By Wyn Jones
Earlier this week a friend drew my attention to a Provincial Government release. It was issued from the office of the Minister for Agriculture, Keith Colwell and declared that the government intends to amend the Fences and Detention of Stray Livestock Act. The amended act will remove the responsibility from municipalities to respond to situations involving stray livestock.
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By Richard Bell
The Musquodoboit Harbour & Area Chamber of Commerce & Civic Affairs (MHACCCA) held its inaugural “Business Excellence Awards Dinner” at the Petpeswick Yacht Club on October 22. A number of local business, including this newspaper, provided extra support for the evening as sponsors.
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By Cassie Piccolo
If you thought there were more black flies and mosquitoes around this summer, you can blame the white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) that has killed almost all the bats in Nova Scotia. And with a single little brown bat eating up to 1,000 mosquitoes an hour, that’s a lot more mosquitoes in our backyards! This summer’s surprise discovery of a healthy colony in southern Nova Scotia offered at least a small ray of hope that bats might eventually make a comeback.
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By Janice Christie
SHEET HARBOUR: Hannah Glawson was eleven years old when she first became interested in joining Cadet Corps 2610 and did so as soon as she turned twelve. She had watched her brother, Nick, an active member of the Corps, and he motivated her to join.
Glawson, now sixteen, has spent the past five years with forty-five other cadets, ranging in ages from 12-18, attending one evening a week in class and every second Thursday participating in a Sports Night. The shooting team practices consistently on Sundays. Cadet Corps 2610 is under the direction of Captain James Scrivens.
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David Hendsbee and his wife Susan welcome news of his re-election.
Richard Bell
(This article was revised at 10:00 am October 16 with the complete unofficial results for City Council and School Board. Returns for the other two races remain incomplete at this time.).
In an election in which turnout dropped to a miserable 31.7% of the vote, there were no surprises on election night on the Eastern Shore, with wins for District 2 incumbent David Hendsbee and School Board District 1 incumbent Bridget Boutlier. (Turnout in 2012 was 38.7%).
In District 2, David Hendsbee (3262) won his first re-election race in the expanded district with almost 50% of the vote. Gail McQuarrie (1980) finished in 2nd place again, followed by Shelley Fashan (1090) and Sydnee McKay (242).
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By Richard Bell
There’s no question about District 2 Council candidate Sydnee McKay’s top priority: ending the province’s reckless authorization of massive spraying of dangerous herbicides to kill off hardwood trees. She missed the first candidate debate because she was off in the woods at a spraying protest. And she’s an administrator for the rapidly growing Facebook group, “Stop Spraying in Nova Scotia,” which in only a few months has grown to more than 1,000 members.
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This document contains links to videos of the District 2 Council Candidates forum on September 25 in Musquodoboit Harbour. The Musquodoboit Harbour & Area Chamber of Commerce & Civic Affairs sponsored this forum. Three of the four candidates were present. Sydnee McKay was unable to attend, but sent a statement that a Chamber member read in the Opening Statements section. The moderator changed the order for answering each question, and the answers below follow that order.
We know that people are busy, and may not have time to sit down and listen to a single video of an entire 90-minute debate. There is a separate video for each question, so you can mix and match to your heart's content. You can listen to all the answers from a single candidate, or only listen to the question or questions you're most interested in. We hope this format makes it easier for you to focus on what you want to know about the candidates for the District 2 Council seat.
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There wasn’t a free seat in sight on Saturday afternoon at the “Thanksgiving Sit-down Dinner" put on by the Musquodoboit Harbour Lions Club and the Eastern Shore Food Bank. The parking lot filled early, and there dozens more cars parked along the road.
Inside, there was turkey with all the fixings, capped off with a delicious piece of pumpkin pie. In the invitation to the event, the Lions said they hoped people would “bring your friends and family from all over the community;" from the looks of the crowded room, that’s exactly what people did.
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