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Found Another Short Story in a Magazine

I am so excited I finally found a copy of the magazine called, “Calling All Girls”, February 1949 with the short story called. “A Giant in the Parlor”. It is a fictional story that Mrs. Butters wrote about Abraham Lincoln. There was no mention of this story in anything I have read until I was collecting newspaper articles to include with all the republished Young Adult books the family is…

[atlanticcanada]

N.S. DNRR issue Friday evening update on wildfires as total drops to 11

With a swath of wildfires burning across Nova Scotia, the province’s Department of Natural Resources and Renewables (DNRR) has issued a Friday evening update on the status of the fires.

In Shelburne County, the fire at Barrington Lake has now reached a record growth of 23,015 hectares -- the equivalent of 230 square kilometres.

About 90 DNRR firefighters, along with more than 40 volunteer and municipal crew members, are on the scene of the fire. That’s in addition to five helicopters, a water bomber from Newfoundland and Labrador, and other heavy equipment.

In Shelburne, a fire on Lake Road remains out of control at an estimated 114 hectares. Fifteen DNRR firefighters are responding to the fire.

In Yarmouth County, a fire in Pubnico remains out of control, covering 163 hectares. The province says 20 DNRR firefighters are on scene.

More air and heavy equipment resources are also being coordinated to battle the three wildfires on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.

Meanwhile in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), the Tantallon fire remains 50 per cent contained but is still out of control at an estimated 950 hectares. Firefighters on scene include 40 from DNRR, 100 from HRM, and nine from the Department of National Defence. Five helicopters are also involved in the efforts, as well as an N.L. water bomber.

The province says containment efforts in the Tantallon fire include dozer breaks, natural breaks and nearby highways.

A fifth fire, located in nearby Hammonds Plains, is 100 per cent contained. Ten HRM volunteer firefighters are on scene, where the fire is holding at four hectares.

Four wildfires were extinguished Friday in Annapolis, Cumberland, Halifax and Kings counties, bringing the number of active wildfires in Nova Scotia down to 11.

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A fire destroyed a lobster pound in Middle West Pubnico, N.S., in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The blaze follows two raids by commercial fishermen on lobster pounds in southwest Nova Scotia earlier this week protesting the moderate livelihood fishery launched by Sipekne'katik First Nation last month.

Eel Brook Fire Chief Jonathan LeBlanc told CBC News that fire crews responded to a fire at a "large commercial structure" at 1065 Highway 335 at around midnight.

LeBlanc said eight fire departments and between 80 and 100 firefighters were on scene. He said the West Pubnico fire department stayed behind to monitor the situation and ensure the fire doesn't pick back up again.

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Pubnico Loop

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The ongoing tensions surrounding the First Nations lobster harvest in southwest Nova Scotia erupted Tuesday night when several hundred commercial fishermen and their supporters raided two facilities where Mi'kmaw fishermen were storing their catches.

Indigenous leaders are condemning the actions as racist hate crimes and calling for the RCMP to step up their response.

Commercial fishermen began gathering Tuesday afternoon in Digby County and made their way to a lobster pound in New Edinburgh, where, by nightfall, a van was set ablaze, lobsters were stolen and the facility was damaged.

A similar raid also took place in Middle West Pubnico, in the neighbouring county of Yarmouth, where Mi'kmaw fisherman Jason Marr was forced to barricade himself inside a lobster pound while outside a mob vandalized his vehicle and called for him to relinquish the lobster he had harvested from the waters of St. Marys Bay.

By morning, hundreds of dead lobster were strewn across the pavement outside the pound, and confrontations continued on the ground throughout the day.

The two raids come after weeks of unrest in the province's southwest, sparked by the launch of a "moderate livelihood" lobster fishery by the Sipekne'katik band outside the federally mandated commercial season.

Just last week, a Mi'kmaw fishing vessel was destroyed in a suspicious fire at a wharf in the community of Comeauville.

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[tepkunset]

The ongoing tensions surrounding the First Nations lobster harvest in southwest Nova Scotia erupted Tuesday night when several hundred commercial fishermen and their supporters raided two facilities where Mi'kmaw fishermen were storing their catches.

Indigenous leaders are condemning the actions as racist hate crimes and calling for the RCMP to step up their response.

Commercial fishermen began gathering Tuesday afternoon in Digby County and made their way to a lobster pound in New Edinburgh, where, by nightfall, a van was set ablaze, lobsters were stolen and the facility was damaged.

