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Provincial budget update: increased surplus and debt reduction, but also large bills for cleaning up historic toxic mines and the Yarmouth ferry

July 25, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

“You’re richer than you think” Scotiabank used to say in its marketing campaign to prospective customers. Today we learned the Province is in better financial shape than we were led to believe a year ago. Audited financial statements for the year March 2018–March 2019 show the province had a surplus of $120 million, four times...

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Filed Under: Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: abandoned gold mines, arsenic, Bar Harbor ferry terminal, Boat Harbour, Finance Minister Karen Casey, Goldenville mine, Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin, mercury, Minister Lloyd Hines, Montague Mines, NDP leader Gary Burrill, provincial budget, Yarmouth ferry

Spill at Moose River gold mine raises environmental concerns

Atlantic Gold springs an effluent leak, plugs a new mine, and sells itself to investors 

March 15, 2019 By Joan Baxter 6 Comments

Cover photo: the tailings facility at the Touquoy gold mine. Photo: Saint Mary’s River Association Atlantic Gold’s manager of environment and permitting, James Millard, calls it a “spill” or a “loss of control” caused by a “gasket failure.” By whatever name, the event happened on the night of January 3, 2019, at the company’s open […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Adele Poirier, arsenic, Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Mining NS, Barbara Markovits, Barry Clattenburg, Beaver Dam, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), Charles Clattenburg, Cochrane Hill, Craig Hudson, cyanide, D.D.V. Gold, Dustin O’Leary, Eastern Shore Forest Watch, Eastern Shore Wildlife Association, Eastern Shore Wildlife Centre, Fifteen-Mile Stream, Friends of the St. Mary’s River, James Millard, Jim Turner, Maryse Belanger, Moose River, Moose River Consolidated Project, Mount Polley, Nova Scotia Environment, Nova Scotia Salmon Association, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), Scraggy Lake, Sean Thompson, Sheet Harbour, Torquoy Gold Mine, Wayne Oakley, West River

Halifax councillors should tell city staff to stop dithering and adopt a living wage policy already

Morning File, Monday, January 28, 2019

January 28, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Blackface Last Monday, some Dalhousie students protested at the welcoming reception for incoming interim president Peter MacKinnon. As I noted Tuesday, the students were particularly riled over MacKinnon’s book, University Commons Divided: Exploring Debate & Dissent on Campus, which included a section that downplays and excuses the wearing of blackface while mischaracterizing and sidelining those who object […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: arsenic, Bernie Smith, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Frances Willick, Halifax Port Authority, Halterm, Linda Campbell, living wage, Public Safety Strategy, Robyn Simon, Sebastien Labelle, The Bus Stop Theatre, United Way

Fool’s Gold

Nova Scotia's Myopic Pursuit of Metals & Minerals

May 16, 2018 By Joan Baxter 8 Comments

A Halifax Examiner / Cape Breton Spectator investigation. Part 1: Welcome to the Gold Rush There’s a 21st century gold rush starting in Nova Scotia, just as industrial gold mining is increasingly coming into disrepute around the world. It has been described as an “environmental disaster” which often leads to contamination of water sources on […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: Alan Septoff, Anaconda Mining, arsenic, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Atlantic Gold, Bill 76, Brilliant Earth, Bruce Nunn, Canadian Mineral Investment Forum in Beijing, Cape Breton Spectator, Chamber of Mineral Resources of Nova, Chilean Metals, China Mining Conference in Tianjin, Chrissy Matheson, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Diane Webber, Earthworks, Ecology Action Centre, El Salvador, Finance Minister Karen Casey, First Nations Membertou Band, Fool's Gold Part 1, Greater Cape Breton Partnership, IAMGOLD, Joan Baxter, Joan Kuyek, Kluscap Wilderness Area, mercury, Mineral Incentive Program, Mineral Resources Act, Mineral Resources Development Fund, Mining Association of Nova Scotia, Mining One Window Process, Mining Watch Canada, Minister Lloyd Hines, Minister Margaret Miller, MLA Geoff MacLellan, Nova Scotia Business Inc, NS Environment, premier John Savage, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), Rachel Boomer, Raymond Plourde, Resource Capital Gold Corp., Sean Kirby, sodium cyanide, Tejas Gold Inc., Touquoy mine, toxic tailings from historic gold mines, Ugo Lapointe, uranium, Water For Life

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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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