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Links and Information Archive: June 2009
June 1, 2009: Doctors Nova Scotia has prepared a Voters Guide to Healthcare Issues
June 2, 2009: The Harrison Lewis Coastal Discovery Center is one more reason to explore the South shore!
The Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia wants to know where the provincial parties stand on tourism issues.
June 3, 2009: The annual Lobster Festival is this weekend, in Shelburne.
June 4, 2009: Students and Staff at Sir John A Macdonald High School are encouraging people to protect their on line reputation.
June 5, 2009: Bioblitz! More than 80 Saint Mary's scientists will be in the Blue Mountain-birch cove lakes Wilderness area Friday and Saturday, monitoring species and speaking with the public.
June 10, 2009: The boomerang nebula is the coldest place in the universe. NASA has photos on its website.
June 11, 2009: There are many opportunity to help researchers monitor and assist species at risk in the Caledonia/Keji area.
Kejimkujik National Park, Species at Risk Scientist: 902-682-2117
The Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute (MTRI) is a non-profit co-operative that works to promote research and wildlife management. 902-682-2371 or 1-866-727-3447
The Friends of Keji Cooperating Association: www.friendsofkeji.ns.ca and the Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve: www.snbra.ca also offer volunteering opportunities.
Publications available through the MTRI: Species at Risk in Nova Scotia: Identification and Information Guide
Healthy Lakes and Wetlands for Tomorrow: A Landowner Stewardship
Guide for Species at Risk in Nova Scotia
June 12, 2009: The Rhubarb Festival is this
weekend in Stewiacke.
The Thrifty Six offer advice ad cooking tips to help stretch the household income. You can reach Pauline Glenn at 902-257-2974
June 15, 2009: Wheels in Motion is based on Rick Hansen's dream to raise awareness of spinal cord injuries.O
June 17, 2009: Take part in a province-wide survey on oral health. Email Dr. Debora Matthews - tohap@dal.ca or visit www.tohap.dentistry.dal.ca
June 18, 2009: Give Saint Patrick's a hand - A local Restoration Society manages to save a historic Halifax church.
June 22, 2009: Three French paddlerboarders are planning to cross the ocean from Cape Breton, to Cap Breton, France.
June 23, 2009: Kevin Oliver is sailing a Lunenberg built Norseboat called the Arctic Mariner through the Northwest Passage this summer.
Bruce Lord is the self-published author of the book of short stories, Humpty Dumpty was Pushed.
June 25, 2009: Dr. Gord Gubitz and dphysiotherapist Marily Mackay Lyons are conduting a study on how good diet and excercise can help stoke victims. Patients can contact them through the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia.
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- Shelburne students upset with inconsistent teaching
- Some Grade 12 math students at Shelburne Regional High School say they were unprepared for the provincial exam after going through seven math teachers in one semester.
- Union to fight Cape Breton school cuts
- The union that represents non-teaching staff in Cape Breton says it won't take more job cuts lying down.
- Widower fights feds for Agent Orange payment
- Relatives of a woman who died of a cancer linked to Agent Orange exposure in the 1960s say Ottawa is denying them compensation because she was diagnosed with the lethal disease 12 days after a federal deadline.
- Medical expense crusader giving up cancer fight
- A Halifax woman who has battled eye cancer for 11 years is giving up the fight to save her eye.
- Membertou secures land for new school
- The Membertou First Nation in Sydney, N.S., has secured nearly 40 hectares of land where it will build a new public school for children on the reserve.
- Muskrat Falls hearings open amid criticism
- The PUB opens hearings into the Muskrat Falls megaproject, although the leader of the NDP says a short deadline is irresponsible.
- International English school officially opens in Glace Bay
- An English language school is celebrating its official opening in Glace Bay on Monday.
- Metro Transit workers rally in Grand Parade
- Nearly 100 Metro Transit workers and users rallied in Grand Parade on Sunday afternoon, urging Halifax regional council to restart contract talks.
- Power mainly restored in Maritimes after storm
- Thousands of Maritimers lost their power Sunday after high winds, snow, and freezing rain caused widespread outages across the region overnight Saturday.
- Tories want to win more Halifax seats
- Improving Tory fortunes in Halifax was on the minds of Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives Sunday as they had a chance to quiz their leader about how he'll win some more seats in the vote-rich provincial capital.
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