I had a super tour of Evergreen House from the Dartmouth Heritage Museum Society. Did you ever wonder who the Hawthorn was in Hawthorn Elementary school? Alexander James and his wife Harriet Hawthorn had Evergreen House constructed in 1867. A.J. Hawthorne eventually became a Provincial Court Judge and befriended folks like Joseph Howe! Dr. Helen [...]
Yesterday I had the honour of attending the 2nd annual Nova Scotia MPs — First Nations Chiefs Summit with Jody Wilson-Raybould and Perry Bellegarde. #Reconciliation
As many of you know, I've been working very hard with our Atlantic Caucus to save the Woodside Dartmouth Archaeology Lab from closure. I'm so proud to say that the lab will remain open. Our artifacts will remain in Atlantic Canada. I'm proud of the work our Atlantic Caucus does every day. When we [...]
Today at the NSCC Waterfront Campus in Dartmouth, I announced a $1.2 million contribution, through ACOA, to enable Nova Scotia Community College - NSCC to purchase leading-edge equipment so it can focus on boosting applied research in local clean technology, agriculture, fisheries, as well as in the marine and manufacturing sectors! As we all [...]
Today's Natal Day Parade was UNREAL! HUGE turn out for the parade through Halifax, across the bridge and into beautiful Dartmouth today! Not only were we celebrating Dartmouth, we celebrated Cole Harbour's own, Sidney Crosby's 30th birthday as well. He brought the Stanley Cup along and the crowd went wild. Huge thanks to the Committee [...]
Today Mayor Savage and I visited Camp Brigadoon Village and learned about the Camp Kedooopse and Camp Believe programs. We learned about Camp Kedooopse- an overnight camp for youth ages 7-17 who are experiencing grief due to the death of a loved one. And Camp BELIEVE- also an overnight camp, but devoted to youth who [...]
The Halifax Pride Parade was incredible this year! We marched to show our continued support for the 2SLGBT2Q+ community. I was blown away by the love and creativity shown by those marching and those in attendance! Huge thanks to the organizers and incredible volunteers who make this event happen each year!
Yesterday we hosted the Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Canada 150 BBQ at the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum! We enjoyed super performances from groups across the riding and Peter Baylis performed the singing of O'Canada. Our team had a blast making cotton candy, barbecuing and chatting with our community. The Farm staff were incredible and spent time [...]
What an incredible day! I first visited Irving Shipbuilding back in 2015 with Prime Minister Trudeau and it's turned into a hive of activity since! Today, Irving Shipbuilding opened their doors to the public and I joined thousands of others to see the brand new Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships! It was a great day for [...]
Huge thanks to the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission for putting on the Sullivan's Pond Canada Day concert this afternoon! Lots of folks braved the intermittent rain to listen to the The Rock A Barons and The BBQ Kings!!#Canada150
