The Power of Preston Aug 13-14, 7pm Alderney Landing Theatre, 2 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth $15/$20 W hen Anne Johnson-McDonald picks up the phone, a quick half-hour before she’ll have to rush out the door to rehearsals, she’s ready to explain exactly where the name of her latest musical comes from: “The power of Preston is […]
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When Justin called: Wanda Thomas Bernard talks about her new job as senator
Last Wednesday evening, Wanda Thomas Bernard’s phone rang. Justin Trudeau was on the other end. Bernard says he told her he’d reviewed her application and wanted her in the Senate. Bernard, of East Preston, is one of two Nova Scotians recently appointed as Canada’s newest senators. Working at Dalhousie University for almost three decades, Bernard […]
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Province offers support to clarify Preston land titles
[Image-1] Help is on the way for African Nova Scotians without legal title to property their families have lived on for generations. The Department of Natural Resources says it will work with representatives from the Department of African Nova Scotian Affairs, the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and the Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors to […]
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No easy fix to Preston land title cases, says area councillor
[Image-1] “It’s one reason why a lot of the young families in the community have been moving out,” says David Hendsbee, about the lack of legal title for North Preston homeowners. “They can’t get title to the property of their family homesteads to stay in the community.” The issue of North Preston families looking for […]