Wishing our friends at the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission a happy 40th anniversary this week! The work you’ve been doing in #Dartmouth since 1980 is so important to small businesses, non-profits, and to our entire community. There’s never been a better time to live in Dartmouth, and I know that your hard work is [...]
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, [...]
POSTED : 2020-09-22, 4:00PM Hurricane Teddy It’s always important to be prepared! Please make sure that you and your family are prepared to be self sufficient for at least 72 hours!! Currently expected to transition to a powerful Post-Tropical Storm, Hurricane Teddy is expected to bring heavy rain and harsh winds to Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. I [...]
Calling all youth aged 15 to 18!! Now's the time to apply for the Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Youth Council for 2020/2021. This is a super way to have your say, get great volunteer experience and meet other youth in the area. If you're in, sign up ASAP! https://darrenfisher.ca/youth-council/
2020-09-22 I have always appreciated the good relationship Nova Scotia Caucus has with the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs. We are all Treaty people. To be clear, we firmly recognize that the Mi’kmaw have a constitutionally protected treaty right to fish in pursuit of a moderate livelihood. Yesterday, Minister Jordan and Minster Bennett [...]