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hebucto.ns.ca] <b This message is in MIME format. --=_4drkk8akhp1a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" Content-Description: Plaintext Version of Message Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I always thought that Devils Island or Georges Island would have been a good place for the Mother Canada statue. So many left=C2=A0here and some never to come back from our Harbour that=C2=A0it would be a fitting place.=C2=A0 Even to this day. =C2=A0 Maybe they could make it hollow from the top for Chimney Swifts (as mother canada welcomes her children home)=C2=A0to appease certain people. It would sort of be like the statue of Liberty of New York and give us a worthy landmark. Our Navy who still leaves here on all our behalf would surely appreaciate her as I would. =C2=A0 Sincerely, =C2=A0 ps, I did not think=C2=A0a point=C2=A0of CB was the proper place. =C2=A0 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 20:06:18 +0000 (UTC), Richard Stern wrote: It's a monstrosity. Don't put it anywhere at all. Let's remember our war dead, if that's what it's about, in our hearts and in the beauty of the land and people they fought for. Richard Stern Sternrichard@gmail.com Sent from my IPhone On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 10:41 AM -0800, "John and Nhung" wrote: Yes, good news. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The only thing that troubles me is that the location (in a national park) was not quoted as one reason for not going forward.=C2=A0 Wonder if the project would have got the nod, in the absence of concerns about funding and design (whatever that means). =C2=A0 =C2=A0 If it must be built, put it somewhere else, not in a place where environmental preservation is a priority. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Fritz McEvoy Sent: February 5, 2016 2:28 PM To: naturens Subject: [NatureNS] Thread-Index: AQHRYEGqED/FZtEGgkqskUBy2mjbqA=3D=3D =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Hi All, =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 This comes as no surprise to me but, according to the CBC, Parks Canada has withdrawn support for the 'Mother Canada' statue that was planned for the CBHNP. I doubt this monument will now=C2=A0ever be built=C2=A0as without the park site and government=C2=A0financial=C2=A0backing it has no real=C2=A0viability. Good news for=C2=A0park=C2=A0lovers, particularly the CBHNP,=C2=A0and fans of natural habitats=C2=A0everywhere. All the best. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Fritz McEvoy =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Sunrise Valley, CB =C2=A0 =09=09=09This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by A= vast. www.avast.com --=_4drkk8akhp1a Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="=_5ocmbfiml726"; start="5oe7dxw9owse@webcentremail.webcentre.ca" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This message is in MIME format. --=_5ocmbfiml726 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Description: HTML Version of Message Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-ID: 5oe7dxw9owse@webcentremail.webcentre.ca <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" da= ta-hsystem=3D"true"></head> <body><style>p{margin: 0;padding: 0;} </style> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; fon= t-family: times new roman, times; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;"></span>= </p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; fon= t-family: times new roman, times; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">I alway= s thought that Devils Island or Georges Island would have been a good place f= or the Mother Canada statue. So many left=C2=A0here and some never to come bac= k from our Harbour that=C2=A0it would be a fitting place.=C2=A0 </span><span style= =3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman, times; color: #000000; background-color= : #ffffff;">Even to this day. </span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">=C2=A0</p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; fon= t-family: times new roman, times; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">Maybe t= hey could make it hollow from the top for Chimney Swifts (as mother canada welc= omes her children home)=C2=A0to appease certain people. It would sort of be like= the statue of Liberty of New York and give us a worthy landmark. Our Navy who s= till leaves here on <em>all</em> our behalf would surely appreaciate her as I wo= uld. </span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">=C2=A0</p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; fon= t-family: times new roman, times; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">Sincerely,</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">=C2=A0</p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; fon= t-family: times new roman, times; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">ps, I d= id not think=C2=A0a point=C2=A0of CB was the proper place.</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">=C2=A0</p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; fon= t-family: times new roman, times; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</span><br><br>On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 20:06:18 +0000 (UTC), Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote:</p> <blockquote style=3D"border-left: 2px solid #000000; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div id=3D"html-message"> <div>It's a monstrosity. Don't put it anywhere at all. Let's remember our w= ar dead, if that's what it's about, in our hearts and in the beauty of the lan= d and people they fought for.<br><br><div class=3D"acompli_signature">Richard Stern<br><a href=3D"mailto:Sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"">Sternrichard= @gmail.com</a><br>Sent from my IPhone</div> </div> <br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 10:41 AM -080= 0, "John and Nhung" <span><<a href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca" target= =3D"_blank">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><b