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2020

  • 29 March 2020

    A well overdue update

    Well, I will apologize upfront for my tardiness in providing an update. There were some technical issues when I first attempted to do this, then life got in the way. We did have a …

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2019

2018

  • 1 December 2018

    October Board Meeting

    A meeting of the WSU Board was held on October 26th, 2018 in the MSA office at Cranton Crossroads Community Center in Northeast Margaree. It was reported that a letter sent to the …

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  • 10 October 2018

    September Board Meeting

    A WSU Board Meeting was held on September 21, 2018 at the Margaree Salmon Association's office in the Cranton Crossroads Community Center in NE Margaree. One of the topics discusse…

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  • 20 July 2018

    Pre- 2018 AGM Board Meeting

    The pre-annual general meeting (AGM) Board meeting was held 11/2 hours prior to the AGM at St. Patrick's Parish Hall, NE Margaree and involved preparation for the big meeting. Bob …

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  • 20 July 2018

    2018 Annual General Meeting

    After establishing a quorum, President Wall opened the meeting with 30 seconds of silence to remember those members no longer with us. He then made some remarks about the ever decl…

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  • 2 June 2018

    June, 2018 Board meeting

    The meeting was held for the first time in the Margaree Salmon Association's (MSA) office at the Cranton Crossroads Community Center in NE Margaree. Most of the discussion entailed…

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  • 17 April 2018

    April 6th Board of Directors meeting

    The Board meeting was held in the New Horizons Senior's Club at 40 Marsh Brook Rd. East Margaree, NS. Following approval of the previous minutes Pat Wall, in Joel Robinson's absenc…

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  • 12 February 2018

    February 2, 2018 Board of Directors Meeting

    Eight directors met on Feb. 2, 2018 for a regular meeting. After the usual administrative tasks, Joel Robinson gave his treasurer`s report. In it, he outlined our stable financial …

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2017

  • 22 December 2017

    Highlights of WSU’s BOD meeting held on Nov. 3, 2017

    Due to circumstances beyond my control this scribe was unable to post the meeting highlights until now. The meeting was held at the usual location: The New Horizons Senior’s Club i…

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  • 4 July 2017

    Annual General Meeting

    Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on June 24th at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall in north-east Margaree with approximately 25 people in attendance. President Wall opened the mee…

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  • 3 June 2017

    2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

    Believe it or not another year is coming to a close for WSU. Yes, it's time for our Annual General Meeting. As the introduction says, it will be in St. Patrick's Hall, same place a…

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  • 7 April 2017

    March Board Meeting

    The Board met on March 24th, 2017 at the usual location, the New Horizons Senior's Club in East Margaree. The main purpose of this meeting was to review last year's activities and …

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  • 1 March 2017

    Board of Director's meeting

    Our Board met on February 24, 2017 at the New Horizon’s club in East Margaree. The primary reason for the meeting was to determine the direction of fund raising for 2017. After muc…

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  • 24 January 2017

    Executives Meet

    Members of the WSU executive met with representatives of the MSA executive on January 17 th , 2107. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss areas of common interest and determine…

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  • 15 January 2017

    Special meeting of Board

    Now that the holidays are past the Board of Directors (BOD) gathered for a special meeting on January 10th, 2017 to peer into the future with respect to locations to raise salmon a…

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2016

  • 7 December 2016

    Board of Director's Meeting

    The Board met on November 30th, 2016 in East Margaree at the New Horizon's Senior's Club building. Most of the discussion centered around the issue of raising salmon to various sta…

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  • 4 November 2016

    Grand River News

    Grand River Update We are still awaiting results of the work done on the Grand River this past year. Anecdotal reports were not positive with respect to the presence of Atlantic sa…

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  • 25 October 2016

    Graham's River 2016 project complete

    Patrick and the WSU membership, I am pleased to report that ISAA’s field crew completed the last section of our work on the Graham’s River on Thursday morning 06 October 2016. The …

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  • 25 October 2016

    Graham's River Tour

    October 18 th , 2016 dawned spectacularly as is usual at this time of year in our part of the world. I was especially excited on this morning. My friend, Joel Robinson, and I were …

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  • 24 October 2016

    Board of Director's Meeting

    Highlights of the October 21, 2016 WSU Board of Directors Meeting 1. Positive reports were presented on the two projects being supported by WSU. One on the Grand River and the othe…

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  • 27 September 2016

    More on the Graham's River project

    The 36 stone structures, groins and deflectors, above and below Campbell’s Bridge have been completed. About 1 kilometer of the tributary feeding into the Graham’s at the MacDonald…

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  • 14 September 2016

    New from the Inverness South Assocation

    The beaver dam has been breached and the beavers are gone. Staff are awaiting word from Charlie, our consultant, regarding channel restoration in the area. Personnel are working on…

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  • 15 July 2016

    News from the Grand and nearby CB rivers

    Clifford Boudreau reports that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are embarking on an electro-fishing program on the Grand and nearby rivers. The program will include genetic t…

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  • 15 July 2016

    Inverness South News

    Geoff Nishi is excited about news he just received that indicates the Graham’s river is to be included in the temperature-monitoring database of Atlantic Salmon Rivers by RivTemp. …

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  • 29 June 2016

    June 18th, BOD meeting summary

    The Wild Salmon Unlimited (WSU) Board of Directors met on June18th, 2016 prior to the Society’s annual general meeting. The primary goal of the meeting was to prepare for the AGM t…

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  • 29 June 2016

    June 18th AGM summary

    Following the traditional administrative protocols required by the Society’s by-laws, a number of topics were discussed that are outlined in this summary. The membership year of th…

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  • 29 June 2016

    An alert

    When membership is paid using PayPal on this website it is called a subscription and will be renewed automatically each year. People who do not wish to have their membership renewe…

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  • 9 June 2016

    Inverness South Anglers Assoc.

    Although the mandate of Wild Salmon Unlimited (WSU) is to fund putting fish in rivers, we are currently funding a project that the South Inverness Angler's Association is carrying …

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  • 9 June 2016

    Grand River, Cape Breton Project

    After much effort, over the past few months, on the part of the Richmond County Wildlife Association (RCWA) particularly Clifford Boudreau some positive news has been received from…

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2015

  • 16 November 2015

    November’s Good News

    After much work by our fundraising chairman, Lowell Weir, Wild Salmon Unlimited (WSU) has received charitable status by the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA). We’re grateful to Lowell …

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  • 10 November 2015

    Fall 2015

    Perhaps you all thought we’d disappeared into the river bottom. No such luck. In fact, since we last communicated, we’ve been very busy. Our problem with updates to the website occ…

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  • 10 March 2015

    Ministerial Advisory Committee on Atlantic salmon

    Executive Summary: Wild Salmon Unlimited is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is: to fund the restoration of wild Atlantic salmon to their native Nova Scotia rivers. We d…

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  • 1 January 2015

    Serious Trouble For Wild Atlantic Salmon

    Serious Trouble For Wild Atlantic Salmon By P.J.Wall Long ago most, if not all, Nova Scotia’s rivers had healthy wild Atlantic salmon populations. Today few have any. Why? Many fac…

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2014

  • 1 May 2014

    Press Release Wild Salmon Unlimited

    Attention all Atlantic salmon anglers. “Wild Salmon Unlimited,” a newly formed society has a mission: to fund the restoration of the “king of fish” to their native rivers. Its mott…

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