By Karen Bradley
Everyone on social media knows the pleas for local housing: from an apartment that went from $650 to $1950 with no apparent upgrades to single moms looking for anything at all, yard or not, for herself and 3 children to a young person couch-surfing and hoping for even a tiny basement apartment.
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By Karen Bradley
When the Halifax Regional Municipality came into being in 1996, many in the villages and enclaves of the Eastern Shore and Musquodoboit Valley were rightly concerned about an additional third layer of bureaucracy. The small communities had organized their own municipal concerns; the Halifax government had to manage urban, suburban, and rural issues.
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MusGo Rider cars and vans are a familiar sight along the Eastern Shore. They can be seen driving clients to medical appointments, work, training, errands, or grocery shopping. The service is available to anyone who lives in the communities. For those with cost as a barrier, there are fare reduction programs.
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Did you know?
November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and this year is the 100th anniversary of the revolutionary and life-saving discovery of insulin. Diabetes occurs when your body doesn't make enough insulin or can't use it as well as it should.
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Send in Your Offshore Wind Comments
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is working on a Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia.
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Former Senator Tom McInnis addressing a Sheet Harbour Marina Association fundraising banquet and auction on October 22, 2022 at the Lions Centre. The Association has already bought the East River Marina and is working towards renovating the wharf and the surrounding area. The goal is to offer boaters the only full-service marina on the 374km stretch between Halifax and the town of Guysborough
Doug and Emmy Bezanson back from September’s annual Terry Fox Run at the Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum. For more info on contributing, go to https://www.terryfox.org.
A nurse practitioner works with other health care providers as part of a collaborative family practice team. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with advanced knowledge and education in primary health care.
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Congratulations to Esther and Bruce Rowlings, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last month with family and friends at the Petpeswick Yacht Club.
By Richard Bell
The Rose & Rooster will soon be celebrating its 10th anniversary. I sat down with co-founder Sarah Zollinger (with partner Jeff Adams) to talk about the rigors of starting a restaurant, and what it’s taken to keep it going through Covid and the arrival of two children.
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