Nova Scotia

2022 - 8 - 29

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Meet the Nova Scotia farmers who are growing rice | CBC News (CBC.ca)

Nova Scotia may not come to mind as a rice-growing powerhouse, but two Annapolis Valley farmers have been producing crops since 2014.

They get a program and they stick to it. Curry and Clark grow a wide variety of crops that are regularly seen on small, mixed farms in Nova Scotia, including vegetables, fruits and herbs. Later, the rice will be dehusked using a special machine that removes the hard exterior to reveal the edible rice inside. After the seeds sprout in the greenhouse, the seedlings are hand-planted into a field a short distance from a pond. They have even sold some to a restaurant in the Valley. "I have more frogs and toads and snakes and turtles and piping plovers.

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Nova Scotia Health reminds public of hours of operation at ... (SaltWire Network)

NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. — Nova Scotia Health is reminding the public of the Northside Urgent Treatment Centre's hours of operation. The centre, located at ...

The centre operates Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, from 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. The centre, located at Northside General Hospital in North Sydney, operates each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and each Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. Nova Scotia Health would like to remind the public of the Northside Urgent Treatment Centre’s hours of operations.— Nova Scotia Health (@HealthNS)

Project Funding to Address Flood Risk, Support Innovation (Government of Nova Scotia)

Five municipal projects will receive provincial funding to help mitigate flood risk or support municipal innovation. Four projects under the Flood Risk ...

The flood risk mitigation study that we'll be undertaking thanks to this grant will help to guide Bridgewater's planning as we prepare for the challenges ahead, and we're very grateful to receive the support. The Municipal Innovation Program provides funding for regional co-operation projects to help the long-term sustainability of local governments. The reality is that climate change is happening and that communities like Bridgewater, and others across Nova Scotia, are going to be impacted.

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