Bay Businesses and artists creatively helping customers buy local this holiday season
It’s even more important this holiday season to buy local, and businesses and artists in St. Margaret’s Bay are reaching out to help you do that.
Observing Remembrance Day from home this year
This year, we are unable to observe Remembrance Day with the usual ceremonies and other gatherings to honour our military veterans. Here are links to stories to help us reflect on the service of those who sacrificed to protect our freedoms. Where should you place your poppy? And...
Affordable Housing Survey Needs Your Input
The St. Margaret’s Bay Housing Coalition, active since 2018, is working towards the development of a much-needed multi-generational residential community. We are looking for people interested in modestly priced rental accommodations to complete our survey. We hope that this project will allow people of all ages and abilities to support...
Mushroom safety for adults, kids and pets
Mushrooms are springing up everywhere this time of year, and most are unsafe to eat. The Izaak Walton Killam (IWK) Hospital says there are over 3,000 mushroom varieties found in Nova Scotia, and only about a dozen of these are edible. Kids and dogs are often drawn to mushrooms, some...
Where to find adoptable cats and dogs in St. Margaret’s Bay and area
Looking for a pet? Contact one of the groups listed here or check online. Rescue groups and veterinary hospitals with kitten adoption programs may have waiting lists, and will generally require potential adopters to complete application forms. Their goal is to make the best possible match between adopter and pet....
July Art Show to enjoy in person at the Community Enterprise Centre and online
The Community Helping Community Art Show is off to a great start, with a number of the works already selling through the online part of the show. The Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Arts Society, the St. Margaret’s Bay Community Enterprise Centre and Red Wagon Art Studio, with supporting...
Public invited to July Art Show at Community Enterprise Centre
Looking for a wonderful summer activity? Come to an art show! The Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Arts Society and the St. Margaret’s Bay Community Enterprise Centre are hosting a summer art show with supporting partners Red Wagon Art Studio, the Bay Seniors Association and the St. Margaret’s Bay...
250 Vimy Air Cadet Unit virtually training members with Covid Cup Challenge
Mitchell Stark, a senior cadet with 250 Vimy, is a pilot who shares his knowledge online with other cadets and young pilots during the Covid-19 shut-down. The 250 Vimy Royal Canadian Air Cadets unit still actively trains and recruits members, despite Covid-19 restrictions. Captain Amy Sharpe, the Hammonds Plains squadron’s...
The Bay Bags It! Stewardship Association asks residents to join in spring clean-up
Vicki Smith, a Bay resident, tagged the St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association in one of her own Instagram posts last month. The post featured a photo of trash Vicki had picked up from the ditch in front of her home, and the caption included an impassioned plea for others to...
“Wrap your arms” around Northwood by helping with fabric masks and gowns
As it becomes increasingly clear that residents and staff of long-term care facilities are especially vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19, protective measures are being put in place across the country. In Nova Scotia, a number of community groups are answering the urgent call of The Mask Project to provide...
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