How safe is ExxonMobil’s natural gas liquids pipeline in Nova Scotia?

A review of emergency response preparations for a pipeline leak says 911 dispatchers can't easily contact the oil company and cash-strapped fire departments have abandoned gas detection equipment because it's too costly to maintain.

June 2, 2016 By Jennifer Henderson

The map above shows locations discussed in this article. The pipeline route is stylized. On Saturday, volunteer fire departments from Louisdale, the Town of Port Hawkesbury, and Port Hastings will take part in an emergency preparedness exercise. It’s part and parcel of living next door to a pipeline and processing plant that handles propane, butane,…

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Jennifer Henderson is a freelance journalist and retired CBC News reporter. email: [email protected]

A person in Indigenous ceremonial dress and a boy dance on the red sand of a beach on the Minas Basin.

Episode 46 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Bretten Hannam has been working on Wildhood, in one way or another, for the past decade, pausing to make multiple short films and their debut feature, North Mountain (2015), an experience that took years itself to recover from. Wildhood is the story of a Two-Spirit Mi’kmaq teen who sets off to find the mother he thought was dead, a gorgeously rendered, gentle journey of self-discovery. In 2020 it became the first feature film to shoot in Nova Scotia in a post-COVID world. Brett stopped in on their way to the film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival to chat challenges, considerations of community, and opening FIN tonight.

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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. 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.

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