Gas well drilling and fracking in Nova Scotia and some alternatives
1/23/2012
To the Editor: I write during these last days of 2011 – a year in which we have heard more than we would like to about the many dangers of gas well drilling and the various forms of fracking the deep strata to release the methane gas trapped therein. In the past month we have seen the latest repo...
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Health, Naturally
1/23/2012
Wow, the holidays are over and I never gained a pound! Okay well maybe a couple. Not to mention my energy levels are not up to par, I’m assuming as a result of either my acid/alkaline pH being unbalanced and/or the lack of ultraviolet rays not naturally producing the critical nutrient vitamin D3....
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Hope instead of helplessness
1/23/2012
I find that all too often reading the news is depressing. It makes me think about why the film and television industry make so much money. Why wouldn’t you want to escape into a false reality from time to time? Get lost in someone else’s problems that, nine times out of ten, are solved despite ev...
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Liberals puts forward solutions to provincial challenges
1/23/2012
As the year 2011 winds down, I want to take time to reflect on the economic challenges facing our province, and the daily challenges facing Nova Scotians. Let me begin by looking at unemployment in this province. Many hard working Nova Scotians, including folks here in Colchester County, are find...
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Many achievements made in fight against fracking
1/23/2012
Dear All Friends of the North Shore: A random group of people involved in the movement to push for a ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and unconventional shale gas exploration and exploitation in Nova Scotia happened to gather for brunch on a recent Saturday at Maggie’s Green Grass Running W...
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News stories warn of fracking dangers
1/23/2012
To the Editor: Already in 2012 we read about a significant earthquake of 4.0 just north of Youngstown, Ohio caused, it is thought, by pumping waste water and mud from wells in Pennsylvania into a deep underground well. Ten smaller quakes have earlier occurred. This event and the news from the US...
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