2015 S'mores Night + Outdoor Movie

Indoor Yard Sale - Sat. May 24, 2014 - PRCC

BCHA is sponsoring our 3rd annual INDOOR yard sale!

• Doors Open to the public at 8:00am (free admission).
• Click here to visit the Facebook Event

For sellers:

• $5 table rental (reservation required - click here to reserve yours now)
• It's a guaranteed dry spot to sell your items!
• We will be advertising for this event (Facebook, Kijiji, Local Flyers, etc.). 
• Set-up for sellers is at 7:30am. 
• Tear down begins at 12:30pm.

It’s ON...The 1st Annual Brookside Community Skate and Lake Walk!

Join us on the Brookside Oval at
Lover’s Cove Park
Sunday, March 9th - 2 pm until 4 pm
for the first annual
Community Skate and Lake Walk!
BCHA will be serving hot chocolate!
All communities are welcome!!

Comfort Centre Information SessionOct. 29, 7pm

Is your community prepared to respond to another Hurricane Juan, or another White Juan.  Or perhaps a fire like the one at Porter's Lake? 

Joint Emergency Management (JEM) is a concept developed by Halifax Regional Municipality's Emergency Management Office (EMO) to allow communities to prepare for and respond quickly to a wide range of emergencies,  In times of crises, EMO will activate JEM Support Centres (JSC) to coordinate humanitarian response.

This unique HRM concept is based on the principle of "neighbour helping neighbour".  In the critical hours following a crisis situation, while local and provincial response agencies are dealing with the immediate and urgent needs of the municipality, residents in affected communities need to be prepared to help themselves and to assist their neighbours, who may have been seriously impacted by the event.  It is during this period that the JEM will be activated and will mobilize local resources in coordination with HEM EMO staff.

In the event that an emergency occurs in your area, The Prospect Road Community Centre can be designated to become a Comfort Centre, a Reception Centre, or even a provincially organized Evacuation Centre.

To prepare for such an event, JEM is looking for local citizens and groups interested in serving their community as comfort centre managers and support staff.  Training will be provided.  Those that wish to become volunteers will have the option of continuing training such as First Aid and Food Handling.

JEM is holding an information session on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at The Prospect Road Community Centre.    Be part of the solution when emergencies strike.  For more information, please contact Karen Saulnier, Comfort Centre Coordinator at 477-8021 (evenings), or visit www.halifax.ca/emo/jems

Indoor Yard Sale - Sat. May 11 - PRCC

BCHA is sponsoring our second annual INDOOR yard sale!
It’s a guaranteed dry spot to sell your items!

• We will be advertising for this event. 
• $5 table rental (at the door - no pre-booking needed). 
• First come first served for tables - we have the whole gym so lots of room and plenty of tables for all. 
• Set-up is at 8am. 
• Doors Open at 8:30am.
• Tear down will take place between 1pm and 2pm.
• Click here to visit the Facebook Event

Launch of the Plants of The Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail

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Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust is thrilled to release the second edition of the Plants of The Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail.

An official launch will be held in the community room at the Tantallon Public Library at 7p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

The Plants brochure was first published in 2005 by Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust .Two Dalhousie Biology students Krystle Olsen and Dave Mealia under supervision of Dr. Mark Johnston completed the field work and compiled the first brochure with line drawings.

The second edition of the brochure has full colour photos and descriptions of 17 of the most common plants found along the Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail located within the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area.  The photos were provided by Ms. Olsen, Mr. Mealia, Dr. Johnston, David Patriquin and Catherine King.

 

Everyone is welcome to attend the official launch on May 8 and pick up a copy of the new brochure. 

CROWN LANDS AND COMMUNITY FORESTS

The Province is conducting public consultations on what should happen to the Crown Land in Western Nova Scotia. (see detailed notes below meeting dates).

These hearings will be key to our 

1. establishing community forests in the former Bowater-Mersey St. Margaret's District and the Medway  District, and 
2. determining how the Crown Lands, our birthright, will be managed. 

