Editor’s Note: The Coalition for Safe and Healthy Communities for East Preston, Mineville, Lake Echo and Porters Lake led a (thus-far) successful fight to prevent the location of a hazardous waste transfer station on Highway 7 near the Porters Lake-Lake Echo border. They are now asking people for input and direction, starting with the simple question that too few organizations ever ask, whether people support the continuation of the organization at all.
We were impressed by the effectiveness of this group’s steering committee in navigating the complexities they faced at the outset, and in coming up with a winning strategy. We urge readers of the Cooperator to support the continuation of the Coalition.
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Editor’s note: The Community Campus Vision Association has been lobbying for the province to replace the aging buildings of Eastern Shore District High and Gaetz Brook Junior High with a new school consolidating the two schools.
The following letter from CCVA Chair Jean McKenna describes CCVA’s September meeting with provincial officials to share CCVA’s investigations of the conditions of the two schools, and to push for a replacement as soon as possible.
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The painful history of trying to provide effective electoral representation for Acadians and African Nova Scotians was on full display at a public hearing at the Black Cultural Centre in Cherry Brook on September 19. The occasion was one of several hearings being conducted by the Commission on Effective Electoral Representation of Acadian and African Nova Scotians.
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Nova Scotia officials turned out in force at East Preston United Baptist Church on September 18 to announce the official adoption of the Nova Scotia’s first Accessibility Act.
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Dancing in the Sky 2017, a vigil for a community’s losses to suicide and a celebration of the lives of those lost, took place on Sunday, September 10, 2017 at the rink in Musquodoboit Harbour. At least 50 community members joined the Eastern Shore Mental Health Association, MLA Kevin Murphy, and family members who had lost a loved one. Music, readings, and a candlelight gathering followed the talks. Four young men from the band Foggy Road played a number of evocative and poignant songs in memory of friends they have lost.
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Fall is such a delightful time of year. The intense heat of the summer has subsided, the air is crisp and filled with wondrous smells, and we are witness to some pretty spectacular fall colours as Mother Nature paints the landscape for our viewing pleasure. Another favourite fall happening is the recurrence of comfort foods...those rich and flavourful dishes that just seem too heavy for the heat of summer.
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By Susanne Merrett
This is my favourite meat pie recipe. It keeps my carnivores happy while offering up a healthy dose of veg as well. It is super quick to put together and tastes even better the next day. Just add a tossed salad and you have a meal fit for a dinner party.
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Two of Nova Scotia’s best men’s choral groups, one local and one from Cape Breton, will perform a benefit concert for First United Church, to be held at Eastern Shore District High School on October 14 at 7 pm. Headlining the show will be Men of the Deeps, the choir that men from Cape Breton’s coal mining industry first formed 50 years ago. And opening the show will be the Shore’s very own Coastal Voices Men’s Choir.
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We are looking for people who would like to take part in an event on Saturday, Dec 2nd 2017, at The Old School in Musquodoboit Harbour to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion.
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The prolific Acadian painter and printmaker Joseph Purcell is well known along the Eastern Shore. He and I met to talk about his life and art at the Rose and Rooster Café in Grand Desert, where he will show recent work in a three-day show, from September 29 to October 1. Summarizing his approach to his work, Joe says, “I celebrate the natural realm in a decorative fashion with the use of harmonious jewel-like colours and metallic highlights.”
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