The stories below ran in the Eastern Shore Cooperator. The stories are in reverse chronological order.
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By DJ Shuman
In the last week of September, I was one of three ESDH students who travelled to Edmonton, Alberta to attend the Canadian Student Leadership Conference. As representatives of Nova Scotia, we learned a lot about how to be effective leaders, what diversity looks like in a changing world, and what the future of Canada can look like.
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By Richard Bell
Anyone who’s ever tried to grow anything along the Eastern Shore knows how unwelcoming the thin rocky soils can be. But Frank Cheevers doesn’t worry much about the soil at his hillside farm on West Lawrencetown Road that he calls Skeldale Farm.
He’s growing plenty of food, but the roots of his arugula and spinach never touch the earth: his entire production comes from a sprawling greenhouse housing hundreds of yards of piping feeding liquid nutrition to his produce.
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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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