On Friday May 12 the Lake Echo and Area Lions Club will be holding a Fiona Relief Bingo for Glace Bay and surrounding area (Dominion, Donkin, Reserve and Port Morien). We are working with the Glace Bay Lions Club which serves the above-mentioned area to help those still affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Fiona last fall. These communities have suffered devastation to homes and other buildings that is beyond that suffered by other communities across Nova Scotia.
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By John English
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace.
Taking on the reading of War and Peace is a project. This nineteenth century Russian novel runs over 1000 pages. (Full disclosure – I haven’t read it, but it’s definitely on my list.)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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By Karen Schlick, ESFWA
Quick! What local group is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2023?
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