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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By Brenda Hattie-Longmire
That’s what I like to call my restoration project – a Magnificent Obsession!
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by Catherine Berry
What a joy it is to walk around our vibrant and compact village! One afternoon recently, I met friends for coffee, returned library books, bought fish, and picked up meds from the drugstore, all without having to drive my car.
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