Community & Culture

Youth Benefit from YESS Program at Old School

By Emily Sawchyn Musquodoboit Harbour’s Old School Community has been bustling with activity and newly motivated individuals, thanks to funding provided by the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS). The program’s second group started last fall and ended in January.

April 02, 2021

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Pride Festival Coming: Save the Dates

A Pride Festival is coming to the Eastern Shore on June 26th and 27th,  2021, at the Old School Gathering Place in Musquodoboit Harbour. This year’s theme is Wear Your Pride, and will include t-shirts, bags, scarves, art and beer, outdoor games, indoor and outdoor vendors, and more.

April 02, 2021

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Tags Fly Off Wishes Tree

By Pearl Akers I think this has been the most successful of the 14 years of Children’s Christmas Wishes. I was concerned with all the restrictions, limitations, closures and stress we’ve all had to endure this past year, that the Wishes project might be in trouble.

February 27, 2021

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Exploring the Night Sky

by Dee Dwyer Elsie Ferguson of Seaforth is a retired nurse and an avid Scrabble player who takes her two Shih Tzus on daily beach walks. In the 1970s when she was sailing on a schooner, she became interested in the night sky.

January 20, 2021

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AutoWIKI, a Locally Developed App With Worldwide Potential

Local mother and son, Delphine du Toit and Nik Edmiidz, have created an app called AutoWIKI, a travelling tour guide that uses your GPS location to tell you stories about the places around you. The app is set to be published out of open Beta state by the end of the month, but it is open to download on Android and iOS devices now.

January 20, 2021

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Community Knowledge Can Save Aquatic Species

By Emily Sawchyn The Nova Scotia Salmon Association (NSSA) is conducting a “Community Local Knowledge Survey” as part of a provincial-wide project to protect a number of endanger aquatic species by improving the health of eight watersheds, including three along the Eastern Shore: the Musquodoboit River, the Moser River, and the West River in Sheet Harbour.

January 18, 2021

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Filling the Caboose

By Emily Sawchyn Fill the Caboose event was a massive success. Thanks to many community organizations and the people who donated, the Musquodoboit Harbour Food Bank brought Christmas to 70 families this year.

January 18, 2021

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Food Banks Need Our Help

By Emily Sawchyn COVID-19 hit everyone in a multitude of life-changing ways, and Food Banks have been working harder than ever to keep communities together. Between February and June 2020, unemployment in Nova Scotia grew from 7.8% to 13%. Many people in need are visiting the Food Bank for the first time. At the same time, fear of the virus has kept others at home.

December 01, 2020

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Shot in the Back With His Own Gun

By John Fulton Rowlings

November 28, 2020

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Mask Maker Rhonda MacFarlane

By Dee Dwyer As you’re driving through Musquodoboit Harbour on Highway 7 from the west, you’ll pass a little sign in Rhonda MacFarlane’s front yard saying “Masks,” pointing to a table with a colourful display of masks, $5 on an honors system.

November 28, 2020

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