By Deirdre Dwyer
With thanks to the United Way and the Old School Community Gathering Place, I attended a two-day retreat at the Millbrook Cultural & Heritage Centre outside of Truro, Nova Scotia on June 3 and 4th. On the first afternoon, about 20 attendees participated in a smudging ceremony with Gordon Pictou and drumming and chanting with Trevor Gould of Eastern Eagle.
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By Richard Bell
Henry and Marie Loo, the new owners of the Jeddore Lodge, have come a very long way to Head of Jeddore, more than 14,000 kilometers from where they were born and grew up, the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. In a recent interview, they talked with the Cooperator about the island’s intensely multi-cultural cooking, and how they wended their way to the Eastern Shore.
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Another lobster season is done. I think for most it was a good season and the boys could use it. It's great to see the young men investing in their future. Most people I don't think understand the cost and resources that go into fishing. It's like any job – but different. You do it for the money and also because you love it.
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By Nathalie Green
After two years of cancellation and delay, the eleventh annual Sambea National Jumper Festival is taking place on June 18th at Sambea Farm 24 Conrad Road, Lawrencetown. The event hosts riders and their horses eager to test their skills against curated jumping courses. The competition starts at 8:30 am.
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By Jennifer Deacon
Clara Clayton-Gough is an East Preston resident, a mother of seven and a seventh-generation African Nova Scotian basket weaver.
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By Savayda Jarone, Herbalist
I believe we would be healthier if we made more soup!
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By Thomas Scott
The Sambea National Jumper Festival returned on June 18 for the first time since the pandemic.
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[Editor’s Note: This editorial represents the opinion of this newspaper about the location and design of the proposed new school. In our own stories, we have interviewed and quoted proponents and opponents of the Eastern Shore Industrial Park site, and have published unedited submissions from proponents. This editorial contains the conclusions we have come to after reviewing what we know. To the extent that our conclusions are in any way provisional, we deeply regret that both the previous Liberal government and the current PC government have refused to release critical information that should have been public before the selection of the site.]
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By Richard Bell
One of the remaining mysteries about the secretive site selection process for the new consolidated junior/senior high is exactly how long ago the Liberal government decided to locate the school in the Eastern Shore Industrial Park in East Chezzetcook.
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