Editorial
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” --Dr. Seuss – The Lorax, 1971
You don’t have to be a high-paid legal eagle to know that Minister of Lands and Forests Ian Rankin was not going to fare well when the judge hearing the case against him and his department starts out with a quote from Dr. Seuss about environmental destruction.
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This page is a work in progress. As regulations change, businesses will be continuously adjusting their services and hours. We will be updating this list regularly, and adding more businesses as they open. Call to check for Canada Day openings.
If you run across a change of anything on this list, or want to add a new business, please send us an email at info@easternshorecooperator.ca, or leave us a phone message at 902-889-2331.
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The Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Valley Literacy Network (ESMV Literacy) extends a Call of Interest for Board Members to help support literacy in the communities served by our network.
Please contact Vicki Rutledge at 902-391-0014 or email esmvliteracy@gmail.com for more information.
Good news for ice cream lovers! Roz Staple, the owner of the Polar Bear Express Ice Cream stand, has reopened her business. We were able to reach Staple by email about her business.
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By Richard Bell
There’s a brand-new contender on the battlefield of grassroots groups fighting to prevent some of the biggest aquaculture companies in the world from going ahead with massive expansions of their controversial open-net finfish farm operations in Nova Scotia’s shallow coastal waters: the Healthy Bays Network (HBN). The new organization includes the Twin Bays Coalition (location), St. Mary’s Bay Protectors, Protect Liverpool Bay, and the Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore (APES), with additional support from the Ecology Action Centre, the Atlantic Salmon Federation, and the Nova Scotia Salmon Association.
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