Trails, and Town Management Notifications - Tantramar's Safety First Approach

 

Happy to be back in the natural spaces .. how about you?

News from the Mother Ship here at their Facebook... [by the way .. we are not all using Facebook .. so as a public service the information is shared at this blogger on behalf of the management in Town .. perhaps they should consider using their Twitter account again... not everyone is using Instagram FYI]

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Tantramar Trail Update

The Province announced yesterday that as of 12:01 a.m. this morning, Crown land has reopened for hiking and activity.

Now Open in Tantramar:

Sackville Waterfowl Park

Retention Pond Trails

Rail Trail (managed by the Province)

Still Closed Until Further Notice:

All other municipal trails (phased reopening will follow if conditions improve)

Important Reminders:

The province-wide burn ban remains in effect.

No ignition sources are permitted on trails (matches, lighters, camp stoves, etc.).

Smoking is NOT permitted on any trail.

CSA-approved charcoal BBQs used for cooking at your home are permitted.

The use of charcoal firepits at your homes is NOT currently permitted.

Please note: We will need much more than a few days of rain before wildfire risk is significantly reduced.

Thank you for your cooperation as we continue lean on our residents to ensure our community remains safe from dangers of wildfires.

#Tantramar #CommunitySafety #WildfirePrevention

Enjoy these natural spaces in the town.. they are for all of us. No exceptions.

Latest from local blogger Bruce Wark here:

Elsipogtog comment contradicts assertions Indigenous First Nations & groups were consulted on Chignecto gas plant |

Recommended follow of B.C.'s advocate Caroline Elliott here:

Caroline Elliott on X: "The BC Supreme Court’s radical Cowichan decision threatens private property across BC.  It’s where the NDP’s land acknowledgements, embrace of UNDRIP, ‘uninvited guests’ language, undemocratic land use policies & problematic Haida title recognition were always going to lead. https://t.co/gvqDZUcTst" / X

Why Does The Town Management Refuse to Replace September 14th Plaque of Poetry on the Poles? Douglas Lochhead

 Canadian Poetry Online | University of Toronto Libraries | Douglas Lochhead (utoronto.ca)

Douglas Lochhead's Poetry on Poles... is now an incomplete masterpiece in the downtown... why?

Douglas Lochhead - Wikipedia

Its replacement has been requested by your's truly a few times... noted the continued absence of the plaque which has resulted in a re-shuffling of the other plaques to fill in the space... curious.

Douglas Lochhead: Librarian was the poet laureate of Sackville - The Globe and Mail

"September 14 

dear x,

it is of course the silence to which

I have referred elsewhere. this is the

killing or loving thing between two. here

is the killing, and there is nothing to be

done about it, because, admit it, at least

to yourself, you and I are too timid, really

too much afraid to do something (at least

something would be better). so now the

non-letters I continue to not receive breathe

a heavy breath and it makes this place leap

up and fall back ..... how do you set characters

now the metal ones in the stick or do some

of the glancing moves remind you of me and

spoil it because it is no escape, is it?

perhaps there will be something tomorrow .....

I doubt it wise one."

We're told of the importance of poetry by Janet Hammock - see articles by Bruce Wark here:

Sackville protesters hear “I Grant You Refuge” written 10-days before Palestinian poet dies in Israeli air raid | (warktimes.com)

Sackville's Endless Drive to Build More Monuments [ Wasting Even More Money ]

 At this link from CHMA website:

Heritage Trust hopes to commemorate Sackville foundries by turning steel press into monument » CHMA 106.9 FM (chmafm.com)

Never let it be said that the 'community organizers' of Sackville have a problem wasting other peoples' money on stuff that clutters the landscape.

New book documents life of Sackville's foundries in time for 170th and 150th anniversaries » CHMA 106.9 FM (chmafm.com)

Just don't ask them to get excited about building an Energy East Pipeline or Skatepark Project... God forbid their efforts should be for something beneficial and useful for the people alive today.

Book Launch - Foundries of Sackville, NB - Tantramar Heritage Trust

Why do they hide their monument to the founder of the local University behind a wall of shrubs and trees? Just asking for a friend.

Amherst Nova Scotia's awesome concrete skatepark venue - photography by Indie Media Eastcoast.

Just to put things into perspective around here and for the record:

One old woman stands before council and mayor this year and says she wants to see money given for a monument to be built and everyone says 'hey great idea!'... but in 2013 over a dozen young people stood before council asking for a new venue they could enjoy endless hours of play and good clean fun at with their many friends and other skateboard enthusiasts from across the Maritimes and the mayor and council ignore them completely.

This is in a nutshell what is wrong with this town:

the management sucks; the politicians suck.

The 'community' would do well to grasp the term ROI - return on investment .. as explained to Michael Beal, treasurer/bean-counter at the Town Hall this week...  Michael's wondering if he still has a job when the entity "Town of Tantramar" takes over here.. I guess only time will tell Michael.

Should I really need to keep reminding people that investing in a new concrete youth skatepark makes good sense and is the right project to build here now... in fact it was the right project 10 years ago but the well-paid minions in Town Hall wasted money on decorations and nonsense instead [$10,000 flower pots, still shaking my head...]

Moncton's skatepark by the riverwalk...