Just how safe are those rockets proposed to be launched from Canso?

A fuel called UDMH has a worrisome health record, and some scientists say it presents a danger to Nova Scotia and ocean creatures.

February 27, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

Sometime over the next few months, the top two municipal officials with the District of Guysborough will travel to Vandenburg Air Force base in California to watch a rocket launch. Municipal council voted to pay for a fact-finding trip — which includes an equally important visit to rocket fuel company United Paradyne — by CAO…

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

Episode #32 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The East Coast Music Awards, originally scheduled for May in Sydney, have been reimagined as a four-day online festival kicking off June 10.
Multiple nominees Rich Aucoin and Like A Motorcycle drop by the show to talk about putting out long-gestating projects into the covid abyss, their hopes and dreams for fall shows (and Halifax release shows), and exactly how they’re going to appear on Thursday’s big awards gala. Hit ecma.com for the full schedule.

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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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