Left to right: President of la Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse Kenneth Deveau, the Honourable Jill Balser, the Honourable Colton LeBlanc and Manager of the Immigration francophone de la Nouvelle-Écosse program Emmanuel Nahimana

On Monday, November 7, Communauté francophone accueillante de Clare had the honour of co-hosting the Provincial Forum on the State of Francophone Immigration in Nova Scotia with its partner the Réseau en immigration francophone de la Nouvelle-Écosse at the Rendez-vous de la Baie Welcome Centre on the campus of Université Sainte-Anne.

abandoned fishing traps on the beach

Until December 31, 2022, the Municipalité de Clare, in collaboration with the Fishing Gear Coalition of Atlantic Canada, will be accepting end-of-life PVC-coated wire lobster mesh and wire lobster traps, fishing rope and netting at the Clare Transfer Station free of charge. The FGCAC will then subsidize the cost of having these materials collected and recycled by our partners and diverted from Nova Scotia’s landfills.

This is part of a program funded by the DFO Ghost Gear...