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Hundreds rally for Owls Head

August 7, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont 5 Comments

Several hundred people filled Victoria Park on Saturday afternoon to protest the Liberal government’s handling of Owls Head and to call on their fellow Nova Scotians to make their discontent known at the ballot box. Sporting Save Owls Head shirts or hats and holding signs aloft, the ‘Save Owls Head’ rally was frequently acknowledged by […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Bob Bancroft, Christopher Trider, Elizabeth Marshall, Gary Burrill, Iain Rankin, Jamie Simpson, Justice Christa Brothers, Owls Head, Save Owls Head Provincial Park, save owls head rally, Victoria Park

NS Supreme Court justice dismisses Owls Head review, says citizens should take it to the ballot box

Justice Brothers: Government's decision to delist Owls Head and enter into a conditional agreement to sell the land "was reasonable based on the information before it."

July 30, 2021 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice has dismissed citizens’ request for a judicial review of the delisting and potential sale of Owls Head Provincial Park. Here’s a recap of the issue, via reporter Joan Baxter in a February 2020 Morning File for the Halifax Examiner: In December 2019, based on information he obtained through a […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Bob Bancroft, Department of Lands and Forests, Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association, Endangered Species Act, Iain Rankin, Justice Christa Brothers, Lighthouse Links Development Company, nova scotia supreme court, Owls Head, Owls Head Park, Save Owls Head Provincial Park, Treasury and Policy Board

Atlantic Gold’s imaginary conservation land

In 2008, Atlantic Gold was given provincial approval for the gigantic Touquoy open pit gold mine with the condition that within 4 years the company buy and give the province nearby land for conservation purposes. 13 years later, that condition is still unmet, and the province is making no real effort to enforce it.

May 20, 2021 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

Atlantic Gold has just announced that in “late spring/early summer 2021” it will be undertaking a new Class 1 Environmental Assessment for modifications to its open pit Touquoy gold mine in Moose River. Among other things, the company wants to expand its waste rock storage area that is already sky-high, prepare to store tailings in […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Mining NS Corp, Auditor General, Australian, Barbara MacLean, Barbara Markovits, Beaver Dam, Beck Gilbert, Bob Bancroft, Cabot Cliffs, Cabot Links, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012, CBC, Chuck Porter, Cochrane Hill gold mine, Community LIaison Committee, conservation land, DDV Gold, Department of lands and Forestry, Department of Natural Resources, Dustin O’Leary, East Coast Environmental Law Association (ECELAW), Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association, Environment Act, Environmental Approval, environmental assessment, environmental charges, Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA), Fifteen Mile Stream mine, FOIPOP, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Freedom of Information request, golf courses, Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), Iain Rankin, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, industrial approval, Jamie Simpson, Jennifer Henderson, judicial review, Juniper Law, Keith Irving, Laird Brownlie, Lighthouse Links Development Company, Michael Gorman, Michael Pickup, Moose River Consolidated Project, Moose River gold mine, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia Environment, Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change, Nova Scotia Environment and Labour, