No Bike Lanes on Herring Cove: "The Real Loss Here Is to the Community"

bsichel — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:57:31 +0000

Council's vote is in spite of studies showing benefits of 'road diets'

All across Nova Scotia, municipalities are making progress in promoting cycling as a method of active, low-cost, sustainable transportation.

Except, it seems, in Halifax Regional Municipality.

Communities from Glace Bay to Yarmouth to Bridgewater and even Guysborough County – the least populated in Nova Scotia – are working toward building cycling infrastructure.

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The Urban Farm Museum of Spryfield has Rhythms.

Heather Watts — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:45:19 +0000

Click on a photo above to view the slideshow.

For four years, The Urban Farm Museum Society has been working beside Spryfield community members to strengthen skills and bonds through gardening. Each summer, participants harvest and take home the foods they grow. All season long, growing food was accompanied by free, creative workshops on everything from song writing and photography to lantern making and labyrinth building. This summer, participants also learned to create a straw bale and cob playhouse from the ground up.