As the editor of the Eastern Shore Cooperator, I am writing to address a request for a correction in an article entitled “Life As a Carrot,” written by Jude Major and published online on August 23, 2020, describing her experiences as a costumed crossing guard on Sunday mornings helping people back and forth across Hwy 7 between the Railway Museum/Farmers Market and the two food shops, Dobbit Bakehouse and Noor’s Mediterranean Cuisine.
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Photo: The Crosswalk Carrot at work on the brand new crosswalk
By Jude Major
Life as the Crosswalk Carrot every Sunday morning in Musquodoboit Harbour is not always fun.
“Hey you, what the &%#&**) ya trying to do! Get the #@*(%#9 out the way!”
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By Richard Bell
Opponents of the proposed sale of Owls Head Provincial Park to an American billionaire took the next legal step forward on August 18 with the filing of an amended version of their January request for a judicial review. A hearing to set a date for the full judicial review will take place on September 23, although the trial itself will probably not take place until 2021.
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By Richard Bell
Opponents of the provincial government’s underhanded attempt to sell Owls Head Provincial Park to a billionaire golf developer won a critical procedural round in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Thursday, August 5th that allows their lawsuit to stop the sale to go forward.
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The Cooperator has published 19 articles on Owls Head since the story broke at the end of December, 2020. We have created this web page to make it easier for people to keep up with the Owls Head controversy. We will be posting articles from the Cooperator, and links to government documents, news stories from other media, and material from the Facebook site, Save Little Harbour/Owls Head From Becoming A Golf Course. If you know of information that should be included, email to: [email protected]. For the latest breaking information, see the Facebook page, Save Little Harbour/Owls Head from Becoming a Golf Course. Also check out the website, Save Owls Head Park.
Cover Photo: Vision Air
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By Richard Bell
At a hearing before Supreme Court Judge Kevin Coady on June 29, opponents of the province’s plan to destroy Owls Head Provincial Park learned that the fate of the 600-plus acres of coastal land may hinge on the narrowest of legal points
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Editorial
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” --Dr. Seuss – The Lorax, 1971
You don’t have to be a high-paid legal eagle to know that Minister of Lands and Forests Ian Rankin was not going to fare well when the judge hearing the case against him and his department starts out with a quote from Dr. Seuss about environmental destruction.
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The Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Valley Literacy Network (ESMV Literacy) extends a Call of Interest for Board Members to help support literacy in the communities served by our network.
Please contact Vicki Rutledge at 902-391-0014 or email [email protected] for more information.
Good news for ice cream lovers! Roz Staple, the owner of the Polar Bear Express Ice Cream stand, has reopened her business. We were able to reach Staple by email about her business.
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By Richard Bell
There’s a brand-new contender on the battlefield of grassroots groups fighting to prevent some of the biggest aquaculture companies in the world from going ahead with massive expansions of their controversial open-net finfish farm operations in Nova Scotia’s shallow coastal waters: the Healthy Bays Network (HBN). The new organization includes the Twin Bays Coalition (location), St. Mary’s Bay Protectors, Protect Liverpool Bay, and the Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore (APES), with additional support from the Ecology Action Centre, the Atlantic Salmon Federation, and the Nova Scotia Salmon Association.
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