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The Amherst Curling Club has received a $300 Community Support Grant from the Town of Amherst that will help them host the Nova Scotia Provincial Women’s Curling Club Championship later this month.
“Support from the town for the Amherst Curling Club is extremely important to our ability to host championship events,” Peter Rushton, the host committee chairman, said as he accepted the cheque from Mayor David Kogon on Feb. 4.
Amendments to Amherst’s Land Use Bylaw that regulate cannabis-related uses received second reading from Amherst town council during its Jan. 28 meeting.
The amendments define licensed production facilities and restricts their establishment to industrial zones. They also define the minimum setback licensed production facilities must have from residential properties, parks, daycares and religious institutions.
The amendments also define cannabis retail sales and cannabis lounges and prohibits their establishment – with the exception of those operated by the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation – in any zone.
A proclamation declaring February as African Heritage Month in the Town of Amherst was signed by Mayor David Kogon on Jan. 29.
“The provincial theme this year is Our History is Your History. It reminds us that when we understand the truth of our shared history, we can, through awareness, co-operation, dialogue and learning, facilitate positive change in not only the province, but in Amherst as well,” Mayor David Kogon said after signing the proclamation.
Amherst town council’s committee of the whole is recommending a Mi’kmaw territorial acknowledgement be read at the start of council sessions.
The committee made the decision to send the recommendation to council’s Jan. 28 session for approval after receiving a staff report on the matter during its Jan. 21 meeting. Adding the acknowledgement to the council session requires an amendment to the town’s proceeds of council policy.
The staff report provided a suggested acknowledgement. It read: We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw Peoples. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship signed by the British Crown in 1725.