CREDA Report

 

May 28, 2008

The Career Resource Centre in Amherst will be hosting a series of Career Development Workshops in June designed to provide job seekers with the tools they need to find a job that suits them.

The first workshop in the series is scheduled for Monday, June 9 and will focus on career decision making. Developing the tools and techniques needed for a successful job search will be the covered on Tuesday, June 10, while Networking will be the topic on Thursday, June 12. The final two workshops on Tuesday, June 17 and Wednesday, June 18 will focus on interviews.

All of the workshops will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cumberland Economic Resource Centre boardroom, 35 Church Street, Amherst. Workshops are free of charge but participants are encouraged to reserve early to ensure a seat. To register or for further information contact the CRC at 667-3638 or toll free at 866-667-2344. You can also drop in to the Resource Centre at 35 Church Street or log on to their website at www.amherstcrc.net.

The Career Resource Centre is an initiative funded by Service Canada and sponsored by CREDA.

 

May 7, 2008

Good news for camping and hiking enthusiasts - Cape Chignecto Provincial Park in Advocate Harbour will open for the 2008 season this Friday, May 9. The 4200 hectare natural environment park offers some of the best coastal hiking and most spectacular scenery in eastern Canada. With over 60 kilometres of trails, both back and front-country camping, wilderness cabin and bunkhouse, and a visitor centre and gift shop the park is a Cumberland County gem that continues to attract visitors from around the world. For reservations call 1-888-544-3434 or visit the provincial parks website at www.novascotiaparks.ca.

Watch for the opening this summer of the new Eatonville day-use park which will feature five kilometres of family-accessible trail systems, picnic areas, and six professionally engineered viewing platforms offering spectacular views of the Three Sisters sea stacks, Eatonville Harbour and the upper Bay of Fundy. A completely green, solar-powered interpretive/visitor centre to be known as the Three Sisters Interpretive Centre will welcome visitors to this section of the park.

Cape Chignecto Provincial Park is managed and operated by CREDA and a volunteer Management Board under a Management Agreement with the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.

 

If you have any questions or want further information regarding CREDA call 667-3638. CREDA is Quality System registered to ISO 9001:2000.