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Home » Economy » Natural Resources » Mining » Page 2

Category: Mining

A large grey building next to a pile of black coal.
Posted inBusiness and Development

Province renews Donkin Mine approval despite long history of safety violations

by Tim Bousquet December 2, 2022December 2, 2022
A woman with brown hair waving in the wind, as she stands on a rocky beach
Posted inMorning File

Yvette d’Entremont: one of the cornerstones of the Examiner’s foundation

by Tim Bousquet November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
An aerial shot of the open pit of the St Barbara Ltd Touquoy gold mine in Moose River, the pit has dark green water in its base and trucks have been taking waste rock into the deep pit.
Posted inEnvironment

Critics ‘extremely concerned’ as St Barbara changes gold mine proposal at Fifteen Mile Stream from one open pit to four

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter November 10, 2022November 30, 2022
This aerial photo of Atlantic Gold's Touquoy open pit gold mine in Moose River shows the giant crater where the gold is mined, and the large tailings pond on the edge of Scraggy Lake. Photo is contributed.
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Mining

Canadian regulators giving Australia’s St Barbara what it wants

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter August 18, 2022January 9, 2023
This aerial photo of Atlantic Gold's Touquoy open pit gold mine in Moose River shows the giant crater where the gold is mined, and the large tailings pond on the edge of Scraggy Lake. Photo is contributed.
Posted inCommentary

Nova Scotia Environment minister approved Signal Gold’s open pit mine at Goldboro despite concerns and criticisms from scientists in his own department

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter August 10, 2022November 6, 2022
This aerial shot shows the vast tailings facility at the Touquoy open pit gold mine in Nova Scotia. Photo: Simon Ryder-Burbidge
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Mining, Province House

Atlantic Gold’s parent company hints it may halt its Nova Scotia operation

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter June 25, 2022January 9, 2023
An aerial view of an open pit mine
Posted inMining, Province House

Nova Scotia has a draft list of ‘critical minerals’ and gold is not on it

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter June 1, 2022January 9, 2023
An advisory sign that warns about high levels of arsenic, in front of a body of water
Posted inMining

Port Wallace Gamble: the real estate boom meets Nova Scotia’s toxic mine legacy

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter April 13, 2022November 22, 2022
A gold tailings site
Posted inProvince House

Public paying the price to clean up old gold mines

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 23, 2022November 22, 2022
A white sign for Atlantic Gold Touquoys Gold Project.
Posted inEnvironment

Up close and privileged: Nova Scotia’s “One Window” process gives mining execs seats at the table in the halls of power

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 19, 2022November 22, 2022

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


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DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc homepage.


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In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

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