News 1. COVID-19 by the numbers In Nova Scotia, as of March 17, 2020, there are 934 negative test results, six presumptive positive cases and one confirmed case of COVID-19. In Canada, as of 8pm on March 17, 2020, there 569 confirmed cases and 26 probable cases of COVID-19. Eight people have died of COVID-19, […]

News 1. NDP keeps Cape Breton Centre, but loses Truro to PCs By-election results are in and Progressive Conservative candidate Dave Ritcey will fill former NDP MLA Lenore Zann’s seat in Truro-Bible Hill, while NDP candidate Kendra Coombs will take over from her NDP predecessor in Cape Breton Centre. The Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly is […]

News 1. Port Wallace Gamble, Part 3 Tim Bousquet wrote this item. Joan Baxter’s investigative series “Port Wallace Gamble” continues with “Part 3: Cleaning up the historic tailings from Montague Gold Mines – Does Port Wallace development hang in the balance?” Baxter has done an excellent job showing us the present-day hazards of Nova Scotia’s […]

News 1. Alton Gas appeal hearing, day one Jennifer Henderson reports on day one of a two-day hearing in Nova Scotia Supreme Court regarding an appeal by the Sipekne’katik First Nation which argues, “the approval granted Alton [Gas] to hollow out salt caverns and flush the resulting brine in the Shubenacadie River should be quashed […]

News 1. Underreporting leads to a lack of honest discussion about suicide “Each day at least 10 people die of suicide in Canada,” writes Evelyn White in the Halifax Examiner, “leaving behind seven to 10 so-called “suicide survivors.” And yet, the shame and stigma surrounding the taking of one’s own life has led to a […]