IF YOU CARE ABOUT  COMMUNITY FORESTS OR HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THESE CROWN LANDS, PLEASE  ATTEND ONE OR MORE OF THESE CONSULTATIONS, WRITE LETTERS, GET PRESS, LEAVE COMMENTS HERE – and above all MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN! 

 

THE CONSULTATIONS START TONIGHT IN SHELBURNE... spread the word!

All meetings will be 5-8 PM. 

Date: March 18
County: Shelburne
Community: Shelburne
Venue: Shelburne Fire Hall & Community Center
Civic Address: 63 King Street, Shelburne

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Date: March 19
County: Hants
Community: Windsor
Venue: Windsor Legion Hall
Civic Address: 35 Empire Lane, Windsor

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Date: March 25
County: Digby
Community: Saulnierville
Venue: Saulnierville Legion Hall
Civic Address: 9938 Rte #1, Saulnierville

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Date: March 26
County: Yarmouth
Community: Yarmouth
Venue: Yarmouth Legion Hall
Civic Address: 75 Parade Street, Yarmouth

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Date: April 2
County: Annapolis
Community: Cornwallis
Venue: Desmond Piers Building Annapolis Basin Conference Center
Civic Address: 268 Marine Drive, Cornwallis Park

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Date: April 3
County: Kings
Community: Berwick
Venue: Berwick & District Fire Hall
Civic Address: 300 Commercial St., Berwick

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Date: April 4
County: Lunenburg
Community: West Northfield
Venue: Northfield District Fire Hall
Civic Address: 2233 Hwy #10 West Northfield

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Date: April 8
County: Halifax
Community: Black Point
Venue: Black Point Fire Hall
Civic Address: 8579 St. Margarets Bay Rd., Black Point

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Date: April 9
County: Queens
Community: Greenfield
Venue: Greenfield Recreation Center
Civic Address: 5048 Hwy 210, Greenfield

 

Western Crown Lands Consultation “Asks”

• Follow through on commitments to establish community forests. Experiences in Community Forestry throughout Canada have proven that giving communities direct control of public forests will increase environmental performance and generate more community benefits. For more information check out the exciting projects proposed by the Medway Community Forest Co-operative and the St Margaret’s Bay Community Forest.  
• Add lands proposed through the Parks and Protected Areas Plan to the protected areas network: Western Nova Scotia is home to ecologically important tracts of old forest, rare plants and valuable endangered species habitats. Many of these lands have already been identified for protection through the Colin Stewart Forest Forum and the resulting Nova Scotia Environment’s protected areas plan but are now listed as “conditional” pending the results of the Western Crown Land public consultation. Those valuable lands need our support! In particular there are 30,000 acres on former Bowater lands (now owned by the province) that were promised by the minister for protection but are now listed as “conditional”. It appears government may be trying to claw back these areas into general Crown land so they don’t get protected and can be open to harvesting instead. Folks need to specifically speak up for the protection of these lands in both the Parks and Protected Areas Plan AND (perhaps more importantly), the Western Crown Lands consultation process.
• Require FSC Certification for all forestry licenses: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification is the only forest certification system endorsed by environmental groups. Requiring certification for all forest licenses is the best measure available to ensure that forest management meets the highest standards for environmental protection and public consultation.
• Seek the best value from our forest resources by focusing on value-added industries: The fibre agreement with Port Hawkesbury Paper has allowed that mill to control all the wood supply from Crown land in the entire of eastern end of the province - even for products they do not actually use! This model simply can’t be applied in western NS, where as many as 15 different mills have traditionally sourced wood from the former Bowater lands alone. In order to ensure we get the best value from our forests and ultimately support a more vibrant, diverse and resilient forest economy, government must devise a tenure system that allows more mills into the market for Crown wood, with a strict focus on saw mills and value-added manufacturers, while ensuring that total harvest levels remain well within the limits of ecosystem-based forestry.
• Make public engagement a requirement of forest licensees. Many tools are available to facilitate better transparency and collaboration with respect to forest management on Crown lands, such as the interactive online mapping tool used in the protected areas consultation. Nova Scotians should be given on-going opportunities to participate in collaborative management of Crown lands and greater efforts should be made to provide transparency and accountability of industries that operate on our public lands.
• Don’t give all the wood away through long term license agreements:– British Columbia is allocating up to 10% of its annual cut from Crown land to help prove stumpage rates.  Nova Scotia should follow suit and keep our options open for new wood uses, innovative value-added manufacturers and new community forestry projects. 
• Enforce meaningful forest practice reforms: The government’s once promising clearcut reduction policy has been sidelined by a weak definition of what doesn’t constitute a clearcut. Any policy aimed at reducing clearcutting and moving the province towards true ecologically-based forest management must specifically endorse and facilitate the shift towards uneven-aged management – where a standing, intact forest ecosystem remains in place following partial harvesting.

