It's British Home Child Day in Canada. A day to recognize the over 100,000 British Home Children who were brought to Canada. Between 1869 and the late 1930s Home Children were sent to Canada from England. Some had been orphaned or abandoned, but some were simply poor, living in tough conditions with their parents [...]
During the pandemic, emergency shelters overflowed as folks were asked to stay indoors, too many had no place to go. Sleeping head to toe in overcrowded shelters wasn’t and isn’t a safe option during #COVID19 Municipalities, provinces and territories stepped up and worked to secure hotel spaces for those in need, and our Government [...]
Do you know a World War II Veteran living in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour? We want to make sure that they receive a special tribute from the Government of Canada. Please send their name, service number, address and contact information to darren.fisher@parl.gc.ca by October 20th.
Do you start your Saturdays off at the Alderney Landing Farmer’s Market? They’re operating both indoors and outside in the parking lot. And they have a super #COVID19 set up. Just follow the arrows! Oh, and there’s free parking in the parking garage.
I can’t wait to see the daffodils in bloom this spring! Heartfelt congratulations to Jim and Judie Edgar on the grand opening of the Daffodil Garden for Cancer Survivors. Your dream is now a reality and I know how hard you’ve worked on this beautiful and meaningful project. This garden is a positive and [...]
As we look towards addressing the challenges of today, we must recognize the incredible opportunity we have to build a more fair and equitable Canada, a cleaner and greener Canada, a stronger more resilient Canada. A better Canada. You can read our Government's plan to take care of Canadians now, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, [...]
Our Government's Speech from the Throne will lay out our plan to keep moving forward in a way that takes care of Canadians and safely restarts (& kickstarts) our economy. WATCH LIVE NOW: https://www.cpac.ca/en/direct/cpac1/ Later this evening at 7:30pm Atlantic, the Prime Minister will deliver an address to the nation. It will be broadcast [...]
BREAKING: We just announced a $1 Billion Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI) to build thousands of new affordable housing units to address urgent housing needs of vulnerable Canadians. When Canadians were asked to stay home to help contain the spread of COVID-19, too many were without a safe place during this pandemic. And now more [...]
Loved taking part in a virtual Terry Fox Run/Walk/Roll with our Better Together Nova Scotia friends! Folks were asked to walk/roll through their own neighborhoods in support of the 40th anniversary of the run. The members of Better Together joined a few friends (including Cora Lee from our office!) for a COVID-19 appropriate walk/roll [...]
Please SHARE! Are you and your family prepared to be self-sufficient for at least 72 hours? Hurricane season is upon us! Although it is possible that Hurricane Teddy's track will change before Tuesday/Wednesday, it never hurts to make sure that you're prepared. It IS 2020 after all. Please don't wait until the last minute. [...]
