By lrva Boutilier
President of the Four Harbours Branch# 120 Royal Canadian Legion
I would like to tell you a little about our organization, the Royal Canadian Legion. Our mission is to serve Veterans and their dependents, promote Remembrance, and act in the service of Canada and its communities. Not only do we help Veterans, we also donate to our local hospital, fire department, bursaries, schools and our community!
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By Barbara French
East Chezzetcook’s Meisner’s Lake (also known as Big Lake) and the adjacent Long Beach are suffering from a traumatic and dangerous event—a breach in the rocky berm that has separated the fresh water lake from the salty ocean.
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By Dee Dwyer
Since moving to Musquodoboit Harbour in the mid-1960s, Joan Flewwelling has had an extraordinary impact on both the artistic and crafts communities of the Eastern Shore. She is a well-known artist in her own right, the founder of an important crafts store, and co-author of a wonderful study of the region’s historic homes.
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Gerald Webb
The Eastern Shore Cooperator sends its sympathy to the family of Gerald Webb of Tangier, who passed away in March at the age of 85. Through his collaboration with our correspondent Maelissa Watson, Gerald was the source of a number of stories in the Cooperator about life long ago on the Shore.
Gerald was a wonderful storyteller, keenly aware of the humorous situations that life dropped on his doorstep. With his story telling, he passed on local history that would otherwise have been lost. His stories enriched all of the readers of this paper. We are grateful to have been the beneficiary of his gifts, and regret that we will not be publishing any more of his delightful tales.
By Susanne Merrett
Food, for me, has always meant more than just mere survival. Food also provides nutrition and helps our bodies heal. A good meal not only fills the belly, but also offers pleasant tastes and smells that feed the senses. Aside from these biological abilities that food has, it's the sociological aspects that are its superpowers.
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By Richard Bell
What do dogs mean to the seniors who live with them?
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By John Verlinden
The railway line to Musquodoboit Harbour ran from Windsor Junction, following the shoreline, travelling along the beaches and fishing communities before turning inland to Musquodoboit Harbour. From there, it followed the river into the farmlands of the Musquodoboit Valley to Upper Musquodoboit.
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By Richard Bell
It’s easy to forgot how important equipment is for anyone wanting to compete at the highest level of mountain bike racing.
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By Richard Bell
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans has identified a 2,000 square km area off the Eastern Shore as a new “Area of Interest” (AOI) under the provisions of the Oceans Act Marine Protected Area (MPA) program. The proposal encompasses the waters around the 30km of islands between Clam Harbour and Mushaboom.
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Advertising sales are the lifeblood of the Cooperator. So we could not be more pleased to announce that one of the Shore’s most experienced ad salespeople has joined our sales staff. Beginning with this issue of the Cooperator, Sandra Beazley will be putting her experience and contacts to work to strengthen the Eastern Shore’s only community newspaper. As she explains in the accompanying note, she is closing her most recent publication, It’s Shore Business/Shore Business Advertiser, where she demonstrated her single-handed mastery of the entire publishing process. With Sandra on board, we look forward to making the Cooperator bigger and better in the years to come.
--Karen Bradley, publisher
