Always looking for ways to make a difference.
This past November, Thomas Smith, President of the Five Island Venture Company, successfullycompleted his Duke of Edinburgh award bronze level and was recognized at a special ceremony andpresented his Duke of Edinburgh Award.There are three levels to the award: Bronze, Silver and Gold, with each level getting progressively morechallenging to complete. Each level is made…
Kub Kars has been a Scouting tradition in Canada since 1978 but had its humble beginnings in California in 1953. A lot has changed since Cubmaster Don Murphy dreamed up the idea for the Pinewood Derby in 1953. Like many parents who volunteer with Scouting, trying to figure out what to do with the youth…
With every passing storm, volunteers in Nova Scotia monitor and prepare for the worst so that our communities are kept safe. It started with a weather warning shared on the talk groups, social media sites, and email. This lets the volunteers know that an activation may be happening in the coming days and get ready…
Many people told me that Sheldrake Lake was once a popular fishing spot, and people would travel from around the province to fish the lake for salmon. Even in the historical record, the French prisoners of war complained of how badly they were being treated because of all the salmon they had to endure while…
It’s been a cold Fall this year, with a combination of unseasonably warm days mixed in. This wide swing in temperatures has been hard on the Nova Scotia honeybees. When temperatures in the winter drop below 10°C, honeybees retreat to their hives and create a winter cluster to keep warm. The winter bees eat the…
In the summer of 2014, a 1954 Pontiac ambulance was for sale in Innisfil, Ontario and listed on Kijiji. What made this ambulance different than the hundreds of classic professional vehicles listed online was the blurry logo on the side of the ambulance. You could barely make out a medical crest with a simple white…
While on Christmas break, area youth finished the adventurous journey section of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. Since 1963, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award program has been active in Nova Scotia. The program is designed to encourage all young Canadians between the ages of 14 and 24 to set their own goals and…
The BLT Rec. Centre Community Consultation Committee continues to work with the Halifax Facility Design and Construction to make sure that the rec-centre in our community is built with our community’s interests and activities in mind. This fall, we asked our residents to fill out a short survey to help us plan the outside of…
On a sunny Thursday in 1978, Local MLA Grant Brown unveiled the plaque in the presence of the Lakeside Fire Department, Royal Canadian Legion #156 and the Cheeseman Family. Stories were shared and the community reflected on the loss of one of their own. Who is Ashley Cheeseman? I ask this question as I stand…
Conservation is an essential lesson for any Scout group, but our senior youth section wanted to do more than talk about it. They wanted to do something that would help our community. As a service project, the first Five Island Lake Venture Company and Rover Crew wished to support our local Wood Duck population by…
