By now, many people in Nova Scotia will have seen the Atlantic Gold ads on television, read words of self-praise from the company in newspaper opinion pieces, or received Atlantic Gold flyers in their mailboxes. For the past month or so, Atlantic Gold has been blanketing the province with its propaganda. As the Halifax Examiner...
Cermaq’s PR Fiasco
Part 2: There's "zero" chance Nova Scotia’s wild salmon will survive disease spread from Cermaq’s proposed mega-farms, says Alexandra Morton
The Halifax Examiner attended all three of Cermaq’s “open houses” on the South Shore, recorded nearly five hours of Q&A, and reports here on one of the recurring concerns raised at the meetings: How dangerous is the spread of piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) from farmed to wild fish? This is the second part of a two-part...
Whatever happened to spring legislature sessions that lasted until spring?
In 1972, the legislature's spring session last 54 sitting days. In 2020, it lasted 13. It seems we have nothing to discuss.
The last time I covered the Nova Scotia legislature on a regular basis, Gerald Regan was the premier. It was a simpler time: before even now-museum vintage fax machines and VCRs but also before personal computers, the Internet, online newspapers, 24-hour cable news, streaming services, social media and… well, life as we now know it....
Cermaq’s PR fiasco
Part 1: Citing disasters at the company's west coast operations, Nova Scotians raise concerns about plans for fish farms on the east coast. Cermaq's response? "Shit happens."
The Halifax Examiner attended all three of Cermaq’s “open houses” on the South Shore, recorded nearly five hours of Q&A, and reports here on some of the key concerns raised by area residents. This is the first of a two-part series. Between 2014 and 2017, not long before taking the position of Sustainable Development...
Last year, Stephen McNeil said he’d provide the province’s legal bill in the “conquered people” case; now he won’t
Premier Stephen McNeil was asked (again) yesterday when he would “make good” on his promise given July 25, 2019 to release the cost of hiring outside lawyers from Toronto to appeal the Nova Scotia top court’s decision to the Supreme Court of Canada in the “Conquered People’s” case. Here is part of the audiotaped exchange...
The Nova Scotia government is planning for tree plantations
The plan calls for "high-production forestry zones" on 882,000 acres of crown land where white, red, and Norway Spruce will be doused with pesticides and fed with fertilizers.
Friday the 13th is the deadline for public comment on the province’s discussion paper on high-production forestry zones, as recommended by Professor Bill Lahey in August 2018. The high-production zone is part of a three-pronged or “triad” approach which is supposed to reduce clearcutting on crown Land and manage forests in a more ecologically sustainable...
What’s the difference between opioid and gambling addictions?
The difference is that, in the case of opioids, the harm creators are the drug’s makers and distributors. In the case of VLT gambling, they're governments themselves. And that creates a world of difference when it comes to which harm-maker governments decide should be punished and which should be protected.
Give Stephen McNeil’s Liberals an A+ for Audacity. On Tuesday last week (March 3), the government introduced legislation to give it, present and previous cabinet ministers, the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, and provincial casino operators blanket immunity from class-action lawsuits, as well as a free pass on liability for any punitive...
Amid Covid-19 fears, ticket prices for the International Ice Hockey Federation games have been slashed
Some 82,000 people from around the world were predicted to attend the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Women’s Championship games to be held across Nova Scotia next month. But what happens if the coronavirus emerges during the tournament?
“Fingers crossed.” That’s how Garreth MacDonald, communications director for Hockey Nova Scotia, described how fans and players are feeling these days as the spread of the COVID-19 virus threatens to derail the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Women’s Championship planned for Truro and Halifax at the end of this month. Years of planning and $650,000...
Port Wallace Gamble: the real estate boom meets Nova Scotia’s toxic mine legacy
Part 3: Cleaning up the historic tailings from Montague Gold Mines – Does Port Wallace development hang in the balance?
This is the third and final article in a series about the toxic legacy from historic gold mines in Nova Scotia, which its citizens will be paying many millions of dollars to try to clean up, and how the contamination at just one of these sites — Montague Gold Mines in HRM — is affecting...
Port Wallace Gamble: the real estate boom meets Nova Scotia’s toxic mine legacy
Part 2: the suburb proposed to be built in the shadow of Montague Gold Mines
This is a story about the toxic legacy from historic gold mines in Nova Scotia, which its citizens will be paying many millions of dollars to try to clean up, and how the contamination at just one of these sites — Montague Mines in HRM — is still affecting us today. This, the second in...
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