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Home » biodiversity

Tag: biodiversity

Drone shot of a 2018 Westfor clearcut on crown land. Lake Rossignol can be seen on the top right.
Posted inForestry

Enviro groups call Sustainable Forestry Initiative ‘greenwashing’

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 5, 2022January 5, 2023

Eight environmental groups across Canada are asking the Competition Bureau of Canada to inquire into what they allege are “false and misleading” sustainability claims from the Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI) certification scheme.

Two people hike along a lake. On the right is a woman with a blue backpack, and on the left, in front, is a man with a red backpack. It's an overcast day, and along the shores of the lake there are evergreen trees and steep hills.
Posted inProvince House

Feds, province announce agreements to create urban park, conserve land

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 18, 2022January 9, 2023
This aerial photo of Atlantic Gold's Touquoy open pit gold mine in Moose River shows the giant crater where the gold is mined, and the large tailings pond on the edge of Scraggy Lake. Photo is contributed.
Posted inCommentary

Nova Scotia Environment minister approved Signal Gold’s open pit mine at Goldboro despite concerns and criticisms from scientists in his own department

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter August 10, 2022November 6, 2022
Northumberland Pulp's sign, a large white sign with the company name and logo, surrounded by landscaping.
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Forestry

An Indonesian company is increasingly controlling Canada’s pulp industry, but regulators seem unwilling to act

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 6, 2022January 9, 2023
A person wearing jeans kneeling in the ground planting seedlings into a garden while wearing white gloves rimmed with yellow. They're only visible from the elbows down.
Posted inEnvironment, Health

Sowing seeds of sustainability in Nova Scotia

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont May 26, 2022November 18, 2022
Moose river gold mine tailings pond with Scraggy Lake in foreground (contributed)
Posted inMining

The Examiner quizzed the four main political parties on gold mining issues. Here are their responses.

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 30, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inProvince House

How the Biodiversity Act was killed

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter April 20, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inMining

Nova Scotia has laid charges for 32 environmental infractions against Atlantic Gold

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 23, 2020November 22, 2022
A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.


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, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

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