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

Enviro groups call Sustainable Forestry Initiative ‘greenwashing’

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.

Province House

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

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.

Commentary

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

by Joan Baxter August 10, 2022November 6, 2022

Commentary, Environment, Forestry

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

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.

Environment, Health

Sowing seeds of sustainability in Nova Scotia

by Yvette d'Entremont May 26, 2022November 18, 2022

Moose river gold mine tailings pond with Scraggy Lake in foreground (contributed)

Mining

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

by Joan Baxter July 30, 2021November 22, 2022

Province House

How the Biodiversity Act was killed

by Joan Baxter April 20, 2021November 22, 2022

Mining

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

by Joan Baxter December 23, 2020November 22, 2022

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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.

Tag: biodiversity

Enviro groups call Sustainable Forestry Initiative ‘greenwashing’

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

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

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

Sowing seeds of sustainability in Nova Scotia

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

How the Biodiversity Act was killed

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

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty