By Ashley Bellefontaine PT
Whether it’s for leisure, pleasure or exercise, swimming is a great way to improve your health and wellbeing. It is recommended that most individuals participate in at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous cardiovascular activity per week, as well as muscle strengthening for major muscle groups 2 days per week. Swimming and other aquatic exercise, such as aqua-aerobic, can be a great way to meet these recommendations.
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By Jaime Bayers
On Tuesday, July 25th, the Nature Conservancy of Canada announced the addition of 166 acres to its protected lands along the Musquodoboit River. The Conservancy acquired this land thanks to a donation from the descendants of Basil and Sarah Bayers. With this new acquisition, the Conservancy now protects a total of 528 acres of wetlands, forests, rare trees, and at-risk species along the Musquodoboit River.
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By Richard Bell
MLA Lloyd Hines (Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie), recently reelected by a narrow 71 votes over PC challenger Rob Wolf, surprised constituents in the Sheet Harbour area with the announcement of the closing of his one-day-a-week satellite constituency office in Sheet Harbour on July 13, 2017.
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By Jaime Bayers
The Musquodoboit Harbour library is a familiar place for many residents of the Eastern Shore. HRM is now engaged in a major updating of the building containing the library, the HRM offices, and the fitness center. Most of fitness center is still in place, but the library is now living in a small space carved out of the fitness center, and the HRM staff are making do in a trailer next to the relocated library.
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By: Jill Bellefontaine
Meet Jaime Bayers, 21 of Musquodoboit Harbour, one of the Cooperator’s two summer interns. When asked why she was interested in working at the paper this summer, Jaime said, “I’ve wanted to write ever since I was young and I thought this would be an interesting way to learn some things about it. Plus, it sounded like a fun summer job that would allow me to experience things I might not have without it.” She said that she was looking forward to experiencing a genre of writing that was not a graded paper or school-related.
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By Alice Bardos and Melissa Nguyen
Every year Dalhousie Architecture sends students out for a two-week, intensive, hands-on course called Free Lab. This year, we were two of a group of eleven students who were lucky enough to sign on for a stint at the Deanery Project in Lower Ship Harbour, following in the footsteps of 6 previous Free Lab groups.
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By Dee Dwyer
When the East Lawrencetown sculptor Lou Costanzo says, “the whole is greater than the parts,” he is definitely not talking about the sculpture itself, but about the creative, interactive, and healing process. “The end result,” he says, “is not as important as the process.”
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By Jaime Bayers
One of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most well-known promises during his campaign was to legalize marijuana. Since the election, many locals on the Eastern Shore who voted for Trudeau have been eagerly awaiting the day that Trudeau’s proposal to legalize cannabis for recreational use becomes law.
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By Jill Bellefontaine
The 1st annual Women’s 48-hour ball tournament took place in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia over the weekend of July 15. Women of all ages gathered from across the Eastern Shore and beyond to take part in this event. The tournament consisted of 14 different teams of women. The ball games were played at two different fields throughout the weekend. Saturday evening there was a skills competition that consisted of running, throwing, pitching, and a home run derby.
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By Jamie Bayers
The third annual Trunk 7 Music Festival at Musquodoboit Harbour’s Peace Park was a big success, attracting more people than ever before to enjoy the many talented musicians on the Eastern Shore. Music fans could enjoy rock, country, folk, blues, psychedelic, rap, and indie music during the festival’s Friday night/all-day Saturday run. Both days were sunny and warm, drawing large crowds.
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