Thanks for your support of the Community Forest concept!. 

Geoff Le Boutillier

St. Margaret's Bay Community Forest

680 Indian Point Rd.

Glen Haven, NS

B3Z 2T7

902-823-1404

Fax: 902-821-2115

Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust AGM

Hello Friends,

I am writing to invite you to the Annual General meeting of the FBWHT.  The Trust's AGM will take place on Thursday, March 21, 2013,  at 7:00 p.m. at the Hubley Community Center.

The Directors of the FBWHT are taking a new approach in this year's Annual General Meeting.  Following a brief business meeting, Tom Musial, Founding President of the FBWHT, will outline a plan under which a variety of volunteer organizations will work with Nova Scotia Environment to promote awareness, use, stewardship, and management of the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area in areas relating to education, research, conservation, and recreation.  Following this introduction, Paul Schwartz, Manager, Regional Strategies and Program Initiatives for Nova Scotia Environment, will lead a facilitated discussion to help the FBWHT membership decide which of ten possible roles the Trust will play in this initiative.  The facilitated discussion will give the FBWHT Directors an opportunity to hear the thinking of the Trust's membership and chart an action plan for the organization to follow in the coming years.  

We encourage you to come out to the meeting to provide your input to the Board of Directors.  This will help the Trust choose what direction it will take in years to come.  Your opinion matters to us!  Reports and documents which will be reviewed and considered at the AGM will follow at a later date.

Sincerely,

Jill Pulsifer

Co-Chair, FBWHT

pulsifer.j@gmail.com

FYI: Sat. is Dinner and a Movie night

Where: New Life Community Church (1760 Prospect Rd.)
When:  Sat. Feb. 16th @ 5:30pm

Cost:  FREE

Come to a prepared meal at 5:30pm and stay for a movie on the big screen at 6:30pm.   If you can't come for supper, than come to the movie. The movies are family friendly, drinks & popcorn are provided.  All welcomed! 

Movie Playing:  Snowmen

Valentine Dance tickets - Feb 9 - PRCC

Hello Prospect Rd. residents,

If you are looking for a chance to socialize and scuff up the floor this weekend, I am selling tickets for the Valentines Dance at the PRCC this Saturday night. It is a fundraiser for the local men's softball.

Prospect Road Community Centre (adults only)

Feb 9 (Sat night)

9pm - 1am

Music by DJ

Cash bar will be open

Please tell your friends

You can gmail or call me at (902) 818-6162.  

Thank you,

Ken Paul

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kpaul66@gmail.com

FYI: : January COCO Meeting-Thursday, January 24,2013

Friends:

 

The January Meeting of the Council of Community Organizations(COCO)hosted by St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association(SMBSA) will be held on Thursday January 24,2013 at the Tantallon Public Library, Hubley Centre, Upper Tantallon..

 

We will have a presentation at this COCO meeting. Please note the meeting will begin at  6 P.M. to give HRM Staff opportunity to present the findings of a Watershed Study for Tantallon, will also provide us with an update on the progress of the Regional Plan Review and to give those attending time for questions and answers. Updates from members of community organizations concerning their work will take place at the close of the HRM presentation.

 

We look forward to a good turnout at the COCO meeting. Please circulate this information widely. For further information please contact Beth McGee at 823-2245 or John Cascadden at 852-4886.

