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Province Expands OHV Access to Highways
The Houston administration has introduced legislation (Bill 273, the Road Trails Act) that will allow owners of off-highway vehicles (OHV) much broader access to the province’s roads and highways.
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News from Nova Scotia Health May 2023
Did you know?
Nova Scotia Health opened an urgent treatment centre at Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
The urgent treatment centre provides care for people with unexpected, non-life-threatening health concerns that require same or next day treatment. Some examples include simple fractures, sprains, earaches, minor cuts, and mild abdominal pain. The centre will be available to people with or without a family doctor or nurse practitioner.
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Health Care Communities Must Step Up
Editorial
We recognize that solving the problems we face in the healthcare arena is not going to be easy.
Without casting blame, the roots of today’s problems go back decades. In thinking about how to affect social change, we have been much influenced by the Transition Towns movement.
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Rcb Bell published Hartlen Point Coastal haven or DND testing facility? in All Stories 2023-03-28 10:38:24 -0300
Hartlen Point Coastal haven or DND testing facility?
Letter to the Editor
Over 300 bird species have been recorded at Hartlen Point in Eastern Passage, including 14 of Nova Scotia’s 17 at-risk bird species. This incredible diversity makes Hartlen Point the number one location for birds in Nova Scotia according to eBird (and one of the Top 10 Birding Locations in all of Canada).
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The First Keepers of Jeddore Light
By Cynthia Parr
[Editor’s Note: This article is an expanded version of the article that ran in the April 2023 issue of the Cooperator.]
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The Menagerie and Art of Jo-Ann Shaw
By Dee Dwyer
Blue Lagoon, Snapdragon, Titanic Wave, and Indigo Float--these are only some of the names of the glazes on the studio shelf of Jo-Ann Shaw, an extraordinary potter, sculptor, and miniaturist who lives in an old farmhouse on the Meagher’s Grant Road. In a recent interview at her studio, she showed me menageries of drawings, sculptures, and amazing miniatures.
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Ask an Organizer Organizing for ADHD
By Kelly Corkery
I recently responded to a plea from a friend who was struggling with organizing her clothing. Although she is undiagnosed, she very much acknowledges that she experiences many typical markers of individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
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Rcb Bell published Credit Union Grant for Free Clothing Shop in All Stories 2023-03-03 14:53:42 -0400
Credit Union Grant for Free Clothing Shop
Photo caption: (left to right) Marianne Nash, Charlotte Jewer (ECCU), Stacy MacDonald (ECCU), Sharon Riel, and Father Vincent (Saint John of the Cross)
By Richard Bell
Two Tunics, the free clothing shop in the basement of St. Philip-Neri Church in Musquodoboit Harbour, received a $5,000 grant from the East Coast Credit Union.
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Rcb Bell published Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association at the Silver Gate in All Stories 2023-03-03 14:50:02 -0400
Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association at the Silver Gate
By Karen Schlick, ESFWA
Quick! What local group is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2023?
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Good Gut Feelings
By Savayda Jarone, Herbalist
We are what we eat, digest, and don't excrete. Digestive function is one of the primary foundations of health. Unfortunately, most people ignore their gut feelings and suffer all sorts of unpleasant, sometimes debilitating digestive disorders. Illnesses elsewhere in the body often originate in the digestive system. A change in what and how we eat is often the best remedy to improve digestion.
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Rcb Bell published Province Funds Recruiting and Retaining Health Care Workers in All Stories 2023-03-03 14:43:52 -0400
Province Funds Recruiting and Retaining Health Care Workers
The province’s Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment has made three grants to Eastern Shore health nonprofits to work together, each with a different focus, to recruit and retain healthcare workers.
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On An “Inventory Of Pleasures”
By John English
On a recent podcast from the Strand Bookstore (www.strandbooks.com) featuring Margaret Atwood in conversation with Rebecca Solnit, they discussed Solnit’s recent book, Orwell’s Roses, which I have mentioned in a recent column. During this conversation, the concept of “an inventory of pleasures” came up.
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Rcb Bell published Eastern Shore High School Delayed at Least One More Year in All Stories 2023-03-03 14:38:42 -0400
Eastern Shore High School Delayed at Least One More Year
By Richard Bell
HRCE has announced that the opening of the consolidated junior/senior high school under construction in the Eastern Shore Industrial Park has been delayed until at least September of 2024. The previous opening date was September of 2023. Here’s an excerpt from the letter:
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Long-Sought Sidewalks Get Go-Ahead
By Richard Bell
Halifax Regional Council has voted to start a process intended to lead to long-sought sidewalks in 17 rural communities, including Sheet Harbour, Lake Echo, Porters Lake, Musquodoboit Harbour, Middle Musquodoboit, and East Preston.
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Rcb Bell published Sobey’s Planning Foodland In Head of Jeddore in All Stories 2023-03-03 14:32:37 -0400
Sobey’s Planning Foodland In Head of Jeddore
By Richard Bell
The Cooperator has learned that Sobey’s is planning to build a new Foodland grocery store on land adjacent to the Head of Jeddore mall containing Sobey’s current store. The company sent out an RFP for this project with a January 31, 2023 deadline. The Cooperator has reviewed this document online, displayed in a format that we were unable to copy. Sobeys has failed to respond to the Cooperator’s request for confirmation.
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Rcb Bell published U7 Hockey Jamboree Coming to the Harbour in All Stories 2023-03-03 14:29:34 -0400
U7 Hockey Jamboree Coming to the Harbour
By Meghan McMorris
On March 11th and 12th, the Eastern Shore Community Centre in Musquodoboit Harbour will be buzzing with children ages 4-6 from across the province, with skates, jerseys, and hockey sticks in hand. With their families and friends in tow, ready to cheer them on, the Eastern Shore can expect over 2000 visitors.
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Concert at All Saints
(A Poem)
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Spring Skills at the Deanery Project
As we inch closer to Spring, visions of spending more time outdoors, and working on, and with the land come into focus. In an ever more digitized world, hands-on skills people once used on a day-to-day basis are slipping away.
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Rcb Bell published Musquodoboit Harbour Is Getting a New Bakery in All Stories 2023-03-03 14:13:59 -0400
Musquodoboit Harbour Is Getting a New Bakery
By Richard Bell
Renée Lavigueur (left, above) and Ola Jackson (right, above) announced on February 13 that they will be opening Martinique Desserterie in Musquodoboit Harbour in the space formerly occupied by Dobbit Bakehouse. Paul Nicholl (center) the owner of Dobbit Bakehouse, will be consulting with them on getting their new shop opened as quickly as possible.
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