Hear why one group is asking a judge to create a new law to save Owls Head from possibly being sold for a golf development, now that it has been removed from a list of potential protected areas in the province. Interview with Bob Bancroft and Jamie SimpsonInformation MorningCBC RadioOctober Read more…
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Political columnist Brian Flinn joins Portia Clark on Information Morning to discuss the unexpected election results
(more…)And then there was Owls Head. I drove around the province quite a bit during the campaign period and I saw Owls Head signs in Louisburg, I saw them on the South Shore; they’re everywhere. A lot of people connected with the Owls Head issue and it wasn’t just about that piece of land on the Eastern Shore not being protected. I think it was a lot about the sense that the government had done something in secret, without telling people, with a piece of public land and made a deal to build a golf course.
Information MorningCBC RadioJuly 28, 2021 Little Harbour resident Beverley Isaacs shares her concerns about a developer snapping up properties in the area Listen
Eelgrass isn’t just for eels! It’s also a carbon sink, and provides habitat for young lobster. The Ecology Action Centre wants residents to participate in mapping eelgrass along Nova Scotia’s coasts.
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On this week’s show, Save Owls Head’s Christopher Trider joins us to discuss the organization and its fight to protect the provincial park from a sale to a private developer.
Local resident asks municipal councillor David Hendsbee about the Eastern Shore Seaside Park System and Owls Head Provincial Park at the 31-minute mark.
(more…)(more…)“This proposal, this development of 3 golf courses (and luxury accommodations and what have you) could be easily accommodated in other private lands, other locations along the Eastern Shore. They don’t need to go in and destroy a beautiful, natural environment park to do this.”