On May 13, 202, MLA Kent Smith and Brendan Maguire, Minister of Advanced Education and Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, held a public meeting at the Rink to discuss the future of the Eastern Shore District High building. Smith announced that despite having shown interest in the building, NSCC had notified him that NSCC was no longer interested in the building.The first two videos deal with ESDH. The shorter 3rd video deals with Smith's interest in using Gaetz Brook Junior High as a temporary home for the students at l'École des Beaux Marais while the province constructs a replacement for the current Beaux Marais building in Porters Lake.
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A number of questions from the floor of the Musquodoboit Harbour candidate’s forum did not get asked due to time constraints. The Cooperator sent five questions to candidates and offered to post the responses online. We will post responses as we receive them. We have received responses from the Liberall's Sean Fraser, the Green Party's Gerald Romsa, and the Peoples Party of Canada's Charlie MacEachern.
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Green Party
Gerald Romsa would bring a unique voice to Parliament, combining a life of academic work on community development and environmental issues with what he has learned working on these issues in Germany, Ireland, China, and Ukraine.
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People's Party of Canada
Charlie MacEachern is running an unusual campaign: no donors, no advertising, no volunteers, and no door knocking. He’s not posting a lot of social media messages, but he has done some podcasts.
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Here is the complete April 2025 printed edition of the Eastern Shore Cooperator monthly newspaper.
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Here is the complete March 2025 printed edition of the Eastern Shore Cooperator monthly newspaper. The paper's office is located at
11 East Petpeswick Road, Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, B0J 2L0.
Phone: 902-889-2331
Eamil: info@easternshorecooperator
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Here is the January/February 2025 issue of the Eastern Shore Cooperator and a list of the articles and community reports and photos.
Click here to see the paper.
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