A similar raid also took place in Middle West Pubnico, in the neighbouring county of Yarmouth, where Mi'kmaw fisherman Jason Marr was forced to barricade himself inside a lobster pound while outside a mob vandalized his vehicle and called for him to relinquish the lobster he had harvested from the waters of St. Marys Bay.

By morning, hundreds of dead lobster were strewn across the pavement outside the pound, and confrontations continued on the ground throughout the day.

The two raids come after weeks of unrest in the province's southwest, sparked by the launch of a "moderate livelihood" lobster fishery by the Sipekne'katik band outside the federally mandated commercial season.

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Coulstring and Marr were critical of the RCMP response on Tuesday night. Coulstring said officers didn't respond for two hours after being called, and Marr said that as the mob threw rocks through windows and removed crates of lobster, "not one RCMP even tried to stop them."

Sack also said the RCMP response was insufficient, and he's waiting for charges to be laid against the instigators of the raids.

The police "are not doing their job well at all at the moment," Sack said.

RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Andrew Joyce said no arrests had been made as of Wednesday afternoon but that officers did witness criminal activity and investigative teams were being assembled.

Responding to the criticism levelled against the RCMP response on Tuesday, Joyce said he did not think it was fair to say that officers did nothing.

"We were there to keep the peace and keep everyone involved as safe as possible in the situation," he told CBC News in an interview.

"We live in a country that is so great people can criticize the police for their actions or what they see as their inactions."

Joyce said officers counted about 200 people at each lobster pound, and while he did not know the identities of everyone involved, he suspected there were some people who participated at both locations.

1. The federally mandated commercial season is just that: federally mandated. Traditionally speaking, our people used to mostly fish for lobster through summer to early fall, but also year round on a smaller scale (for special occasions; social and ceremonial.)

2. These hate crimes have absolutely nothing to do with conservation and “animal activism”. If it was about that, then the attackers wouldn’t have killed all those lobster just to try and stir up false claims against our fishermen. If it was about that, then they’d be attacking the major corporations who haul more than ten times what the Mi’kmaq do. We’ve been fishing in these waters for over 13000 years. We don’t need to be taught conservation by settlers. Settlers could learn a thing or two about Netukulimk.

3. Sgt. Andrew Joyce trying to swing this as a positive that people are complaining about inaction, because “at least we weren’t murdering anyone”, is so disgusting it makes my stomach sick to read. Hey everyone? Just so you know, this is exactly fucking why the argument “well if you dismantle the police who will protect you” means jack fucking shit to POC. They don’t protect us.

[fraumogehtaufreisen]

Nun hieß es endgültig Abschied nehmen von Halifax - dieses Mal gemeinsam mit meiner Mutter. Nachdem ich für leichte Irritationen beim Abholen des neuen Mietwagens bzgl. des Abholortes (falscher Ort in der gleichen Stadt) gesorgt habe, ging es fünf Stunden an der wunderschönen und mal sehr wilden, mal sehr fjordlastigen und manchmal sehr viktorianisch-britisch angehauchten Küste zum B & B in Pubnico direkt am Meer, welches wir dann im Dunkeln gesucht und schließlich auch gefunden haben.

Ein Zwischenstopp am Leuchtturm von Peggy 's Cove und in Lunenburg haben heute das eher touristische Pausenprogramm bestimmt. Aber die Natur und die Weite sind auch hier wieder mehr als beeindruckend. Und das wilde und etwas ruhigere Canada (im Gegensatz zur Westküste) gefällt mir auf jeden Fall besser als die britische Attitüde. Mal sehen, was ich dann zur francocanadischen Attitüde sagen werde:-)

Das neue Auto ist übrigens eine Nummer größer als bestellt und fährt mega. Schade, dass hier überall Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen sind, ich glaube, das Auto kann was:-)

Und die Sterne leuchten hier nachts hell wie überall in Nova Scotia bisher (das ist hier soooo wunderschön) und auch jetzt gerade hört und riecht man das Meer, nur sehen ist erst morgen drin:-) In diesem Sinne gute Nacht!

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Violent non-indigenous fishermen are threatening indigenous Mi’kmaw fishermen

An enormous fire completely destroyed a lobster pound being used by Mi’kmaw fishermen in Middle West Pubnico, N.S., early Saturday morning.

The lobster pound is the same one that was swarmed, vandalized and ransacked by a large crowd of non-Indigenous commercial fishers and their supporters Tuesday night.

Mi’kmaw fisherman Jason Marr told Global News he and others were forced to take cover inside the lobster pound as the building’s windows were smashed out and Marr’s vehicle was damaged, he said.

