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Atlantic Bubble likely will be postponed; 6 new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, April 13 — all involving travellers

April 13, 2021 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

Citing an increase in COVID cases in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin today imposed new restrictions on people travelling into Nova Scotia from New Brunswick. As well, he said it is likely that the creation of an Atlantic bubble, allowing travel between the Atlantic provinces without quarantine, which had been scheduled for April […]

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Pieridae’s pipe dream

Pieridae Energy’s plans for a liquified natural gas plant in Nova Scotia sit in the sweet spot of an elaborate Rube Goldberg financing machine that requires Shell Oil offloading some aging gas wells in Alberta to a cash-strapped energy company living on the hope of sky-high gas costs in Germany years from now.

April 13, 2021 By Joan Baxter

If the Halifax Examiner inbox is anything to go by, there is no shortage of critics of Pieridae Energy and its plans to pipe natural gas into Nova Scotia, build a $10-billion liquefied natural gas plant in Goldboro on the province’s Eastern Shore, and then ship the LNG to Germany, a project the Halifax Examiner...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Alberta, Alberta Energy Regulator, Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project, Alfred Sorensen, Andrew Nikiforuk, Andy Gheorghiu, carbon offsetting, climate emergency, Environment Minister Randy Delorey, Environnement Vert Plus, Erikson National Energy, Fortum, fracked gas, Fracking, German Ministry of Economics and Energy, Germany, Goldboro LNG plant, greenhouse gas emissions, James Millar, Ken Summers, Larry Hughes, liquefied natural gas, Mark Dorin, Mark Horrox, natural gas, Nova Scotia Environment, Pascal Bergeron, Pieridae Energy, Polluter Pay Federation, Premier Iain Rankin, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec Environmental Law Centre, Regan Boychuk, Shell Canada, SLAPP, Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, The Tyee, Third Eye Capital, Thomas Ciz, Uniper, US Department of Energy

What’s the Big Idea?

Morning file, Tuesday, April 13, 2021

April 13, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 8 Comments

News 1. Nova Scotia non-profits to distribute $11.5 million in COVID-19 relief funds The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Under the federal Safe Restart program, community groups and non-profits in Nova Scotia will deliver millions in relief to people struggling financially. In a new […]

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Federal COVID-relief funding to help people struggling with heating, electric bills

April 13, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The Salvation Army in Nova Scotia says the $3.5 million it will receive to administer the new Nova Scotia COVID Relief Fund comes at a time when more people than ever are reaching out for help. On […]

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Council approves Elmsdale mobile home park despite concerns around turtle habitat, ground water

April 13, 2021 By Zane Woodford

Turtles, traffic, and groundwater are all provincial issues, according to municipal staff, so councillors approved a controversial mobile home park proposal in Elmsdale following a public hearing Monday night. Halifax regional council’s North West Community Council held the virtual public hearing on a proposal for a 525-unit mobile home park on Old Truro Road in...

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7 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Monday, April 12

April 12, 2021 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

Seven new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Monday, April 12). All sevewn cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone — five are related to travel outside Atlantic Canada and two are close contacts of previously announced cases. The new cases are in the following age cohorts: two are aged 20-39 (one […]

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Emera president Scott Balfour just got a million dollar raise; how’s your day going?

Morning File, Monday, April 12, 2021

April 12, 2021 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 17 Comments

News 1. Concrete capture “In 2017, Environment Minister (now Premier) Iain Rankin approved Lafarge Canada’s proposal for a one-year pilot project to burn scrap tires in its 55-year-old cement plant in Brookfield near Shortts Lake, about 13 kilometres south of Truro,” reports Linda Pannozzo: The plan to use tire derived fuel (TDF) at the Brookfield […]

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Unsung Heroes

Study after study after study have found that staffing levels at long-term care facilities need to be increased, so the Province of Nova Scotia is taking the predictable course of action: it's going to study it again.

April 12, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson 4 Comments

They say “a rising tide raises all boats.” But the waves of the pandemic have raised public awareness of partially submerged boats which have been floating in and out of political view for decades: income inequality, the precarious economic status of women, and weak spots in our health care system, to name a few.  Add […]

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5 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Sunday, April 11

April 11, 2021 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

Five new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Sunday, April 11). Four of the new cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone — two are related to travel outside Atlantic Canada and two are close contacts of previously announced cases. One case is in the Eastern Zone and is related to […]

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Premier Rankin talks a good game. Where have we heard that before?

During a Chamber of Commerce state-of-the-province event last week, our new premier postured back at the chamber's posturing about his government's budget. But should we have faith he means what he says?

April 11, 2021 By Stephen Kimber

Gavin MacDonald’s introduction was full of the expected whinging and woe-is-us, and — of course, as always — it arrived with its own neatly wrapped Santa’s wish list for the good girls and boys gathered last week in an appropriately socially distanced convention centre meeting room. MacDonald, a corporate lawyer who is also chair of...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Biodiversity Act, Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Premier Iain Rankin, Rankin budget

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

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

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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  • Federal COVID-relief funding to help people struggling with heating, electric bills April 13, 2021
  • Council approves Elmsdale mobile home park despite concerns around turtle habitat, ground water April 13, 2021

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