Posted by
Rcb Bell · April 28, 2023 6:30 PM
The Houston administration has introduced legislation (Bill 273, the Road Trails Act) that will allow owners of off-highway vehicles (OHV) much broader access to the province’s roads and highways.
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Posted by
Rcb Bell · April 28, 2023 6:26 PM
Did you know?
Nova Scotia Health opened an urgent treatment centre at Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
The urgent treatment centre provides care for people with unexpected, non-life-threatening health concerns that require same or next day treatment. Some examples include simple fractures, sprains, earaches, minor cuts, and mild abdominal pain. The centre will be available to people with or without a family doctor or nurse practitioner.
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Posted by
Rcb Bell · April 27, 2023 7:18 PM
Martinique Desserterie got off to a roaring start on its opening day on April 8. At times there was a half-hour line outside, and the shelves were empty by 1:30 pm. And they’ve sold out every day they been open since.
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Posted by
Rcb Bell · April 27, 2023 5:54 PM
Porters Lake Pub was full for a late March benefit auction for West Chezzetcook fisherman Perry Crowell.
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Posted by
Rcb Bell · April 08, 2023 9:24 PM
Walking Timmy Jenning's lobster boat downhill through the trees to the launch ramp on East Petpeswick Road.
Posted by
Rcb Bell · April 01, 2023 3:52 PM
On Friday May 12 the Lake Echo and Area Lions Club will be holding a Fiona Relief Bingo for Glace Bay and surrounding area (Dominion, Donkin, Reserve and Port Morien). We are working with the Glace Bay Lions Club which serves the above-mentioned area to help those still affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Fiona last fall. These communities have suffered devastation to homes and other buildings that is beyond that suffered by other communities across Nova Scotia.
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Posted by
Rcb Bell · April 01, 2023 3:49 PM
By John English
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace.
Taking on the reading of War and Peace is a project. This nineteenth century Russian novel runs over 1000 pages. (Full disclosure – I haven’t read it, but it’s definitely on my list.)
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Posted by
Rcb Bell · March 28, 2023 10:38 AM
Editorial
We recognize that solving the problems we face in the healthcare arena is not going to be easy.
Without casting blame, the roots of today’s problems go back decades. In thinking about how to affect social change, we have been much influenced by the Transition Towns movement.
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Posted by
Rcb Bell · March 28, 2023 10:38 AM
Letter to the Editor
Over 300 bird species have been recorded at Hartlen Point in Eastern Passage, including 14 of Nova Scotia’s 17 at-risk bird species. This incredible diversity makes Hartlen Point the number one location for birds in Nova Scotia according to eBird (and one of the Top 10 Birding Locations in all of Canada).
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Posted by
Rcb Bell · March 26, 2023 10:21 PM