By Richard Bell
Do you live on Porters Lake? Would you like to win a $250 gift certificate from Mannette’s Nursey?
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By Dee Dwyer
If a teacher asked what I did on my summer holiday, my short answer would be I ran for the NDP in a provincial election for Eastern Shore and enjoyed it immensely.
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By Mary Elizabeth O’Toole
Kim and Blair Davis initially began Ataraxy Farm in 2013 to help Blair deal with service-related PTSD. Ataraxy is defined as a state of calmness or peace of mind, a perfect name for a farm grounded in the therapeutic benefit of goats and equine animals. They started with two horses and now have 5 horses, 3 donkeys, 1 mule and 48 goats.
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By Richard Bell
The Cooperator has been getting a slew of phone calls and emails asking whether the 50-Mile Yard Sale will be happening this September. The simple answer is Yes, on the weekend of September 11-12.
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To the Editor:
As the granddaughter of Plessa Myers Wilkinson, one of the original members of the Fisherman's Life Museum, I take great interest in how the Museum is doing.
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(Eastern Shore city councillor David Hendsbee presents newly elected MLA Kent Smith with a Nova Scotia flag.)
By Richard Bell
It was the PC’s night across the province, as the party’s candidates won a solid majority of 30 of the 55 seats at stake. Premier Iain Rankin held on to his seat, but his party dropped from 26 seats down to 16.
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By Jennifer Deacon
Tony Asprey is a Mi'kmaw carver who uses wood, bone, leather, and moose antlers. He creates walking sticks, folk art birdhouses, fishing boat, and carved moose antlers. About 15 years ago he died, was resuscitated, and suddenly discovered he had the newfound skill of chainsaw carving.
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Does your vote matter? Turnout in the 2017 election was at an all-time low, 53.4%. Barely half the eligible voters participated in the election. But 5 of the races in the 2017 election were decided by less than 100 votes! In Cape Breton/Richmond, PC Alana Paon beat the incumbent Liberal Michel Samson by 20 votes. Liberal Lloyd Hines won by only 71 votes in Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie. In the end, a few hundred votes across the province kept the Liberals in the majority.
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By Richard Bell
Lots of politicians will tell you that they’re “fighters,” but Janet Moulton isn’t kidding. She really was a fighter back in the 1970s, when she studied judo for 8 years and traveled to bouts around the country.
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By Richard Bell
Rhonda MacLellan was born in Chilliwack, BC and spent most of her life in British Columbia, but she always loved Nova Scotia, and finally moved here for good in 2017. “Nova Scotia’s just in my DNA,” MacLellan said in an interview. “My Dad was born in Deepdale, Cape Breton; his first language was Gaelic. He worked in the coal mines, fought in World War II, and moved to BC. I came to visit with his relatives many times—I’ve got 31 first cousins, most of whom live in Nova Scotia. Moving to Nova Scotia was something I always wanted to do, once my children were grown and settled. And after watching how the province handled the pandemic, it looked even more like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.”
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