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Rising Seas

20/5/2018

by Deborah Carr

The maps caught my attention as soon as I walked in the room at a recent Sea Level Rise workshop. The colourful depictions of predicted high water zones for the year 2100 were spread out over three tables. I looked more closely. The Alma Wharf, Parkland Village Inn and Alma Lobster Shop were in flood zones. So were Water Street and the crossroads at 915/114 in Riverside-Albert. The Railway Diner and Golf Club Road in Hillsborough. Grey’s Island will be an island, again. These were just some of the vulnerable areas identified in the three villages.

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Partnerships help Protect Sacred Places

3/5/2018

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by Deborah Carr

One day, many years ago, I was in the parking lot at the Fundy National Park pool when a car of tourists pulled in beside me. A family of four climbed out. As the parents were busy gathering towels and other articles from the car, their young son wandered over to the edge of the parking lot and stared into the trees.

I watched the child with some concern, as the parents were distracted. Suddenly, he called out, "Dad! Dad! Come here!" His father rushed over.

“Dad…what’s that?” The youngster pointed into the trees and I squinted too, looking for movement of a bird or perhaps an animal. His father seemed as puzzled as I was. “What? What are you looking at?”

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