to ask every candidate for HRM Council, “If the matter is before Council, would you support upholding the Regional Park designation, in order to protect Owls Head Provincial Park Reserve?”
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Rcb Bell published Sheet Harbour Gets $10 Million Wellness Centre in All Stories 2020-10-08 22:45:23 -0300
Sheet Harbour Gets $10 Million Wellness Centre
By Richard Bell
After a sustained community organizing drive, HRM, the province, and the federal government announced on October 7 a combined commitment of $10 million dollars to build a “Wellness Centre” in Sheet Harbour.
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Steve Streatch
District 1
“Politics has always been in my blood,” Councillor Steve Streatch told the Cooperator in an interview. My father Ken served an MLA and a minster under John Buchanan, and my sister Judy’s been a minister as well. Running under the slogan, “Proven Ability,” Streatch has been through 9 elections, and held office for more than 13 years.
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Election 2020—Meet the Candidates
By Richard Bell
Welcome to the Cooperator’s coverage of the October 17 election for HRM Council. In the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure of interviewing eight candidates, 4 from District 1—Waverly-Fall River—Musquodoboit Valley, and 4 from District 2—Preston—Chezzetcook—Eastern Shore.
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Nicole Johnson
District 2
After years in small businesses and community volunteering, Nicole Johnson decided to put her experience to work for the community. “Whatever I’ve done, it always kept me coming back to the community,” Johnson said in an interview with the Cooperator. “I’m not coming in with a personal agenda, I’m coming in to work with people collectively.”
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Tim Milligan
District 2
“I kept hearing people say we needed new blood, a new perspective, so I decided to put my name in the ring and give it a shot,” Tim Milligan told the Cooperator in an interview. In a short bio, he wrote that as the election got closer, he found himself “continually thinking, ‘If I don’t like something, I should (and thankfully can) do something about it.” He was “tired of ‘grumbling of what growth and leadership could be had within District 2.’”
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Stephen Kamperman
District 1
Moving from the world of robotic lawnmowers to Halifax City Council doesn’t seem like that big a jump to Stephen Kamperman. “I was ‘the Lawn Guy,’” Kamperman told the Cooperator in an interview. “I’ve been worried about our civic groups not getting the support they needed, so I decided to throw my name in for Councillor.”
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Cathy Deagle Gammon
District 1
Cathy Deagle Gammon is making her second run for the District 1 seat. In 2016, she finished in 2nd place, only 400 votes behind in a six-way race.
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New Art Gallery Features Shore Talent
By Jennifer Deacon
Starting a new art gallery on the Eastern Shore is a special challenge. Just ask Anthea Taljaard, who opened her Eastern Shores Gallery on July 10 on Hwy 7 in Head of Jeddore just east of the Jeddore shopping centre.
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Rcb Bell commented on Response from the Whale Sanctuary Project 2019-02-15 14:38:30 -0400Tyler, check out the reply from the Whale Sanctuary Project, which you can find here:
https://www.easternshorecooperator.ca/response_from_the_whale_sanctuary_project
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Rcb Bell commented on "What's Best for Our Students?" 2018-10-31 15:10:19 -0300I am testing out this comment section to see how quickly it posts comments.