[Editor’s note: The Nova Scotia Teachers Union has announced it will begin a working-to-rules job action on December 5th. as early as December 5. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD) distributed the following notice to parents and guardians on November 22. The Halifax Regional School Board will post information on its website (www.hrsb.ca) and Twitter (@HRSB_Official) about what parents should expect.
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Recently, I was a guest for brunch at the unique architectural log home of Norma Prest Kennedy in Pleasant Harbour. The purpose of the brunch was a fundraiser for “The Mission of Seamen.” Joyce Webb has been the treasurer of this venerable charity organization for over 40 years. Norma and her friends knit socks, caps, and scarves for gift boxes for seamen. Since these gift boxes originated on The Eastern Shore over a half-century ago, they are “Christmas Boxes.”
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By Wyn Jones
On any given day in the year, Martinique Beach is magical. The combination of salted air and a foam-laden scent makes it a very special place. I happened to be walking along the strand one afternoon late last August, my dog Amber pounding in and out of the shallows as a warm and glowing sun set the ripples in the receding tide to a diamond sparkle. As it was mid week, we had the whole length of the beach to ourselves, or so I thought. But there suddenly just ahead of us, wading slowly, the water lapping around his knees, was a small rotund figure.
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By Dave Ingram
When people are trapped inside their cars after a crash, it’s our local firefighters who get them out and provide medical care, a process called “vehicle extrication.” The Eastern Shore vehicle extrication team, all volunteer firefighters from the firehalls in Musquodoboit Harbour, Oyster Pond and Ostrea Lake, recently won an award during a province-wide competition in Windsor, NS, qualifying them for a place in the North American Championships next year in Enfield.
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By Richard Bell
At its November 22 meeting, Regional Council failed once again to straighten out the mess over the Planning Department’s decision last spring to suddenly start banning development on large lots without 100 feet of frontage on public roads. In a meeting that was marked by sharp exchanges among councillors and a juvenile level of confusion over missing documents, Council punted the issue into 2017.
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I first became aware of Iris Patterson’s pottery about eight years ago when I was having coffee and a date square at Dobbit’s Bakehouse in Musquodoboit Harbour. On the plate underneath my date square was a starfish. I quickly learned that the plate came from Iris’ Seastar Pottery studio in Seaford.
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By Anthony Hillman
Coastal Voices Men’s Choir was formed in 2011 with the aim of promoting male choral singing on the Eastern Shore. Between January and late Spring each year, the Choir meets for weekly rehearsals in Musquodoboit Harbour and at various open houses along the Shore, preparing for two or more concerts in the region.
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The Musquodoboit River is one of the less-appreciated ecological and recreational treasures of Nova Scotia. On October 13th, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) announced its protection of 70.5 hectares (174 acres) of what the Conservancy said was “some of the most unspoiled and intact wildlife habitat remaining on the Musquodoboit River, just 30 minutes from Halifax.”
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Whoever’s running the athletic department at the Savannah College of College of Art and Design (the Atlantic campus) should be giving the school’s recruiters a nice pat on the back this morning for persuading Musquodoboit Harbour’s Mackenzie Myatt to enroll and join the school’s first cycling team.
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In Star Trek, Spock said, “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” However when business transactions are struck in Canada, they are often done to benefit one individual or corporation, or in some instances both.
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