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Preston By-Election Overview

Ahead of the August 8 Provincial by-election in Preston, the Cooperator interviewed registered candidates from the three major parties. Find profiles of these candidates linked below, and stay on this page to read an overview of the election and voting information. (Two candidates, Bobby Taylor of United Nova Scotians, and Anthony Edmonds of the Green Party, were not yet official candidates when this story was written.)

August 07, 2023

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Residents Resist Clam Farm

By Richard Bell Residents of Three Fathom Harbour are taking their opposition to a proposed clam farm in their back yards to new levels. August 1, 2023, is the deadline for the provincial Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture to decide whether to renew the license for this "special experimental license" for 14.2 hectares for another year (Aquaculture License and lease AQ5001).

August 01, 2023

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Ataraxy Farm Wins Accessibility Grant

By Richard Bell The Ataraxy Farm in Lawrencetown is one of 96 companies across the province that will be benefiting from a $1.5 million program to improve accessibility.

August 01, 2023

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Working Together to Save an Osprey Family

By Richard Bell Employees of Nova Scotia Power, the Department of Natural Resources, and Hope for Wildlife combined forces in a unique effort that saved a family of ospreys on Jeddore Harbour at the end of June.

August 01, 2023

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Keeping Ticks and Lyme Disease at Bay

By Richard Bell The weather's warm enough to worry about one of the downsides of the great outdoors, Lyme disease, from the bite of a blacklegged tick infected with the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium that causes the disease.

August 01, 2023

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Video Recording of Preston MLA Candidates Forum

On Tuesday, July 18, the East Preston Ratepayers Community Development Association sponsored a standing-room-only candidate forum at the East Preston Community Centre. The Association’s Christina Parker moderated the forum.

July 27, 2023

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Anthony Edmonds--Green Party 2023

Edmonds did not become a candidate until after the August issue of the Cooperator had gone to the printers. We regret that we were unable to arrange for an interview. However, Edmonds did run as a Green Party candidate in 2019, so we are lnking to that 2019 profile. The principles of the Green Party have not changed since 2019.

July 22, 2023

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Carlo Simmons, Liberal

By David Shuman Carlo Simmons told the Cooperator that he was initially skeptical when asked to run by Keith Colwell, the former Liberal MLA who represented the riding for around two decades. But after talking things over with his wife Loretta, he decided it was time to give back to his community.

July 21, 2023

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Twila Grosse, PC

By David Shuman Twila Grosse has been tackling tough issues throughout her 35 years working in business planning and budgeting at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

July 21, 2023

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Colter Simmonds, NDP

By David Shuman Colter Simmonds says he wasn’t ready the last time he campaigned to represent Preston. This time around, he says he found his calling.

July 21, 2023

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