Shoulder to Shoulder Rally March 3, 2026

🚨It is time to stand Shoulder-to-Shoulder at a Rally once again, this time, at Province House.🚨

If you live, work, play and/or pray in Nova Scotia/Mi’kma’ki, you are invited to join the next “We Are All Treaty People” Rally on March 3 @ 12pm in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, at the Nova Scotia Legislature building.

The purpose of this rally is to stand Shoulder-To-Shoulder in solidarity with land defenders and water protectors at Tqamuoweye’katick/Hunter’s Mountain and ALL other resistance movements in Nova Scotia/Mi’kma’ki.

This time, we are taking it to Tim Houston’s Office – the Legislture building, during the spring sitting. Together, let’s tell Tim Houston to STOP selling our futures, and demand that he respect the Treaties, our democratic rights, and our community voices!
Rally Details:
📣Monday, March 3, 2026
📣12:00pm
📣Nova Scotia Legislature (Province House) – Kjipuktuk/Halifax
📣Meet at the Granville Street side of the Legislature.
📣Bring your community banners, signs, flags, and regalia. Bring your drums, songs and prayers.

For people attending from ANNAPOLIS COUNTY you can reserve a seat on the SOOF x NS Forests Forever Bus and save yourself the drive! We have 6 pickup locations to choose from: Bear River, Annapolis Royal, Bridgetown, Middleton, as well as Berwick and Wolfville.
Seats are limited, and require a $5 reservation fee.

Please e-transfer soof@saveouroldforests.ca and complete the following registration form to fully secure your seat: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSc…/viewform

 Old Time Music & Country Dance

Date: Saturday, March 9, 2024

Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Location: Round Hill Community Hall (1689 Highway 201, Round Hill)

Admission: $10 (at the door)

Details: Get your dancing shoes on and two-step your way down to the Round Hill Community Hall for an old-time dance in support of SOOF! Featuring live music by the North Mountain Islanders. Instruction for 2 steps, waltzes, maybe a contra or two, polkas by request.

Informtion and registration can be found here.

Join Nature Nova Scotia and Mhari as she delves into the vision of the Nova Scotia Working Woodlands Trust, a progressive land trust collaborating with private woodland stewards to preserve their stewardship legacy through working forest easements. Explore the intricacies of these easements, from the permitted practices to the strategic utilization of the carbon market for financing enduring stewardship and monitoring of the trust’s properties. Gain insights into the sustainable and forward-thinking approach that ensures the conservation of vital woodlands for generations to come.
Register for the Nature Talks on Working Forest Easements by using the link below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/…/tZIkde6trjgpHNA76S5FDmT…

This workshop is open to Mi’kmaw community members only.

Join us for back to back days of education, and collaboration at AWN’s 2024 Annual Network Meeting. This year we will be focusing on building resilience, both in your communities and your watersheds.

February 7th & 8th from 1-4pm AST,  On-line

The Annual Network Meeting will host presentations from our regional and national water partners, facilitated training sessions as well as inter-provincial networking opportunities. Don’t miss a chance to hear all the exciting updates from AWN, including special training on AWN’s exciting new Knowledge Hub!

Registration and information can be found here

The municipality is inviting residents to attend an in-person public information meeting to learn more and provide feedback on the preliminary design of the erosion mitigation measures for Shore Road.

Public information meeting: Shore Road: Building with Nature
February 8, 2024 from  6 to 8 p.m.
Fisherman’s Cove, Clyde T. Henneberry room (in person)

Residents are invited to join municipal staff for a presentation on the project and an opportunity to ask questions. Feedback from the meeting will be compiled into a What We Heard Report and will be used to help inform the project design. There will be a follow-up meeting in fall 2024 to present the final design and to discuss design considerations as a result of the first public information meeting.

Want to learn how you can help shape industrial projects in your area?

Join us for a workshop (either online or in-person) exploring how your community can engage in the environmental assessment (EA) process, hold productive meetings with politicians, lead effective grassroots campaigns and more! You’ll learn all about how the EA process works, how you can provide input and help influence projects to be more sustainable and beneficial for your community.

In-person and on-line Workshop
Date: Monday, Feb. 12, 2024 (rain date: Tuesday, Feb. 13)
Time: 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. AT
Location: Eastern Shore Wildlife Association Lodge, 202 Pool Road, Sheet Harbour

RSVP here so that you can receive helpful resources to continue your learning after the workshop. Not sure if you can make it? Drop-ins are also welcome.

Public Meeting

Date: Sunday, January 28, 2024

Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm

Location: Bridgetown Legion, 20 Jeffrey Street

About: SOOF is hosting a Public Meeting to talk about potential sites in Annapolis County that have been identified for clearcutting and spraying and our ongoing work to protect two wilderness areas on the South Mountain.

Please note that this is not a SOOF Soup Sunday event and there will not be a free lunch served at the Public Meeting.

If you are not able to attend, please consider writing Halifax Council or your Counsellor. For more information and for speaking / writing notes, go to: Friends of Halifax Commons

For more information on what’s happening in Liverpool, check out our website here and visit Protect Liverpool Bay.org

For more information and to regster for this hike, visit sandylakecoalition.ca/hikes

Sunday October 1, 2023 at 13:00 (1:00 pm)