Did you know that wildlife collisions occur most often between 6-9 – both AM and PM hours? During the hours around sunrise and sunset, our wildlife is on the move. Wildlife, especially deer, are sometimes hard to see until the last moment, so we have some tips to help avoid wildlife collisions. 

The Golden Mare 

by Kenneth Vaughan  

[Editor’s note: This short story ran in 5 issues of the Cooperator, starting in September 2024.]

The old horse could not rise.

By Mary Elizabeth O’Toole 

After a 2-year break, the Surfside Studio tour is returning to Highway 207. Local artists are preparing to again welcome visitors for this third running of this popular event, happening Saturday, October 1, from 10:00 to 5:00.

By Mackenzie Myatt 

[Editor’s note: Mackenzie Myatt is a local cyclist and writer from Musquodoboit Harbour who interned with the Cooperator through Canada Summer Jobs.  She has competed internationally for the Canadian National Mountain Bike Team racing several World Cups and World Championships. She has always loved poetry and recently started sharing poetry about the idiosyncrasies of life on a bike. She has a BFA in Writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design - Atlanta. You can find more information about her on her website: mackenziemyatt.ca. She is publishing a collection of poetry Fall 2023 with Strong Girl Press.] 

On May 13, 202, MLA Kent Smith and Brendan Maguire, Minister of Advanced Education and Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, held a public meeting at the Rink to discuss the future of the Eastern Shore District High building. Smith announced that despite having shown interest in the building, NSCC had notified him that NSCC was no longer interested in the building.The first two videos deal with ESDH. The shorter 3rd video deals with Smith's interest in using Gaetz Brook Junior High as a temporary home for the students at l'École des Beaux Marais while the province constructs a replacement for the current Beaux Marais building in Porters Lake.

A number of questions from the floor of the Musquodoboit Harbour candidate’s forum did not get asked due to time constraints.  The Cooperator sent five questions to candidates and offered to post the responses online. We will post responses as we receive them. We have received responses from the Liberall's Sean Fraser, the Green Party's Gerald Romsa, and the Peoples Party of Canada's Charlie MacEachern.

Green Party

Gerald Romsa would bring a unique voice to Parliament, combining a life of academic work on community development and environmental issues with what he has learned working on these issues in Germany, Ireland, China, and Ukraine. 

People's Party of Canada

Charlie MacEachern is running an unusual campaign: no donors, no advertising, no volunteers, and no door knocking. He’s not posting a lot of social media messages, but he has done some podcasts.

Here is the complete April 2025 printed edition of the Eastern Shore Cooperator monthly newspaper.

Here is the complete March 2025 printed edition of the Eastern Shore Cooperator monthly newspaper. The paper's office is located at 

11 East Petpeswick Road, Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, B0J 2L0.

Phone: 902-889-2331

Eamil: info@easternshorecooperator

Click here to open the paper

Here is the January/February 2025 issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator and a list of the articles and community reports and photos.

Click here to see the paper.

At the Eastern Shore Cooperator, we were sorry to learn that our Central Nova MP Sean Fraser had decided to leave Cabinet and would not be offering for office again. But we are in deep sympathy with the words Fraser shared about simply yearning to be with his wife and children.

ESCooperator_December_2024-final.pdf

The November 2024 issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator

ESCooperator_November_2024-Final(1).pdf

June 2024 issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator

Complete July 2024 Issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator

August 2024 Cooperator Table of Contents

Page1-Photos of the Closed Muquodoboit Harbour Trail bridge and Nina Thurber at the helm of the Bluenose

Page 2--Musquodoboit Trail Bridge Closed