By Dee Dwyer
Last month, I profiled Joan Baxter, Karen Bradley, and Gwen Davies, who will read at the Fall for Books Festival 2018 at the Old School on Sunday, November 4 from 1 pm to 4 pm. This month I am profiling the other three authors reading on that date: Brian Bartlett, Genevieve Graham, and Richard Bell.
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By Dee Dwyer
You may have seen Musquodoboit Harbour’s Catherine Berry running by the road somewhere on one of the many loops along the Eastern Shore, a slight figure with a trademark hat firmly in place. Sometimes she has a few companions, but more often than not, she’s alone, training for her next marathon.
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By Pearl Akers
I’m a firm believer that Christmas is for kids. Unfortunately, some parents cannot afford to provide them with what they’ve asked Santa for.
So in the fall of 2007, I started a pet project of involving the community in providing gifts for kids at the Foodbank in Musquodoboit Harbour. I enlisted the help of Sobeys and the Royal Bank in Musquodoboit Harbour and they both have been good enough to continue to do so. This fall the 12th annual Children’s Christmas Wishes Tree will be set up near the checkout at Sobey’s Musquodoboit Harbour store.
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Introduction: As far as Evelyn Muise (a retired teacher who now lives in Yarmouth) knew, her uncle Oswald Bellefontaine (from West Chezzetcook) had been killed landing on Juno Beach on D-Day in June 1944. But in an extraordinary turn of events on a trip to France in 1984, she learned what had really happened to her uncle. Here is her story in her own words.
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It starts in 1984, when I was in France to study for a month. I’m a retired teacher.
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What is the Position of the ASSOCIATION for the PRESERVATION of the EASTERN SHORE (APES) on the Proposed Eastern Shore Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA)?
The Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore was formed in February 2012 when communities on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia became aware of and concerned about applications to establish marine-based fish farms in our harbours. We came to the conclusion that this industry would not only pollute our harbours but also threaten our backbone industries of lobster fishing and tourism. We organized, worked hard, spoke with one voice, and won.
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By Allan Banks
The 29thannual Seaside Christmas shopping event, sponsored by Seaside Tourism & Business Association (STBA), takes place this year on November 16th, 17th, and 18th.
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By Richard Bell
Opponents of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans proposal to creation of an Eastern Shore Islands Marine Protected Area have gained serious momentum over the last month, raising doubt over how DFO will gain the necessary level of community support that all MPAs are supposed to have. (See the Cooperator's MPA information webpage for complete coverage of the MPA issue.)
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By Karen Bradley
[For corrections to this article, see Letter to the Editor from Karen Neville.]
Over the past months, the Old School Community Gathering Place in Musquodoboit Harbour has hosted a series of meetings, conversations, workshops, and presentations on mental health across the Shore and Musquodoboit Valley. While there are systems and practitioners in place to help those in crisis, consistency and predictability are still a challenge
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By Richard Bell
[Update: This article below, "What's Best for Our Students," went to the printers on October 28.On Monday, October 29, the Cooperator did a Facebook live broadcast of a meeting called by the Community Campus Vision Association (CCVA) to present CCVA's latest thinking about the new high school for the Eastern Shore. The meeting was held at the Porters Lake Community Centre, chaired by Jean McKenna. The meeting came after the release earlier in the day of a new report from the Musquodoboit Harbour & Area Chamber of Commerce & Area Association presenting a case for siting the new high school somewhere in the core of Musquodoboit Harbour. (see below for the full October 29 analysis of the Chamber report.]
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By Dee Dwyer
This month, I am profiling three of the six local artists involved in the literary arts who will be reading at the 2018 Fall for Books Festival. This event takes place on Sunday, November 4 from 1 to 4 pm at the Old School Community Gathering Place at 7962 Highway 7 in Musquodoboit Harbour.
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