By Richard Bell
In a January 3 2020 email to the Cooperator, MLA Kevin Murphy said that he first heard about the golf courses about two years, and that he had had two phone calls from the golf course lobbyist, Michael Samson. He wrote that he had not talked about the project with any other lobbyists, nor had he discussed the project with anyone from the Owls Head community (within 50 miles of Owls Head.)
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[Editor's Note: The Cooperator is launching a web page dedicated to 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 Save Little Harbour/Owls Head From Becoming A Golf Course. This page already has links to interviews with exclusive interviews with MP Sean Fraser, MLA Kevin Murphy, the NDP's Gary Burrilll, and the PC's environment critic, Brad Johns. If you know of information that should be included, email to: [email protected].]
By Richard Bell
The revelation that the province’s Department of Lands and Forests has been secretly planning to sell Crown land on Owls Head to a wealthy American couple who own Lighthouse Links Development Company to build as many as three golf courses has stunned Nova Scotians.
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By Richard Bell
The Cooperator spoke with MP Sean Fraser about the provincial decision to make Owls Head available for sale. Fraser was just returning to his political duties after stepping back to deal with the tragic loss of his infant daughter.
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By Richard Bell
In a phone interview with the Cooperator, Brad Johns, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party critic for the environment, was blunt about the province’s decision to delist Owls Head Provincial Park and sell the land to a golf-course developer: “The fix is already in."
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By Richard Bell
The Gaetz Brook Greenway moved a step closer to opening this spring as an Active Transportation trail with Lands and Forest Minister Iain Rankin’s December 19, 2019 Letter of Restriction to the SATA Trails Society.
This Letter of Restriction confirms the commitment of the Ministry to keeping most motorized vehicles off the trail:
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Letter from Councillor David Hendsbee to Lands and Forest Minister Iain Rankin.
[In this letter, Hendsbee calls on Rankin to overturn Rankin’s Letter of Restriction (December 19, 2019) banning most motorized vehicles from the Gaetz Brook Greenway trail, and instead setting up a trial program allowing motorized vehicles in the winter. Hendsbee posted this copy of his email on the Head & East Chezzetcook Gaetz Brook/ Conrod Settlement Community Group.]
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Letter of Restriction from Minister Rankin
This document is the Letter of Restriction signed by Lands and Forests Minister Iain Rankin prohibiting the use of most motorized vehicles on the Gaetz Brook Greenway. Dated December 19, 2019.
DNR 2016 Summary Report on Public Consultation on the Gaetz Brook Greenway
This document is a summary of the work done by two provincial departments, Natural Resources and Communities, Culture, and Heritage, overseeing a consulting firm that managed a public consultation about two conflicting proposals for developing the Gaetz Brook Gateway trail, either as an Active Transportation trail (non-motorized), or as a Multi-Use trail allowing motorized vehicles.
