By Jennifer Deacon
Driving down highway 7 in East Ship Harbour, you can't help but notice a property whose house and lawn are covered by whimsical, colourful folk art. This is the home of Barry Colpitts, a folk artist by chance.
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By Emily Sawchyn
COVID-19 hit everyone in a multitude of life-changing ways, and Food Banks have been working harder than ever to keep communities together. Between February and June 2020, unemployment in Nova Scotia grew from 7.8% to 13%. Many people in need are visiting the Food Bank for the first time. At the same time, fear of the virus has kept others at home.
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By Richard Bell
In the latest round in the fight to stop the province from turning Owls Head Provincial Park into an American billionaire’s three private golf courses and acres of luxury housing, the Department of Lands and Forestry (L&F) released another round of documents with dramatic new information.
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By Emily Sawchyn
Emergency room closures continue to plague the three rural Eastern Shore hospitals, Twin Oaks Memorial, (Musquodoboit Harbour), Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital (Sheet Harbour) and Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital (Middle Musquodoboit)
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By Dee Dwyer
As you’re driving through Musquodoboit Harbour on Highway 7 from the west, you’ll pass a little sign in Rhonda MacFarlane’s front yard saying “Masks,” pointing to a table with a colourful display of masks, $5 on an honors system.
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By Mary Elizabeth O’Toole
The Lawrencetown Beach Café is located in the historic MacDonald House, a hillside site with spectacular views that often include surfers and kiteboarders.
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By Jennifer Deacon
You don’t have to look far for potter Iris Patterson’s muse.
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By Martine Panzica
October 31, 2020 at the Deanery Project was a Halloween like no other. As part of the DP’s on-going efforts to get people into nature during Covid 19, they hosted an “All Souls Day” Open House in collaboration with the Young Naturalists Club for a spooky scavenger hunt on their trails.
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By Edyth Shuman
Sometime during late 2011, my mother was a patient at Twin Oaks which lasted a few months. At 96, she was very aware of her surroundings as well as the many people who visited her. I tried to visit two or three times a day.
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