These vegetable fritters are simple and delicious. A food processor makes the shredding quick. If you can't find chickpea flour (also know as Channa flour, Gram flour, or Garbonzo flour) at your grocery store, it is available at Bulk Barn or at the Indian Groceries on Robie in Halifax.
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By Gina Dunn
The Eastern Shore Thunder Hockey team is headed back to Spryfield for the seventh and deciding game on Wednesday March 28 at 8pm. Please check out our Facebook page for more details as if the team wins this game they are headed off to the Atlantic North Championships in PEI from April 4 to 8. The team will be holding a fundraiser if they win to help get the team there.
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By Richard Bell
[This story has been updated since it was published in the print edition. See the update at the bottom of the story.]
The Department of Natural Resources has ended one of the Eastern Shore’s longer-running land-use disputes. In a press release on March 20, 2018, the Shore Active Transportation Association (SATA) announced that the Department of Natural Resources has granted a Letter of Authority (LOA) to SATA to develop the Gaetz Brook Connector trail as a non-motorized, active transportation greenway. The trail runs along the abandoned CN rail corridor from East Chezzetcook to the junction of Highways 7 and 107
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The Musquodoboit Harbour and Area Chamber of Commerce & Civic Affairs will have a very special guest at its annual Business Excellence Awards dinner on March 24: Ray Ivany, former Acadia University President and chair of the Nova Scotia Commission on Building Our New Economy, which in 2014 released the report, “Now or Never: An Urgent Call to Action for Nova Scotians,” more commonly called “The Ivany Report.” Chamber of Commerce co-chair Kent Smith announced the news at the Chamber’s February meeting.
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By DJ Shuman
Ever since ‘92, the Nova Scotia Secondary-School Students Association (NSSSA) has been rocking the lives of kids across the province. NSSSA is a youth leadership conference run by students for students. It combines aspects of self-betterment with leadership skills to achieve the goal of creating better communities and happier, more accepting school environments.
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By Richard Bell
A standing-room only crowd turned out midday at the Musquodoboit Public Library on February 17, 2018 to hear Ron Melchiore, author of Off Grid and Free: My Path to the Wilderness.
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By John Verlinden
For a resident living on the Eastern Shore in the early part of the 20th century, a visit to Halifax involved a lot of planning. For those travelling by sail, a trip from Chezzetcook could be made in a few hours. The return trip, however, would often take four days, depending on the prevailing winds. The alternative was ox team or horse and wagon over rough dirt roads.
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By Susanne Merrett
The Latin phrase caveat emptor, meaning “buyer beware,” is not usually something you consider when grocery shopping. Ordinarily, questionable selling practices tend to be associated with used cars and too-good-to-be-true real estate ventures. However, food fraud has been making headlines recently, with the seafood industry swirling in the centre of a multimillion (perhaps billion) dollar maelstrom.
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By Marcus Brady
The ESDH boy’s basketball team lived up to the hype this year. After their first two exhibition games in October, the team posted the best record the school has ever seen in the regular season, with 9 wins and 1 loss, to Sir John A.
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By Gina Dunn
The Junior C hockey playoffs have started and the ThunderDome (aka ES Arena) has been the place to be these last 2 Saturday nights in February with the Eastern Shore Thunder winning both semi final home games against the Avon River Rats.
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