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After our water situation returns to normal, we’d better remember and learn from the Drought of 2016, because we can expect more of the same in future.  Climate forecasts for southwestern Nova Scotia call for warmer, wetter winters and hotter, … Continue reading →

The Messenger Yarmouth County Museum October 26, 2014 7:00 P.M. Free Admission Question and Answer period after screening The Messenger is an artful investigation into the causes of songbird mass depletion and the compassionate people who are working to turn … Continue reading →

In late July, TREPA was alerted to a worsening situation at and near the former dam at the outlet of Kempt Back Lake. Nova Scotia Power had removed the central portion of the dam at the outlet few years previously. … Continue reading →

Lakeside properties are popular for many reasons, but if property owners don’t treat their shorelines with more respect, they may lose what they cherish. Shoreline disturbances along local lakes and rivers are increasing, and that is bad news. A couple … Continue reading →

The place for ATV’s and other motorized ground vehicles is on designated trails and other areas where they can be legally operated. Not wandering haphazardly through woods and fields, and most assuredly, not on beaches and shores, nor in marshes, … Continue reading →