News 1. Ferry funding The province announced funding for the Yarmouth ferry yesterday: The province is helping to renovate the Bar Harbor ferry terminal to accommodate the Nova Scotia-Maine ferry service. The expected cost is $8.5 million. ... The renovation costs will be included in the province’s 2018-19 spending. The work is currently underway with an … [Read More...]
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News 1. John Risley's South African Adventure Out from behind the paywall: Tim's epic piece on how Nova Scotia billionaire John Risley wound up in bed with an … [Read More...]
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Anthony Leblanc is asking the Trudeau government to pay for his stadium
News 1. Alton Gas This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. “There is no evidence to support the occupation of land near Fort Ellis by Dale Poulette, … [Read More...]
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Judge orders protestors off Alton Gas site
Justice Gerald Moir has granted Alton Natural Gas Storage a temporary injunction to remove protestors who erected a permanent camp on the access road to the Shubenacadie River. The site is where the company intends to deposit brine from future … [Read More...]
It’s time to ditch the “Crusaders” name
News 1. Clearwater "Last week, Clearwater Seafoods Inc. released a triumphant joint statement, announcing a 50-year partnership agreement with 14 Nova Scotia and Newfoundland First Nations to benefit together from the $100-million-a-year surf … [Read More...]
Clearwater wins. Again. Still. Always. And forever
Last week, Clearwater Seafoods Inc. released a triumphant joint statement, announcing a 50-year partnership agreement with 14 Nova Scotia and Newfoundland First Nations to benefit together from the $100-million-a-year surf clam fishery. The … [Read More...]
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Environment Minister Margaret Miller isn’t talking about Northern Pulp’s much-criticized environmental assessment
News 1. Spill at Moose River gold mine "Atlantic Gold’s manager of environment and permitting, James Millard, calls it … [Read More...]
Spill at Moose River gold mine raises environmental concerns
Cover photo: the tailings facility at the Touquoy gold mine. Photo: Saint Mary’s River Association Atlantic Gold’s manager … [Read More...]
The CODCO comedy troupe is criminally under-recognized
News 1. Lung transplant news Carolyn Ray has written an excellent series of stories for CBC on Nova Scotia lung … [Read More...]
Northern Pulp’s environmental assessment “is simply not credible” says EAC
News 1. Pulp Culture We've published Linda Pannozzo's detailed review of how through the decades the province … [Read More...]
Alton Gas asks court for order to remove Mi’kmaw protestors from Shubenacadie River site
A group of 40-50 people opposed to a plan by Alton Natural Gas Storage Inc. to dump brine into the Shubenacadie River packed … [Read More...]
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I wonder if Billy Freeman, a sixth generation saw-miller with 15 years experience, saw this juncture coming. A few weeks … [Read More...]
Science will determine just how much you people are pissing off your bartenders
I'm Suzanne Rent and I'm filling in for Tim this morning. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Here's a tip: … [Read More...]
Electronic Frontier Foundation recognizes the Nova Scotia government and Halifax police for their role in tech transparency
1. SNC-Lavalin "There is an unanswered, barely whispered question at the heart-attack centre of the SNC-Lavalin scandal … [Read More...]
What would Andrew do? Jagmeet?
There is an unanswered, barely whispered question at the heart-attack centre of the SNC-Lavalin scandal now dumping buckets … [Read More...]
Here are the names and phone numbers of the contractors failing to clear your sidewalks
1. Northern Pulp Yesterday, the Halifax Examiner published two stories related to Northern Pulp Mill's environmental … [Read More...]
Barb Hamilton-Hinch knows the score
Talk to an average American basketball fan and I’d wager that he (or she) hasn’t a clue about the game’s Canadian bona … [Read More...]
The Canso Chemicals mystery: With the chemical plant long gone, why is the company still alive? And what about all that mercury pollution?
Canso Chemicals hasn’t produced any chemicals for 29 years, but — contrary to what I wrote in the Halifax Examiner in … [Read More...]
Dalhousie researcher breaks silence over pulp mill’s cancer-causing air emissions
Dalhousie University researcher Emma Hoffman has come forward to defend her 2017 ambient air quality study about … [Read More...]
We’ll get around to that climate emergency eventually
News 1. Court This is an abbreviated Morning File because I have to be at the Supreme Court at 9am. I'm going to … [Read More...]
Holly Bartlett’s story has been made into a TV series
News 1. Northern Pulp's environmental assessment fail "There is much to wade through in the documents Northern Pulp … [Read More...]
The abandoned tidal turbine still sits on the bottom of the Minas Basin, and taxpayers are probably on the hook for removing it
The future of a massive, five-storey high tidal turbine sitting on the bottom of the Bay of Fundy off the coast of Parrsboro … [Read More...]
Northern Pulp’s environmental documents: missing mercury, a pulp mill that never was, and oodles of contradictions
Cover photo: "Point D," where treated Northern Pulp wastewater currently flows from Boat Harbour into the Northumberland … [Read More...]
Public agencies lost at least $2.2 million on aioTV
News 1. Northern Pulp This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has … [Read More...]
Horsing around with taxpayers’ money for some connected guy’s get-rich-quick scheme
News 1. Glen Assoun In 1999, Glen Assoun was convicted of the murder of his former girlfriend, Brenda Way. He spent … [Read More...]
“That Rude Girl”: organizing as a Black woman
This week, Jody Wilson-Raybould's testimony about SNC-Lavalin dominated Canadian politics. My timeline is filled with … [Read More...]