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Mastering the Jaws of Life

By Dave Ingram When people are trapped inside their cars after a crash, it’s our local firefighters who get them out and provide medical care, a process called “vehicle extrication.” The Eastern Shore vehicle extrication team, all volunteer firefighters from the firehalls in Musquodoboit Harbour, Oyster Pond and Ostrea Lake, recently won an award during a province-wide competition in Windsor, NS, qualifying them for a place in the North American Championships next year in Enfield.

November 29, 2016

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Council Fails Again to End 25-Acre Lot Controversy

By Richard Bell At its November 22 meeting, Regional Council failed once again to straighten out the mess over the Planning Department’s decision last spring to suddenly start banning development on large lots without 100 feet of frontage on public roads. In a meeting that was marked by sharp exchanges among councillors and a juvenile level of confusion over missing documents, Council punted the issue into 2017.

November 29, 2016

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Nature Conservancy Protects Musquodoboit River Habitat

By Richard Bell The Musquodoboit River is one of the less-appreciated ecological and recreational treasures of Nova Scotia. On October 13th, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) announced its protection of 70.5 hectares (174 acres) of what the Conservancy said was “some of the most unspoiled and intact wildlife habitat remaining on the Musquodoboit River, just 30 minutes from Halifax.”

November 12, 2016

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Myatt Wins Bronze in U.S. Mountain Bike Championship

By Richard Bell Whoever’s running the athletic department at the Savannah College of College of Art and Design (the Atlantic campus) should be giving the school’s recruiters a nice pat on the back this morning for persuading Musquodoboit Harbour’s Mackenzie Myatt to enroll and join the school’s first cycling team.

November 12, 2016

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Kiann Managements Starts Cleaning Up C&D Site

By Richard Bell Kiann Management has begun work to comply with a litter order from the provincial Department of the Environment (DOE) to remove certain materials from its controversial site on Highway 7 in Porters Lake by a January deadline.

November 12, 2016

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Incumbents Win Along the Shore: Turnout Drops

David Hendsbee and his wife Susan welcome news of his re-election. Richard Bell (This article was revised at 10:00 am October 16 with the complete unofficial results for City Council and School Board. Returns for the other two races remain incomplete at this time.). In an election in which turnout dropped to a miserable 31.7% of the vote, there were no surprises on election night on the Eastern Shore, with wins for District 2 incumbent David Hendsbee and School Board District 1 incumbent Bridget Boutlier. (Turnout in 2012 was 38.7%). In District 2, David Hendsbee (3262) won his first re-election race in the expanded district with almost 50% of the vote. Gail McQuarrie (1980) finished in 2nd place again, followed by Shelley Fashan (1090) and Sydnee McKay (242).

October 16, 2016

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Sept 25 Chamber of Commerce District 2 Candidate Forum videos

This document contains links to videos of the District 2 Council Candidates forum on September 25 in Musquodoboit Harbour. The Musquodoboit Harbour & Area Chamber of Commerce & Civic Affairs sponsored this forum. Three of the four candidates were present. Sydnee McKay was unable to attend, but sent a statement that a Chamber member read in the Opening Statements section. The moderator changed the order for answering each question, and the answers below follow that order. We know that people are busy, and may not have time to sit down and listen to a single video of an entire 90-minute debate. There is a separate video for each question, so you can mix and match to your heart's content. You can listen to all the answers from a single candidate, or only listen to the question or questions you're most interested in. We hope this format makes it easier for you to focus on what you want to know about the candidates for the District 2 Council seat.

October 11, 2016

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Big Crowd for Lions Turkey Dinner

There wasn’t a free seat in sight on Saturday afternoon at the “Thanksgiving Sit-down Dinner" put on by the Musquodoboit Harbour Lions Club and the Eastern Shore Food Bank. The parking lot filled early, and there dozens more cars parked along the road. Inside, there was turkey with all the fixings, capped off with a delicious piece of pumpkin pie. In the invitation to the event, the Lions said they hoped people would “bring your friends and family from all over the community;" from the looks of the crowded room, that’s exactly what people did.

October 08, 2016

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2016 HRM Municipal Elections

Preliminary Election Results for the Shore; Hendsbee Wins Re-election This page also contains written answers to questions from the candidates for HRM District 2's City Council Seat, profiles of 3 of the 4 candidates for Council, video coverage of the September 26th Council candidate debate in East Preston, answers from candidates for the African Nova Scotian School Board Member, and answers from candidates for the Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincal Representative. .

September 30, 2016

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Score One for the Shore: HRM Rejects C&D Dump

By Richard Bell Summary: HRM's Planning Department has rejected the application from Kiann Management Limited (owned by Lawrence Belefontaine) to rezone a parcel of land on Highway 7 in Porters Lake for use as a construction & demolition debris (C&D) recycling plant.

September 12, 2016

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