Community & Culture

Cyndi Cain Wins 2022 Portia White Prize

By Richard Bell North Preston singer/songwriter/actress Cyndi Cain has won this year’s $25,000 Portia White Prize at the Creative Nova Scotia Awards, a project of Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council.

November 27, 2022

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KINNEY PLACE – A RE-NEWED COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE

By Cassandra Grosse The original Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (NSHCC) has been renamed the Kinney Place (KP), designed to be a Black business incubator and an intergenerational hub for the African Nova Scotian community.

November 27, 2022

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Dancing for Health at the Old School

By Richard Bell  The Old School Community Gathering Place is home to “Enhance Through Dance,” an innovative program that provides much-needed support to people suffering from neurodegenerative challenges of aging like Parkinson’s.

November 22, 2022

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Lisa Nash's Alaskan Adventures

November 22, 2022

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Rowland Marshall 95th Birthday Celebration

Long-time Seaforth resident Rowland Marshall celebrated his 95th birthday with an exhibition and sale of his widely exhibited artwork at the Seaforth Community Hall on October 15, 2022.

November 03, 2022

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Kateryna Kharchuk: Welcome

By Dee Dwyer On a sunny warm October afternoon, I sat down with Kateryna Kharchuk, who now lives in West Jeddore, to hear her story of leaving war-torn Ukraine and coming to Canada and the Eastern Shore.

November 03, 2022

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Sheet Harbour Marina Fundraiser

Former Senator Tom McInnis addressing a Sheet Harbour Marina Association fundraising banquet and auction on October 22, 2022 at the Lions Centre. The Association has already bought the East River Marina and is working towards renovating the wharf and the surrounding area. The goal is to offer boaters the only full-service marina on the 374km stretch between Halifax and the town of Guysborough

October 20, 2022

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Terry Fox Run

Doug and Emmy Bezanson back from September’s annual Terry Fox Run at the Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum. For more info on contributing, go to https://www.terryfox.org.

October 06, 2022

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Your Health Your Community--Did You Know?

A nurse practitioner works with other health care providers as part of a collaborative family practice team. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with advanced knowledge and education in primary health care.

October 06, 2022

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60th Wedding Anniversary

Congratulations to Esther and Bruce Rowlings, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last month with family and friends at the Petpeswick Yacht Club.

October 06, 2022

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