By Richard Bell
Opposition to Nova Scotia’s latest “gold rush” is growing across the province.
On Friday, October 18, the Mining Association of Nova Scotia province put on the Nova Scotia Gold Show, a closed-door conference funded by the Department of Energy & Mines to promote the gold mining industry at the Alt Hotel at Stanfield Airport. On a bleak plot of land facing the hotel, opponents of gold mining from across the province gathered for a “Water Not Gold” protest.
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Friends of the Eastern Shore Cooperator,
Help us keep the Cooperator afloat and enjoy some great music from local singers and songwriters at our Musical Fundraiser on November 3rd at the Old School Community Gathering Place in Musquodoboit Harbour.
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By Karen Bradley
Far down West Jeddore Road, the composer John Plant works away on the next operas to emanate from his love of story, music, and text. His view of Jeddore Harbour is full, and his reasons for living here are simple: “There’s a wonderful community of musicians and artists here, with significant government support via Arts Nova Scotia. People are open to new things here. And it’s an inspiring place to be, geographically and artistically.”
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By Wyn Jones
There’s something to dislike in every election, but this year highlighted one of the hidden weaknesses of our electoral process, the rather arcane and confusing process that selects prospective candidates, and in particular, the practice of “parachuting” a candidate into an unsuspecting riding.
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By Richard Bell
October 10th, 2019 was an epic day for food lovers on the Eastern Shore, with the opening of the Noor’s Mediterranean Kitchen in Musquodoboit Harbour, nestled between Dobbitt Bakehouse and the Library on Highway 7. We sat down with owner Noor Althyab a few days after the launch to talk about her journey from Syria to starting her own business in Nova Scotia.
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By Richard Bell
The struggle over finding a site for the long-ago-promised replacement for Eastern Shore District High hit the floor of the Legislature on Friday, October 25, at the same time that the long-delayed “technical evaluation” of the current ESDH site is finally underway.
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By Richard Bell
People around Greenough Drive in Porters Lake recently filed petitions with HRM City Council and the Legislature opposing plans to build on a narrow causeway that links Greenough Drive to the Porters Lake Provincial Park.
But in a surprising twist, the Cooperator has discovered that the two owners of the contested property were not only unaware of the petition drive, but had never talked to any of the opponents, and did not plan to interfere with walking access to the park or with use of the boat ramp.
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One of the lesser known secrets of redeveloped Musquodoboit Harbour Library are the extraordinary community meals coming out of the Library’s weekly Friday morning “Cooking for the Community” class. Library Supervisor Juanita Marshall is the head chef. Participants get a free lunch at the end, but you need to register for these classes in advance.)
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By Karen Schlick
It was a dark and stormy night. She came in to my house soaking wet and howling. When my neighbours released her, she immediately climbed to the top of the curtain rods in the guest bedroom
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There’ll be a bit of excavation coming up in the parking lot of the Harbour Lites Seniors Club on the Meaghers Grant Road. Seems that what Club member Edyth Shuman jokingly calls a “stinkhole” has opened up in the middle of the parking lot.
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