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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By Alanna Jones
After two days of boiling sap straight through the night and trudging through three feet of snow in the woods on the side of a mountain, Danny Lemmon is bushed. He and his partner Kathy Spearing, along with son Daniel, have traveled from Upper Musquodoboit to tap 2000 trees in Bass River, NS.
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Letter to the editor
The Clipper Gallery held a silent auction on Saturday, March 9that the Old School Gathering Place, Musquodoboit Harbour. This event was held to raise bursary funds to assist an Eastern Shore District High School student in attending NSCAD (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) in the fall of 2019. Student applications will be accepted in the spring, and the successful applicant will receive $1000. The event raised almost $1500. The remainder will be held over and added to the proceeds of the 2020 event.
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By Richard Bell
Opponents of the proposed Eastern Shore Islands Marine Protected Area were out in force again at the latest public meeting of the Association of Eastern Shore Communities Protecting Environment and Historical Access (AESC-PEHA) at the Sheet Harbour Legion on Saturday, March 16.
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By Richard Bell
In a recent telephone interview, Jeff MacDonald, the Director General of Oceans Management and Fisheries Policy at DFO in Ottawa, spoke with the Cooperatorabout some of the issues that have come up in the on-going debate over the Eastern Shore Islands Marine Protected Area (ESI MPA).
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By Dee Dwyer
On a beautiful sunny February day, I drive east to Sheet Harbour to talk with Sandy and Robert Moser who paint and photograph the landscape and wildlife of the Eastern Shore. Robert greets me outside, and inside Sandy gives me a tour of their house with paintings and photographs on many walls. Robert shows me photographs of sunrises and sunsets in Mushaboom and Taylor Head, and Sandy has large paintings of loons sitting on an emerald lake, and jewelry of sea glass and silver--these are the jewels of the sea and the lake that are the rich, colourful artwork of this husband-and-wife team.
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By Laura Karahka
An important part of the Musquodoboit Harbour community since 1979, The Birches Nursing Home has a rich history. Over the next five years, the Board of Directors of the home hopes its recently released Strategic Plan will build on this strong foundation and ensure continued sustainability and vibrancy.
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