“They vandalized (my van) and they were peeing on it, pouring things into the fuel tank, cutting electrical wires,” Marr said on Wednesday. 

Sack also takes issue with the idea that Indigenous fishermen will over-harvest, pointing out that the Sipekne’katik have their own compliance officers to ensure rules are followed.

“Conservation is one of our biggest worries,” he says, adding that commercial fishermen harvest a far larger share of lobster in the region. “If the commercial groups are so concerned about conservation, maybe they should limit the number of traps they’re setting.”"

Situation is currently ongoing as of October 17, 2020. Don't let the world turn a blind eye as indigenous rights are destroyed and treaties ignored again.

[mollyollypuddingpolly]

Anne fans!!! My province needs your help.

I am from Nova Scotia, and the Mi'kmaq fishers of a community called Middle West Pubnico are in being targeted by genius acts of racism and terrorism.

Mi'kmaq people have the rights to fish out of season, and have had this right since the treaties were signed. This right has been frequently ignored however, and in 1999 a case was taken to the supreme court where it was declared that due to the treaties these rights must be upheld. They were given this right to fish under a "moderate livelihood" but not to over fish, or to get rich.

Recently, commercial fishers have begun protests against these rights, claiming that the Mi'kmaq fishers are set lobster traps out of season. And that this fishing is bad for conservation. The Mi'kmaq are not regulated by fishing seasons however, and the protestors are wrong.

These protests though, have escalated. Burning a car, ransacking the fishery then later burning down the Mi'kmaq fishery, destroying everything, along with numerous other accounts of assault as far as I'm aware.

I am turning to you, as a fandom that has been touched by the story of a young Mi'kmaw girl who's story was never resolved. Ka'kwets story is the same as so many of these fishers and their ancestors.

Anne with an E has reached so much farther than I ever thought it would, and when fighting for renewal we made news. If we united under this cause, we could have that same impact.

This link is to petitions and ways to Government officials within Canada

For those outside of Canada who cannot contact Canadian government through email, please take to twitter, to instagram and share that people all around the world stand with the Mi'kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia.

You know Anne did not stop fighting for Ka'kwets when the show ended. That fight isn't over today, and we need your help.

*also please anyone feel free to add other ways to help or any clarifications if necessary

[oneoffoddities]

“One of two Mi’kmaw lobster harvesters who were barricaded inside a lobster facility in West Pubnico, N.S. says he is pleased that a Nova Scotia judge has granted a temporary injunction against hostile protesters like the ones who recently destroyed his vehicle, threatened to harm him and stole his lobsters.⠀ ⠀ “I’m glad to hear that but ‘better late than never’ is the saying, right,” Marr said when reached by phone on Wednesday.⠀ ⠀ “I would hope that any person who’s in any kind of sane mind would say, ‘yeah, that’s good.’ Even my enemies should say this is craziness,” Marr added.⠀ ⠀ Earlier in the day, a judge in Halifax granted the Sipekne’katik First Nation’s request for a temporary injunction against non-Indigenous fishers and their supporters who have been harassing, threatening and intimidating Mi’kmaw lobster harvesters taking part in the First Nation’s rights-based moderate livelihood fishery.⠀ ⠀ The injunction prevents the protesters from vandalizing Mi’kmaw harvesters traps, gear and boats while they fish in St. Mary’s Bay. It also orders the same protesters from gathering and blocking entrances to wharves in Saulnierville and Weymouth and a lobster pound facility in New Edinburgh.” ⠀ Tap on the link in @kukukwes_news bio to read the full news story. ⠀ ⠀ #kukukwesnews, #indigenousnews, #indigenous, #mikmaq, #treatyrights, #indigenousrights, #novascotia, #lobsterfishing #canada (at Okanagan Landing) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGqE_siJPPx/?igshid=1drxlkmuljgwd

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NASA Finds Dorian Transitioning to an Extra-Tropical Cyclone

NOAA & NASA - Suomi NPP Mission patch / NASA - EOS Aqua Mission logo. Sept. 8, 2019 Dorian – Atlantic Ocean NASA satellites provided forecasters at the National Hurricane Center with infrared data and cloud top temperature information for Hurricane Dorian. Infrared data revealed that Dorian was becoming an extra-tropical cyclone as it moved northeast along the U.S. east coast and the area of strong storms had diminished around the storm.

