By Dave Ingram
When people are trapped inside their cars after a crash, it’s our local firefighters who get them out and provide medical care, a process called “vehicle extrication.” The Eastern Shore vehicle extrication team, all volunteer firefighters from the firehalls in Musquodoboit Harbour, Oyster Pond and Ostrea Lake, recently won an award during a province-wide competition in Windsor, NS, qualifying them for a place in the North American Championships next year in Enfield.
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By Richard Bell
At its November 22 meeting, Regional Council failed once again to straighten out the mess over the Planning Department’s decision last spring to suddenly start banning development on large lots without 100 feet of frontage on public roads. In a meeting that was marked by sharp exchanges among councillors and a juvenile level of confusion over missing documents, Council punted the issue into 2017.
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I first became aware of Iris Patterson’s pottery about eight years ago when I was having coffee and a date square at Dobbit’s Bakehouse in Musquodoboit Harbour. On the plate underneath my date square was a starfish. I quickly learned that the plate came from Iris’ Seastar Pottery studio in Seaford.
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By Anthony Hillman
Coastal Voices Men’s Choir was formed in 2011 with the aim of promoting male choral singing on the Eastern Shore. Between January and late Spring each year, the Choir meets for weekly rehearsals in Musquodoboit Harbour and at various open houses along the Shore, preparing for two or more concerts in the region.
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The Musquodoboit River is one of the less-appreciated ecological and recreational treasures of Nova Scotia. On October 13th, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) announced its protection of 70.5 hectares (174 acres) of what the Conservancy said was “some of the most unspoiled and intact wildlife habitat remaining on the Musquodoboit River, just 30 minutes from Halifax.”
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Whoever’s running the athletic department at the Savannah College of College of Art and Design (the Atlantic campus) should be giving the school’s recruiters a nice pat on the back this morning for persuading Musquodoboit Harbour’s Mackenzie Myatt to enroll and join the school’s first cycling team.
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In Star Trek, Spock said, “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” However when business transactions are struck in Canada, they are often done to benefit one individual or corporation, or in some instances both.
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At a meeting on the possibilities for new schools on the Eastern Shore on October 6 at the École des Beaux-Marais, Jean McKenna, one of the founders of the Community Campus Vision Association (CCVA), presented forceful arguments for replacing several Eastern Shore schools, especially Eastern Shore District High School (ESDH).
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By Richard Bell
In political campaigns, no one’s in a better position to learn more from the experience than the candidate. A week after the election, we called Shelley Fashan to get her reflections on her first campaign for office, and to talk about her future plans.
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By Richard Bell
In political campaigns, no one’s in a better position to learn more from the experience than the candidate. A week after the election, we talked with Gail McQuarrie to get her reflections on her second campaign for office, and to talk about her future plans.
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