Local Events Archives - Friends of Nature Conservation Society https://friends-of-nature.ca/category/local-events/ Dedicated to maintaining the balance of nature for people and their plant & animal friends. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:47:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://friends-of-nature.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FON-Icon-160x160.png Local Events Archives - Friends of Nature Conservation Society https://friends-of-nature.ca/category/local-events/ 32 32 2025 AGM with Guest Speaker Elizabeth May https://friends-of-nature.ca/agm-june-20-with-guest-speaker-elizabeth-may/ Wed, 21 May 2025 11:34:52 +0000 https://demo.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=459515 The Friends of Nature Annual General meeting will be held on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 5:00 pm at St Stephens Community Hall, 54 Regent St, Chester. The guest speaker will be Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada. There will be entertainment provided by both Hank Middleton and the Studio Singers; and...

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]]> The New Privateer Film Fest https://friends-of-nature.ca/the-new-privateer-film-fest/ Tue, 20 May 2025 16:43:10 +0000 https://demo.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=459521 Healthy Bays Network & Protect Liverpool Bay present The New Privateer Film Fest Thursday, June 26 6:30-9:15 pm Astor Theatre, FREE Join us for three films exploring the open-net pen finish aquaculture industry at home and abroad, and how individual actions can create a ripple effect of lasting change in the fight to protect wild...

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]]> An Invitation from Minister Gordon Wilson Regarding Protected Areas https://friends-of-nature.ca/an-invitation-from-minister-gordon-wilson-regarding-protected-areas/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 12:13:52 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=183604 Dear Friends: You are invited to a momentous environmental announcement on Monday which we believe will bear the fruit of 15 years of work by FON, especially Brad and Rudy. Best wishes Syd Dumaresq, Chair Friends of Nature

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]]> Our Youngest Board Member Won 2 Volunteer Awards! https://friends-of-nature.ca/our-youngest-board-member-won-2-volunteer-awards/ Sat, 13 Apr 2019 20:11:56 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=128850 Dear Friends: Friends of Nature are proud to report that Maria Kirby Breen, our youngest Board Member and our Membership Director, has received both a Volunteer Award from the Municipality of the District of Chester and the Youth Volunteer Award for all of Nova Scotia. This picture shows Maria about to receive the award from...

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]]> ECO-RALLY #2 – PICTOU RISING! A Conversation with Joan Baxter https://friends-of-nature.ca/eco-rally-2-pictou-rising-a-conversation-with-joan-baxter/ Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:28:50 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=116607 Dear Friends, Please join us for ECO-RALLY #2 – PICTOU RISING! “A Conversation with Joan Baxter”! When: TUESDAY, APRIL 2– 7PM Where: MARGARET’S CENTRE, 2 WESTWOOD BLVD., UPPER TANTALLON, NS  Incisive, no nonsense, take no prisoners. Joan Baxter’s brilliant exposé “The Mill – Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest” tells the story of shocking government/industry collusion and a community...

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]]> “Burned” Documentary Screening and Annual General Meeting https://friends-of-nature.ca/burned-documentary-screening-and-annual-general-meeting/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:44:34 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=50013 Would you like to know more about the devastating effects of clear cutting our forests to provide fodder for giant electrical generating furnaces not only in here Nova Scotia but also in Europe, as we export shiploads of wood chips there??? The Friends of Nature, Canada’s oldest environmental conservation group, in collaboration with the Ecology...

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]]> No Pipe Protest Pictou https://friends-of-nature.ca/no-pipe-protest-pictou/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:02:27 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=45968 Friends of Nature was well represented at last Friday’s No Pipe Protest in Pictou. Brad Armstrong and Syd Dumaresq from the Friends of Nature Board were there as well as many of our members and friends from sister organizations. Congratulations to Ray Plourde and the EAC and others for getting thousands of people and 300...

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]]> Forest Alerts – NOPIPE – Pictou Mill Rally – July 6 https://friends-of-nature.ca/forest-alerts-nopipe-pictou-mill-rally-july-6/ Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:06:23 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=45025 Dear Friends, Friends of Nature strongly supports this No Pipe Rally. The idea of piping that pollution from the mill in Pictou into the Northumberland Strait is ludicrous. Keep reading below for more information. Best regards Syd Dumaresq, Chair, Friends of Nature. The Healthy Forest Coalition Presents: Forest Alerts Your help is needed! Please make plans...

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]]> The 2017 Friends of Nature Annual General Meeting https://friends-of-nature.ca/the-2017-friends-of-nature-annual-general-meeting/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:28:57 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=43490 The post The 2017 Friends of Nature Annual General Meeting appeared first on Friends of Nature Conservation Society.

]]> Nov 24, 2017 – Celebration of the Life of Rudy Haase https://friends-of-nature.ca/celebration-of-the-life-of-rudy-haase/ https://friends-of-nature.ca/celebration-of-the-life-of-rudy-haase/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:07:37 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=43406 You are invited to join the Haase family for a Celebration of the Life of Rudy Haase  When: November 24, 2017 at 1:45 Where: St Andrew’s United Church, 1390 Robie St, corner of Coburg Halifax, NS

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