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From Kitchens to Communities

Posted by · May 04, 2017 1:59 PM

By Lauren Latour

The work that happens in kitchens like the one at The Deanery Project builds the bedrock of positive change making around the world. Food, the people it brings together, and the energy it provides is at the heart of organizations that are successful in bringing about the changes so many of us work toward.

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Kitchen Musings

Posted by · May 04, 2017 1:54 PM

By Susanne Merrett

On this fine spring day, with the sun dancing on the water, I am contemplating all things culinary. Cheesy bacon garlic bread is in the oven, a thick, rich marinara sauce is bubbling on the stove, and I am secretly paying homage to all of my lovely and precious kitchen items.

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Kath Rutherford: Weaving Arts and Craft

Posted by · May 04, 2017 1:50 PM

By Dee Dwyer

On my studio wall is a print by the artist Kath Kornelsen Rutherford. “Celtic Blanket” (1981) is a landscape of overlapping fields of different Celtic interweavings, each in various muted shades of yellow, pink, and green. Superimposed over these rich and abundant fields are three very tall stalks of thistle. The effect is a beautiful play of colours and images.

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Provincial Election on May 30

Posted by · May 04, 2017 1:36 PM

Premier Stephen McNeil dropped the writ calling for an election on May 30, 2017 just as the Cooperator was going to press. Please go to our special Provincial Election 2017 webpage for information on voting and links to all of the candidates’ websites and social media. Our webpage is located at: http://www.easternshorecooperator.ca/provincial_election_2017.

If you want to talk about campaigns and candidates, check out our political Facebook page, go to Cooperator Politics at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cooperatorelections/ (and keep it civil!).

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Correction

Posted by · May 04, 2017 1:31 PM

On the April 2017 issue of the Cooperator, we reported that short stories by two students at Musquodoboit Rural High School had been selected for publishing in a book in a national contest run by Polar Expressions Publishing. The correct name for the grade 9 student is Ashton Kaspar. We regret the error. (The other student was Alessa Hounsell, grade 12.)

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Final Community Development Plan

Posted by · May 04, 2017 1:29 PM

By Richard Bell

The final version of the Musquodoboit Harbour Community Development Plan is now available on the website of the Musquodoboit Harbour Chamber of Commerce & Civic Affairs (http://www.mhacc.ca/community-development-plan/.) The Chamber hired the urban design firm Ekistics Plan+Design to prepare this latest iteration of the community visioning process that began back in 2006.

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Volunteers Power Orenda to Major Grant

Posted by · May 04, 2017 1:27 PM

By Richard Bell

The provincial government’s grant of $608,500 to Lake Echo’s Orenda Canoe Club (OCC) is a ringing endorsement of the club’s success at turning a non-profit volunteer-run, community-based organization into a regional athletic powerhouse that has produced 5 Olympians.

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H.O.P.E. Hold On. Pain Ends

Posted by · May 04, 2017 1:23 PM

By Richard Bell

For more than 10 years, the volunteers of Eastern Shore Mental Health have been filling critical gaps in the province’s mental health services, helping people in crisis find paths towards stability and inclusion.

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Federal Grants for Seniors

Posted by · May 04, 2017 1:18 PM

By Richard Bell

In a swing along the Eastern Shore, Central Nova Member of Parliament Sean Fraser announced a series of grants for seniors and community organizations. Stopping at the Harbour Lites New Horizons Club in Musquodoboit Harbour, Fraser said that Harbour Lites will be getting $11,849 to replace appliances and get a new furnace. The Old School Community Gathering Place will receive $25,000 for some building upgrades and a stove, table, and chairs for a senior’s inclusion lab. Further east, the Lake Charlotte Heritage Society will get $23,000 for a project involving seniors in the creation of a permanent traditional lobster buoy exhibition at Memory Lane Heritage Village.

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Provincial Election 2017

Posted by · May 02, 2017 11:49 PM

The next provincial election will take place on May 30, 2017. This page has links to the information you need about voting (registering, polling places, etc.) and links to the webpages and social media sites of the candidates.

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