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HRM’s Rural Hospitals May Finally Get a Break

By Richard Bell The federal government’s refusal to include the three rural hospitals in HRM in the federal loan forgiveness program for doctors and nurses who agree to practice in rural areas may finally be coming to an end.

September 05, 2021

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The 50-Mile Yard Sale Is Happening

By Richard Bell The Cooperator has been getting a slew of phone calls and emails asking whether the 50-Mile Yard Sale will be happening this September. The simple answer is Yes, on the weekend of September 11-12.

September 05, 2021

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PCs Win Majority

(Eastern Shore city councillor David Hendsbee presents newly elected MLA Kent Smith with a Nova Scotia flag.) By Richard Bell It was the PC’s night across the province, as the party’s candidates won a solid majority of 30 of the 55 seats at stake. Premier Iain Rankin held on to his seat, but his party dropped from 26 seats down to 16.

August 18, 2021

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NS Provincial Election 2021

Does your vote matter? Turnout in the 2017 election was at an all-time low, 53.4%. Barely half the eligible voters participated in the election. But 5 of the races in the 2017 election were decided by less than 100 votes! In Cape Breton/Richmond, PC Alana Paon beat the incumbent Liberal Michel Samson by 20 votes. Liberal Lloyd Hines won by only 71 votes in Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie. In the end, a few hundred votes across the province kept the Liberals in the majority.

August 02, 2021

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Hospital Closures Remain High

By David J. Shuman In 2020, emergency rooms in hospitals in the Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Community Health Board were closed for 5080.5 hours, more than 10 times the number of closure hours just five years ago. ESMCHB hospitals include Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital in Musquodoboit Harbour, Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital (MVMH) in Middle Musquodoboit, and Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital (ESMH) in Sheet Harbour.

June 24, 2021

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Cleaning Up Nova Scotia’s Beaches

By Richard Bell Angela Riley is one of the leaders of a largely invisible army who spend their spare time cleaning the beaches of Nova Scotia. According to figures she’s pulled together, volunteers have removed more than 50,000 pounds of trash from the province’s beaches since she started adding things up last August.

June 23, 2021

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Editorial -- Everybody Knows: The Liberal Shell Game

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows--Leonard Cohen, “Everybody Knows”

June 02, 2021

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Farewell to Car 3252

By Richard Bell The old Canadian Pacific combination car #3252 is no more.

May 10, 2021

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Owls Head Is a Political Hot Potato

By Richard Bell Someone is getting increasingly nervous about Premier Rankin’s refusal to take back his decision as Minister of Lands and Forestry to secretly de-list Owls Head Provincial Park and to secretly sell the de-listed land to Lighthouse Links, which plans to grind the existing park to sand and build golf courses.

April 30, 2021

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East Preston Wins Lower Speed Limit

By Richard Bell The speed limit in East Preston on Highway 7 is now 50km/hr, down from 70km/hr.

April 30, 2021

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