The Eastern Shore Cooperator continues to look for a part-time reporter through an extension of the Canada Summer Jobs program. The position will start in late October and run for 12 weeks at 15 hours per week, at the current Nova Scotia minimum wage of $12.95/hour. Applicants must be between the ages of 15 and 30. You do not have to be a current student, or intending to go back to school, to apply for this position.
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In the August 2021 edition of the Cooperator, we identified Kent Smith as the first president of the Musquodoboit Harbour & Area Chamber of Commerce and Civic Affairs (MHACCCA). Margo Hudson was the first president of the MHACCCA. We regret the error.
The Clipper Gallery is pleased to award this year’s Clipper Gallery NSCAD Bursary to Jack Sanders. The bursary is awarded to a graduating student of ESDH who plans to attend the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design as a first-year student. The gallery, and the community, wish Jack every success!
By Jennifer Deacon
Since he retired in 2006, William Langley has become one of Nova Scotia’s best-known landscape artists.
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By Kelly Corkery
Q: I have a hard time letting go of mementos and keepsakes. Help!
--Sentimental in Seaforth
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By Richard Bell
The Deanery Project in Ship Harbour will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on September 1 as one of Nova Scotia’s pioneering nonprofits, combining environmental stewardship, energy conservation, traditional skills, natural building, and permaculture, all informed by a commitment to local community building using the arts to educate and celebrate.
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By Marike Finlay-de-Monchy
[Part 4 of a series about a come-from-away learning from an old salt in her family’s new home on West Quoddy Bay.]
Never disturb Seamus during lobster season was a hard and fast rule that I had to learn. That first spring while I was getting Harmona ready to launch, I hadn’t quite understood it. I relayed messages and requests back to Seamus from La Have, until Seamus, whom I had not seen, said that he was exhausted.
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By Savayda Jarone
The wild rose is a familiar backdrop to the Nova Scotia landscape; Rosa rugosa and Rosa canina are the two most common varieties, found in well-established colonies around the province. They flourish here as perennial shrubs, bearing sweet scented pink and white blossoms throughout summer and vibrant fruits in the fall.
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By Richard Bell
The federal government’s refusal to include the three rural hospitals in HRM in the federal loan forgiveness program for doctors and nurses who agree to practice in rural areas may finally be coming to an end.
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