It all seems, well, so … Nova Scotian. Let’s begin way back in the late 1960s and early seventies when a local developer named Ben McCrea cobbled together various deals that helped save a group of historic but ramshackle waterfront buildings from the wrecker’s ball. McCrea’s efforts not only transformed those rundown blocks into our...
Acadians go to court in bid for a Chéticamp electoral riding
The organization representing the province’s Acadians has filed a notice of motion with the Nova Scotia Supreme Court as part of their decades-long attempt to secure an electoral riding in the Chéticamp area of Cape Breton. In a media release issued Wednesday, the Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse (FANE) announced the court filing along with...
Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer
Activists says the online tool where Nova Scotians can submit feedback on what happens to the forests on public lands is inaccessible and lacks historical data.
In December 2020, Mike Lancaster was invited to attend an online meeting of the Western Region Stakeholder Interaction Committee, which he describes as a venue for those holding forestry licences on Crown land and “other key stakeholders to engage with the Department of Lands and Forestry on forestry and planning issues for the western region...
Committee recommends in favour of one Dartmouth development, defers another
One Dartmouth developer ticked a box on Wednesday, while another will have to wait. The municipality’s Design Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to city planners on the design elements of proposals under the Centre Plan, met virtually with two proposals on the agenda: one for Wyse Road and one for Pleasant Street. Both proposals are...
Bill C-10 and the future of Canadian content in broadcasting, on the internet
Television screenwriters worry about what will happen to their stories if the new Broadcasting Act dies, while critics of C-10 say it overreaches, threatens free speech, and limits choices.
Maureen Parker has put in a dozen years of “prep and work and lobbying and money, and sweat and tears” in an effort to get the federal government to regulate streaming services and ensure they help fund Canadian content. And now she’s worried that goal may slip away. Parker is the long-time executive director of...
Free speech and ‘really good conversation:’ Opportunities to teach and to learn
I used to think of myself as a free speech absolutist. I still do, mostly. But I’m now a little less absolute in my absolutism. Let's take a look two recent close-to-home cases.
I used to think of myself as a free speech absolutist. I still do, mostly. But I’m now a little less absolute in my absolutism. The hard edges of my belief that every form of speech is OK — save perhaps yelling “fire” in a crowded theatre, or directly threatening to murder your neighbour —...
Environment committee recommends in favour of water quality monitoring at 74 lakes across HRM
Council’s environmental committee is recommending the municipality start testing lake water quality, implementing a monitoring program for the first time since 2011. Under a plan submitted to council’s Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee during its virtual meeting on Thursday, based on a report from consultants AECOM, 74 of the more than 1,000 lakes across Halifax...
Appeals court throws out Heritage Trust application to shrink Brunswick Street development
A development approved for Brunswick Street is not too tall for the area, Nova Scotia’s highest court ruled on Thursday. It’s likely the end of the line for the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia’s fight against the proposal from developer Adam Barrett’s Brunswick Street Developments Ltd. for a 42-unit, eight-storey residential building at 2267 Brunswick...
At $95.7 million, Dexter Construction submits lowest bid for Cogswell Interchange construction
Dexter Construction is in line to get the contract for the Cogswell Interchange project, submitting the lowest bid for the work at more than $95 million. Halifax first issued a request for qualifications for the project in 2018, outlining the scope of work for the successful bidder. That includes tearing down the existing labyrinth of...
Atlantic Gold is facing 32 charges for violating provincial environmental laws; yesterday, we learned the company also faces three federal charges
A lawyer for Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia was in court yesterday to enter pleas on a total of 32 charges laid under the province’s Environment Act related to the company’s open-pit gold mining operation at Moose River and gold exploration at Fifteen Mile Stream on the Eastern Shore — but those pleas weren’t entered. In...
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