Nova Scotia: Dozen Responses and Cape Breton

nova scotia: I expected a response, just not one as huge as this, said Sandee Mac Lean, a woman with multiple tattoos and copper red hair, who came up with the idea with her sister, according to The Chronicle Herald. Canada has a lot of land, but not a lot of people, and economically sleepy regions like Cape Breton in Nova Scotia have steadily leaked population. The family expected a few dozen responses; more than 50,000 poured in and the calls keep coming. The island, a scenic 10,360-square-kilometre patch of rolling forest and farmland jutting into the northern Atlantic Ocean, has only about 130,000 residents and has been losing well over 1,000 people a year for the last two decades. It is validation that land is an attraction, said Chris van den Heuvel, president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture. As Cape Bretoners become increasingly frantic about stemming the tide of outward migration, giving away land just might be a solution. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.