 

Kindest Regards,

Beth McGee

Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust

jemcgee@eastlink.ca

Community Holiday Party at the PRCC Sat. Dec. 15, 6:30pm - 1:00am

PRCC 3rd Annual Tree Lighting

You're invited!!
Prospect Road Community Centre
3rd Annual Tree Lighting
Wednesday, December 5th - 7pm 

Free Showing of Salmon WarsTuesday, December 11, 7:30pm, PRCC

Friends:

Graham Smith has asked me to make you aware of the Free Showing of the documentary Salmon Wars.  The information is posted below. Please circulate widely.

 

Kindest regards,

Beth McGee

FBWHT 

  

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FREE SHOWING

The Atlantic Coalition for Aquaculture Reform invites everyone to a showing of the documentary Salmon Wars, http://www.salmonwars.com/  at the Prospect Road Community Centre at 7:30 on Tuesday, Dec-11. The film was produced by Silver Donald Cameron to document the various impacts that salmon farms can have on coastal communities.  This is an important subject, which has had a lot of recent media attention. 

 

There is no charge for attendance.  The showing takes 70 minutes and will be in the conference room.  The host, Graham Smith, will be available for questions following the documentary.

Family Christmas Movie Night!

Where: New Life Community Church (1760 Prospect Rd.)

When:  Sat., Dec 1, 2012
Time:  5:30pm
Cost:  FREE (Food donations for the Community Food Share welcomed)

The Christmas season is upon us.  Bring your family to enjoy delicious gingerbread & ice cream, carol singing, and a Christmas movie. The event starts at 5:30pm - come when you can.  All welcomed!

Movie Playing:  The Sons of Mistletoe

Christ is the greatest gift!                                         

Take Out Bean Supper, Sat. Nov. 24

Spread the word!!! :D

St James United Church is hosting a take-out homemade baked bean supper with bread and cookies.

Saturday, November 24
4pm – 6pm 

$6.00 per serving

COCO Meeting: Nov.15, 7pm, Lakeside

Friends:

The date for the November COCO Meeting has sort of sneaked up on us. We have lots to celebrate at this meeting with the protection of Troops Island, a report on the October 13 workshop about Stewardship ideas for the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area and the formation of a task force following this meeting, the HRM election , updates on the Buy Back the Mersey initiative, recent activities about Greenbelting in HRM, updates from community groups.

 

Here is the information about the Notice of meeting. Please circulate widely among your community groups, neighbours and friends. See you on November 15!!

The November meeting of the Council of Community Organizations (COCO) will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 15 at the Lakeside Community Centre,1492 St. Margaret's Bay Road, Lakeside. Beechville Lakeside Timberlea Rails to Trails(BLTR2T)  will be the host group. Catherine Klefenz of BLTR2T will be the Chair of this meeting.

 

We look forward to welcoming our HRM Councillors. For more information please contact Beth McGee at : jemcgee@eastlink.ca  , telephone 823-2245 or John Cascadden at: jdcas@slccc.com telephone 852-4886   All Welcome .

 

Kindest Regards,

Beth McGee

This Saturday Free Family Dinner and a Movie

You are invited...

FREE Family Dinner and a Movie Night

SHOWING:  Big Miracle

Saturday, October 20th @ 5:30pm - Dinner  6:30pm - Movie

Hosted by New Life Community Church 852-4456

1760 Prospect Road

A great opportunity take your family out for dinner and enjoy a movie on the big screen in the community.  

Public Meeting; Wed. July 18, PRCC, 7pmHalifax C and D Recycling Expansion

Halifax C and D Recycling

We have received word that Halifax C and D Recycling is looking to expand its space in Goodwood.

You are invited to attend, obtain more information and provide feedback at a public meeting in the Prospect Road Community Centre on Wed. July 18 at 7pm.

This proposal then goes to Western Council on Monday July 23, 7 pm at the Gloria Keshen Library.

INDOOR YARD SALE, PRCC, JUNE 23, 9-12

Is the wacky weather we're having ruining your yard sale attempts?

 We've got the solution for you!

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