Appeals court rules for Halifax, against developer in Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes land dispute

January 8, 2021 By Zane Woodford

It’s a win for the municipality and everyone advocating in favour of a park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes, but one environmentalist warns it could bring the process back to square one. The highest court in Nova Scotia ruled in a written decision released on Thursday that Halifax Regional Municipality did not effectively expropriate a developer’s…

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Zane Woodford covers municipal politics for the Halifax Examiner. Email: [email protected]; Twitter

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