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Shaping the rules around roadside memorials

Morning File, Thursday, January 23, 2020

January 23, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp issues layoff notices This morning’s press release from Northern Pulp: Jennifer Henderson will have more on this shortly. 2. Council’s budget committee opts in favour of menstrual products for municipal facilities Zane Woodford looks at councillor Lorelei Nicoll’s proposal to get menstrual products in municipal facilities. The proposal is closer to […]

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Iain Rankin promises big changes in forestry management, but the province is moving slowly

June 26, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Give Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin credit for trying. Last November, Rainkin accepted all 45 recommendations from Bill Lahey, a former deputy environment minister and university president hired to figure out how to make Nova Scotia forests healthier and more productive. Lahey’s recommendations were aimed at improving   biodiversity and reducing the amount of...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Andy Kekacs, Bill Lahey, Bill Oprel, Biodiversity Act, biomass, clearcutting on Crown lands, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Emera, Forest Management Guide, Lahey report, Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Power, Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners & Operators Association, Port Hawkesbury Paper, Ray Plourde

We’ll get around to that climate emergency eventually

Morning File, Thursday March 7, 2019

March 7, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

News 1. Court This is an abbreviated Morning File because I have to be at the Supreme Court at 9am. I’m going to court to join the CBC and the Canadian Press in their efforts to rescind the sealing order in the Glen Assoun case. That order was issued by Justice Chipman on October 23, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill Lahey, Cameron Yetman, climate emergency, Community Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP), Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee, Erin Appelbe, Glen Assoun resealing order, iMatter, Jamie Simpson, Justice Chipman, Lily Barraclough, Neria Atwine, Peter Duncan, Robin Tress, Shilo Gempton, Stephen Archibald and real fake wood grain, Youth Climate Action Program

Naturalists sue province for failing to protect endangered species

February 28, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Another branch of the McNeil government is being taken to court, this time for not doing enough to protect and preserve endangered species such as the mainland moose, barn swallow, monarch butterfly, and hoary willow. A judge will review the alleged failure of the Lands and Forestry Minister to take actions mandated under the Endangered...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bill Lahey, Black ash, Blomidon Society of Naturalists, Bob Bancroft, Canada warbler, East Coast Environmental Law Association (ECELAW), Eastern wood peewee, Endangered Species Act, Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists, Halifax Society of Naturalists, James Klassen, Lahey Report on Forestry, Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin, Mainland Moose, Ram’s-head lady slipper, Wood turtle

Lands, forests, oceans, and more

Morning File, Wednesday, August 22, 2018

August 22, 2018 By Philip Moscovitch 12 Comments

I’m Philip Moscovitch filling in for Tim, who was sitting by a campfire last night. On Twitter I’m @PhilMoscovitch. News 1. Forestry Review Bill Lahey released his much-anticipated review of forestry practices in the province late yesterday morning. Jennifer Henderson reports for the Halifax Examiner: Bill Lahey’s prescription was sweeping: “We need a new paradigm […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: adult learning, Bill Lahey, Emma Smith, Joe Howlett, Karissa Donkin, Ken Schwartz, Kim Pittaway, Lahey Review of Forestry Practices, Mi'kmaw Summer Games, Peggy's Cove tourists, Philip Moscovitch, Shalan Joudry, TJ Colello, Waneek Horn-Miller

The Lahey Review of Forest Practices is published; what does it mean?

August 21, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson 3 Comments

Bill Lahey’s prescription was sweeping: “We need a new paradigm to manage our forests.” That’s what the University of King’s College president told journalists after handing the McNeil government the results of a year-long review of forestry practices in Nova Scotia. McNeil appointed Lahey last August after choosing not to implement key recommendations of the […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Bill Lahey, clearcutting, Forest Nova Scotia, Iain Rankin, Jeff Bishop, Jennifer Henderson, Raymond Plourde

Is tidal power dead in the water?

The collapse of OpenHydro comes after $36.2 million in public money has been put into tidal development in Nova Scotia.

August 7, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

The collapse late last month of the French-owned, Irish-based company that has installed tidal turbines three times in the Bay of Fundy continues to reverberate. It is felt most acutely by suppliers and sub-contractors in Nova Scotia, the Orkney Islands, and wherever in the world OpenHydro did business. An unanswered question is whether the collapse...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Aecon Industries, BBC Chartering, Bill Lahey, Black Rock Tidal Power, Cape Sharp, Cape Sharp Tidal, Christian Richard, DP Energy, Electric Power Research Institute, Emera Inc., Energy Minister Derek Monbourquette, Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), Grant Thornton, Marine Current Technologies, Maritime Tidal Energy Corp, Melissa Oldreive, Minas Basin Pulp and Paper, Minas Energy, Minas Tidal, Naval Energies, OpenHydro, Ron Scott, Schottel Hydro, Stacey Pineau, tidal power

Eleven more security failures… are we going to arrest Google?

Morning File, Tuesday, May 1, 2018

May 1, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Eleven more security failures Yesterday, the provincial Department of Internal Services announced that it has discovered 11 more potential security failures related to the Freedom of Information website: Work is progressing on addressing the privacy breach of government’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP) website. To date the province has: — […]

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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).

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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