By Richard Bell
The fight to end the injustice of HRM’s rural residents being denied access to a federal loan forgiveness program for family doctors and nurses popped up on the floor of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on Thursday afternoon.
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By Richard Bell
An investigation by the Cooperator has uncovered a route for making it easier for the three rural hospitals within the boundaries of HRM to recruit doctors and nurses.
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By Laurie Cook
[Note: Laurie Cook wrote the following open letter after learning of the tragic story of 20-year-old Anthony Nauss’s suicide. Last November, Nauss had gone to the emergency room at the Halifax infirmary because he was feeling suicidal, with a history of previous suicide attempts. He was told to go home and make an appointment with the provincial health services. There were no appointments available until January, and a week later, Nauss killed himself.]
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By Mary Elizabeth O’Toole
The movement towards sustainable living and renewable energy is encouraging people to rethink the way they build and live.
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By Richard Bell
Four days after the March 20thfull moon, a combination of high waves hitting at high tide has opened a new breach in the berm in Lower East Chezzetcook, allowing the fresh water Meisner’s Lake to once again drain out into the ocean, leaving nothing but gasping fish and wide sand-and-mud flats at low tide.
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By Allan Banks
We are very pleased and honoured to announce that the award winning Canadian website International Daylily Garden of the Week featured our gardens starting Saturday, March 2nd. Every year daylily gardens from around the world are featured on this website weekly from December to March (although the posting is up all year).
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By Richard Bell
“It’s the longest trip I’ve ever been on,” said Peter Connors of his trip to Hobart, Tasmania with a delegation led by Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Keith Colwell. In a recent interview, Connors talked about his experience on the trip. Thus far, Colwell’s office has not released any comments about the trip, although Colwell did sign a memorandum of understanding with the Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water.
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By Karen Bradley
The Old School Community Gathering Place in Musquodoboit Harbour has been open for almost ten years now, thanks to a combination of community will, great volunteers, and recently, funding from a number of sources: the federal government, the Province, HRM project grants, and the United Way.
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By Heather Murphy
To friends and family; where to begin ...Well, by now most of you have heard about Oliver's passing and are coming to grips with your own grief in the loss of one of the finest gentlemen ever.
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By Mackenzie Myatt
=Dragon boats are coming to Porters Lake this summer, thanks to Trevor Marshall and Jason MacKenzie’s company, Narrows 9 Dragons.
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