Imagine a stained glass artwork of a Scottish castle, a coat of arms of a stag surrounded by a green and black tartan background, and a blue knotwork border of lions. This is the work of Colin Cameron, musician, woodworker, and stained glass artist, who specializes in Celtic heritage and design.
Read more
Saturday November 18 at the Deanery Project in Lower Ship Harbour saw local folks gathering to learn about the latest in renewable energy sources and resilient living. Around 50 people spent the day watching presentations and asking questions about the limit and costs of solar energy, the efficacy of electric cars on the Eastern Shore, the latest in solar technologies, and more.
Read more
By Richard Bell
Several dozen people turned out for a community-driven meeting at the Porters Lake Community Centre about what could be done about the never-ending waves of litter blowing along the roads.
Read more
WEEKEND UPDATE
Gas up the car and get ready to hit the road along the Shore for a weekend packed with Christmas shopping, solar workshops, concerts, and a healing arts fair. Full details on the items with *** below are on the Cooperator’s calendar on the Internet. If you want to add an event, post it as a comment below, and go to the calendar page, click on “Post an Event” and add the details for your event.
Read more
MusGo Rider is a not-for-profit community cooperative, which provides door-to-door, pre-booked transportation in HRM. Its service area extends from East Preston and Lawrencetown in the west to Ship Harbour in the east. MusGo Rider’s goal is to provide a safe, affordable and dependable transportation solution to improve the quality of life for residents while contributing to a green community.
Read more
By Richard Bell
This year’s edition of the Seaforth Great Potato Weight-off at the Seaforth Community Hall on October 21 was another rollicking, calorie-stuffed night of fun for kids and grown-ups alike. The potato weigh-in itself went quickly, and then most of the evening’s action focused on raising funds for the Community Hall by auctioning off a stunning array of pies: apple crisp, coconut cream, pumpkin, chocolate bourbon pecan, and more. There was even a Piecaken, a pie inside a cake.
Read more
Saturday, December 2nd at 6pm is the 5th Annual Musquodoboit Harbour Christmas Parade of Lights! Bundle up the kids and come out for a great community event. There will be activities throughout the community before and after the parade.
Read more
“What Historical Figure Would You Like to Meet and Why?”
Read more
Stirling Cashman Mason (1921-1944) as one of sixteen children born to James and Myrtle Mason in Tangier, Nova Scotia. Cashman went to a one-room school in Tangier where a single teacher taught 60 students in eleven grades. He did very well academically and when it was time to enter grade eleven, his uncle, Professor Guy Mason, offered to take him to Truro to finish high school, on a path to his goal of becoming an Anglican Clergyman.
Read more
An estimated 600 people turned out for the Forest Funeral march in downtown Halifax on October 19. The marchers wound their way from Grand Parade Square through the city to a rally in front of Province House. The event was an expression of the growing outrage over the failure of the province to reduce the devastating forest losses caused by clear-cutting, whole tree harvesting, and herbicide spraying.
Read more
