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Fraser Wins Orator Award

By Richard Bell Central Nova’s MP Sean Fraser recently won “Best Orator” in the annual Maclean’s Parliamentarians of the Year Awards and was one of three finalists for “Rising Star.” The magazine asks Members of Parliament to submit nominations for 8 different categories, and uses a process that gives members extra credit for votes from members of other parties.

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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Feral Cat Grant Program a Purring Success

By Emily Sawchyn Halifax’s feral cat overpopulation problem may soon be in the past thanks to a collaborative effort between the city, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty (SPCA), and Spay Day Society implementing a Trap, Neuter, Release (TNR) method. Now four years into the city’s five-year grant program, the SPCA and Spay Day Society praise the grant program as a massive success.

January 18, 2021

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Applicants Seek Judicial Review Of School Siting Decision

By Richard BellThree residents of Musquodoboit Harbour have joined together to file a Notice for Judicial Review with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia challenging the decision by the Nova Scotia Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and the Nova Scotia Minister of Transportation to locate the proposed school combining Eastern Shore District High and Gaetz Brook Junior High in the East Chezzetcook Industrial Park.

January 12, 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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Sweetheart Deal for Owls Head

By Richard Bell In the latest round in the fight to stop the province from turning Owls Head Provincial Park into an American billionaire’s three private golf courses and acres of luxury housing, the Department of Lands and Forestry (L&F) released another round of documents with dramatic new information.

December 01, 2020

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Tracking Emergency Room Closures

By Emily Sawchyn Emergency room closures continue to plague the three rural Eastern Shore hospitals, Twin Oaks Memorial, (Musquodoboit Harbour), Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital (Sheet Harbour) and Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital (Middle Musquodoboit)

November 28, 2020

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Merge Gaetz Brook with Eastern Shore HS?

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Fraser Wins Orator Award

AutoWIKI, a Locally Developed App With Worldwide Potential

Feral Cat Grant Program a Purring Success

Applicants Seek Judicial Review Of School Siting Decision

Food Banks Need Our Help

Sweetheart Deal for Owls Head

Tracking Emergency Room Closures

Merge Gaetz Brook with Eastern Shore HS?

ESDH and Gaetz Brook Consolidation

Restaurant and Sports Bar Opening Soon

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