News 1. Mitsubishi’s Fish We’ve published an in-depth investigation by Linda Pannozzo, who looks at the failure to implement a new regulatory regime for fish farms in Nova Scotia as recommended by the 2014 Doelle-Lahey report. That failure is particularly important now that Cermaq Canada is looking to expand operations into provincial waters. Pannozzo unpacks many […]
The Roy Building is sued again
In October, we brought you the story of Ruth Armelin, a Portuguese woman who was one side of a pair of duelling lawsuits with the Roy Building, Toronto construction magnate Louis Reznick’s Barrington Street condo project. Armelin had agreed to pay over $2 million for a luxury suite in the Roy, but as she told...
The connections of Nova Scotia universities to slavery and why it matters
Morning File, Friday, February 14, 2020
News 1. Elmsdale Lumber Elmsdale Lumber used to sell most of its bark and chips to Northern Pulp, but now that the mill has closed, Elmsdale is finding new markets, reports Jennifer Henderson. “We will survive” says owner Robin Wilber, but he sees the new markets as only a short-term fix until, he says, the […]
The Law Courts building is an ugly, soul-sucking mess; we should bulldoze it and start over
Morning File, Monday, February 10, 2020
1. Africentric schools Writes Stephen Kimber: Why aren’t we doing something to try to change decades of data — “comparative drop-out rates, school suspension rates, graduation rates, academic averages achieved” — that show African Nova Scotian students aren’t reaching their potential in our school system? Whatever the reasons, it’s time to stop allowing the failures of […]
Joan Baxter: continuing coverage of Northern Pulp
Feb. 1, 2019: “Everything won’t stink so bad:” the countdown to Boat Harbour closure begins March 5, 2019: Northern Pulp’s environmental documents, missing mercury, a pulp mill that never was and oodles of contradictions Nov. 21, 2019: Northern Pulp’s “political game” Dec. 8, 2019: Deciding Northern Pulp’s Future Dec. 17, 2019: Pictou Landing First Nation: […]
Here’s the best map of Cape Breton
Morning File, Tuesday, January 28, 2020
News 1. Lionel Desmond inquiry “Two days before former soldier Lionel Desmond used a rifle to fatally shoot three members of his family and then kill himself, his wife Shanna told him to leave their home in rural Nova Scotia after a heated argument, a fatality inquiry heard Monday,” reports Michael MacDonald for the Canadian […]
Let’s talk about those damn bus doors again
Morning File, Tuesday, January 21, 2020
News 1. Santina Rao “The officers involved are still on the job and Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella had little to say publicly on Monday about the violent arrest of a young Black mother at Walmart last week, citing an ongoing court case and a potential investigation,” reports Zane Woodford: Kinsella addressed reporters after […]
Puzzling developments with Cape Breton’s non-existent container terminal
Morning File, Monday, January 20, 2020
News 1. Walmart incident “When a young black woman accused the Halifax police of racially profiling and abusing her in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident at Walmart last week, officials did what officials do,” writes Stephen Kimber. “They obfuscated, they passed the buck, they pretended to take it seriously.” Click here to read “Can […]
Shopping while Black: Santina Rao’s experience at Wal-Mart
Morning File, Friday, January 17, 2020
News 1. Racial profiling “Santina Rao was at the Walmart at the Halifax Shopping Centre on Wednesday when she was accused of stealing by store staff, assaulted by the police, and arrested,” writes El Jones: Rao was shopping with her two young children, age 3 and 15 months. She paid for $90 worth of items […]
Owls Head Provincial Park has been deleted from the province’s map of parks and protected areas
Last week, CBC reporter Michael Gorman noted that: Last year the government quietly removed Owls Head provincial park in Little Harbour from the province’s pending protected status list. The move was made so negotiations could begin with Lighthouse Links Development Co., which hopes to acquire the 285 hectares of coastal headland, add it to land […]
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