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Honey Bees getting a winter snack
Articles Masthead Newspaper 

Keeping honeybees alive during warm winter days

January 8, 2022January 12, 2022 jbignell

It’s been a cold Fall this year, with a combination of unseasonably warm days mixed in. This wide swing in

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Nova Scotia ambulance engine
1954 Pontiac Ambulance Articles Masthead Newspaper 

1954 Pontiac ambulance begins a new life

January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 jbignell 1954, Ambulance, pontiac

In the summer of 2014, a 1954 Pontiac ambulance was for sale in Innisfil, Ontario and listed on Kijiji. What

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Snow storm hike
Articles Masthead Newspaper 

Camping in a Snowstorm

January 8, 2022January 12, 2022 jbignell

While on Christmas break, area youth finished the adventurous journey section of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award.  Since 1963,

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Articles Masthead Newspaper 

Update on the BLT Rec. Centre

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 jbignell

The BLT Rec. Centre Community Consultation Committee continues to work with the Halifax Facility Design and Construction to make sure

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Masthead Newspaper 

Who is Ashley Cheeseman

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 jbignell

On a sunny Thursday in 1978, Local MLA Grant Brown unveiled the plaque in the presence of the Lakeside Fire

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Masthead Newspaper 

Conservation is an essential lesson for any Scout group.

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 jbignell Scouts Canada

Conservation is an essential lesson for any Scout group, but our senior youth section wanted to do more than talk

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Morse Code
Masthead Newspaper 

Jamboree on the air in Nova Scotia – 2021

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 jbignell Scouts Canada

The local 1st Five Islands Lake Cub, Scout, and Venture groups teamed up with local amateur radio operators from the

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Scouts JOTA
Masthead Newspaper 

Scoutings and Girl Guides’ largest event in the world coming to Tantallon in 2021

October 6, 2021November 13, 2021 jbignell Scouts Canada

Scoutings and Girl Guides’ largest event in the world, Jamboree on the air (JOTA), starts this Friday and runs all

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Articles 

Shape the outside area of the BLT Community Centre

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 jbignell BLT rec, Halifax, Lakeside

Our committee has been a strong voice at each step of development for our new centre, but the BLT Recreation

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Amateur Radio Articles 

Get On The Air” Contest is a Huge Success in Halifax!

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 jbignell

On January 6th, 2021, Amateur radio operators waited until the noon gun fired before the “Get on the Air!” 2

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John Bignell
Emergency & Disaster Services Specialist
Maritime Division of the Salvation Army

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