Suomi NPP satellite. Image Credits: NOAA/NASA

NASA researches tropical cyclones and infrared data is one of the ways NASA uses. Cloud top temperatures provide information to forecasters about where the strongest storms are located within a tropical cyclone. The stronger the storms, the higher they extend into the troposphere, and they have the colder cloud temperatures. On Sept. 6, at 2:23 p.m. EDT (1823 UTC), NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed the storm using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument. AIRS found coldest cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder than minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 degrees Celsius) circling around the center  (eye) and in a thick band of thunderstorms northeast of the center. NASA research has shown that cloud top temperatures that cold indicate strong storms that have the capability to create heavy rain.

Image above: On Sept. 6, at 2:23 p.m. EDT (1823 UTC) the AIRS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed cloud top temperatures of Hurricane Dorian in infrared light. AIRS found coldest cloud top temperatures (purple) of strongest thunderstorms were as cold as or colder than minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 degrees Celsius) around the center and in a thick band of thunderstorms northeast of the center. Image Credits: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson. On Sept. 7 at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 UTC), it was NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite that provided an infrared view of Hurricane Dorian as it was transitioning into an extra-tropical storm. Strongest storms had cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder than minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 degrees Celsius) where the heaviest rain was falling over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Those storms were now limited to the southern side of the storm, unlike the previous day, when they circled the eye.

Image above: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided an infrared view of Hurricane Dorian as it was transitioning into an extra-tropical storm on Sept. 7 at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 UTC). Strongest storms (red) had cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder than minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 degrees Celsius) where the heaviest rain was falling over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Image Credits: NASA/NOAA/NRL. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) discussion said “Satellite imagery this morning [Sept. 7] indicates that Dorian is starting extratropical transition, with cold air clouds entraining [moving] into the southwestern side of the cyclone and a developing warm front to the north and east.”

EOS Aqua satellite. Image Credit: NASA

What is an Extra-Tropical Cyclone? When a storm transitions into an extra-tropical cyclone, it means that a tropical cyclone has lost its tropical characteristics. The National Hurricane Center defines “extra-tropical” as a transition that implies both poleward displacement (meaning it moves toward the north or south pole) and the conversion of the cyclone’s primary energy source from the release of latent heat of condensation to baroclinic (the temperature contrast between warm and cold air masses) processes. It is important to note that cyclones can become extratropical and still retain winds of hurricane or tropical storm force. Warnings and Watches in Effect on Sept. 7 NOAA’s National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) continued to issue warnings and watches as Dorian makes its way toward Canada today. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for eastern Nova Scotia from lower east Pubnico to Brule, and for western Newfoundland from Indian Harbour to Hawke’s Bay, Canada. A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from east of Bar Harbor to Eastport, ME, and for Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is also in effect for southwestern Nova Scotia from Avonport to north of Lower East Pubnico, Fundy National Park to Shediac, Stone’s Cove to Indian Harbour, Hawke’s Bay to Fogo Island and from Mutton Bay to Mary’s Harbour, Canada. Status of Hurricane Dorian on Saturday, September 7, 2019 On Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC), the center of Hurricane Dorian was located near latitude 42.0 degrees north and longitude 66.0 degrees west. Dorian’s center is about 205 miles (330 km) south-southeast of Eastport, Maine and about 215 miles (350 km) southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The NHC said Dorian is moving toward the northeast near 29 mph (46 kph), and a general motion toward the northeast is expected to continue through Sunday night. Maximum sustained winds are near 85 mph (140 kph) with higher gusts.  Dorian is expected to become a hurricane-force post-tropical cyclone as it moves across eastern Canada tonight or on Sunday, Sept. 8. The estimated minimum central pressure is 953 millibars. What’s Next for Dorian? Dorian is expected to finish transition into an extratropical cyclone over the next day as it merges with a strong mid- to upper-level trough (elongated area of low pressure) and its associated surface front. On the NHC forecast track, the center of Dorian is expected to move across central or eastern Nova Scotia this afternoon or this evening, pass near or over Prince Edward Island tonight, and then move near or over portions of Newfoundland and Labrador on Sunday. For updated forecasts, visit: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/main/index.html NASA’s Aqua satellite: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aqua/index.html Images (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, by Rob Gutro. Greetings, Orbiter.ch Full article

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Work is Done

[allthecanadianpolitics]

RCMP have charged 23 people in connection with the raid of a Middle West Pubnico, N.S. lobster pound that would be destroyed by a suspicious fire days later.

The incident at the facility on Oct. 13, 2020 was one of the many violent responses commercial fishers, many of whom are non-Indigenous, had to Nova Scotia First Nations launching moderate livelihood lobster fisheries.

The Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its moderate livelihood lobster fishery in September, exercising a treaty right that all Indigenous nations in Eastern Canada have, which is to fish or hunt for a “moderate livelihood.”

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