By Richard Bell
In the Cooperator’s March article “Who’s In Charge? Community-Managed MPAs?,” I mentioned that DFO’s website referred to at least one MPA where DFO was “co-managing” the MPA with a First Nation’s community, Paulatuk in the Northwest Territories.
Here is the question I sent to DFO: Does the use of the term "co-manage" mean that DFO has formally ceded some authority to the community of Paulatuk? In other MPAs, DFO is clearly in charge, although there may be a community-based advisory committee of some sort. I want to know if co-managing means more than simply advising DFO.
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By Alanna Jones
Maureen Legg has been an important vendor at the Sunday Musquodoboit Harbour Farmer's Market for many years. She offers a selection of fresh meat (beef, pork, free range chicken, smoked meat products, sausages and pies) from her family farm in Middle Musquodoboit.
It's a lot of work to bring fresh meat to the market, but it's a valued service and she draws regular customers each week. She can also be found at the New Glasgow Farmer's Market on Saturday mornings, in Halifax on Tuesday evenings and the meat shop on Fridays.
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[Editor’s Note: The Nova Scotia Share Our Trails Association (NSSOTA) sent a detailed response on July 12, 2019 to a letter from Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Ian Rankin about the restrictions on the use of rail trails. At the Cooperator’s request, NSSOTA provided the edited version of their letter below. You can find a link to the full NSSOTA response on the Cooperator website by clicking here.
Minister Rankin:
We are the executive of Nova Scotia Share Our Trails Association (NSSOTA). Our membership is growing daily and we have support from several provincial like minded organizations including: Nova Scotia Equestrian Federation, ATV Association of Nova Scotia, Snowmobile Association of Nova Scotia, Marine Riders ATV, Nova Scotia Off Road Riders Association, Lake Charlotte ATV, & Safety Minded ATV.
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By Richard Bell
The government of Tasmania reported on February 17, 2019 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government of Nova Scotia at the conclusion of the visit to Tasmania of a fishing industry delegation led by Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Keith Colwell. As of February 23, 2019, there was no information available on the Fisheries and Aquaculture website about this MOU or any other trip results.
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By Tammy DeWolfe
Still the MPA remains a hot topic among residents and nationwide. The threats it poses to the fishing industry have been made very clear.
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Team Nova Scotia competitors from White’s Taekwondo in Porters Lake won gold and silver medals at the 20198 National Taekwondo championships in Quebec City in January, 2019.
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By Richard Bell
In any democracy, it’s always a fair question to look at whether the government is being reasonably responsive to requests from the public.
Now what is “reasonably responsive” lies in the eye of the beholder—so let’s take a look at whether the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has been “reasonably responsive” in responding to questions about its plans for replacing Eastern Shore District High, which Minister Zack Churchill announced in the spring of 2018.
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By Richard Bell
There are at least two other efforts underway along the Shore to build more affordable housing.
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By Richard Bell
The Whale Sanctuary Project held six meetings along the Shore in its search for a location for a 40-hectare (100 acres) site to create a sanctuary for 5 to 8 beluga whales currently living in very confined tanks at marine parks. Opponents of the Eastern Shore Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA) raised questions about connections between the sanctuary and the MPA, a connection that the president of the WSP emphatically denied in a letter to the Cooperator.
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