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November 01, 2022

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Public Notice Offshore Wind Assessment

Public Notice Offshore Wind AssessmentRegional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova ScotiaComment Period on the Draft Agreements and Draft Terms of Reference

November 01, 2022

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What Amalgamation Has Wrought: 2022 Version

By Karen Bradley When the Halifax Regional Municipality came into being in 1996, many in the villages and enclaves of the Eastern Shore and Musquodoboit Valley were rightly concerned about an additional third layer of bureaucracy. The small communities had organized their own municipal concerns; the Halifax government had to manage urban, suburban, and rural issues.

October 30, 2022

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Fighting the Open-Net Salmon Farm War

By Richard Bell You’re standing in front of the fish counter at the supermarket. Spread out before you are an enticing array of pink salmon, each package embellished with a graphic of a salmon leaping upstream. Do you know where that salmon came from? And do you know what that salmon ate?

October 05, 2022

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Endings and Beginnings at St. Anselm’s

By Richard Bell August saw two major events in the long-running struggle by parishioners of St. Anselm’s Roman Catholic Church in West Chezzetcook over the fate of their beloved brick church.

August 31, 2022

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Transforming Musquodoboit Harbour

By Richard Bell John Wesley Chisholm breaks into a smile every time he tells the story of how he developed a vision to transform a 46-acre parcel behind the Railway Museum into a new village core.

August 31, 2022

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Railway Museum Musicfest August 6

Musicfest Returns to the Museum After a two year break for COVID, Musicfest, the annual fundraiser for the Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum, is returning with an exciting line up of talent. “People are beyond excited to see the return of music to the Shore,” says Brian Staple, the coordinator for the event. “We anticipate a large crowd showing up to celebrate with us and raise some money in support of the Museum.”

August 04, 2022

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August 4 Deadline--Funding for Offshore Wind Participants

Public NoticeRegional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova ScotiaParticipant Funding Available

July 06, 2022

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Editorial: Why Take Action Now: Eastern Shore’s High School

[Editor’s Note: This editorial represents the opinion of this newspaper about the location and design of the proposed new school. In our own stories, we have interviewed and quoted proponents and opponents of the Eastern Shore Industrial Park site, and have published unedited submissions from proponents. This editorial contains the conclusions we have come to after reviewing what we know. To the extent that our conclusions are in any way provisional, we deeply regret that both the previous Liberal government and the current PC government have refused to release critical information that should have been public before the selection of the site.]

May 12, 2022

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2014 Map Discredits School Site Selection Process

By Richard Bell One of the remaining mysteries about the secretive site selection process for the new consolidated junior/senior high is exactly how long ago the Liberal government decided to locate the school in the Eastern Shore Industrial Park in East Chezzetcook.

May 10, 2022

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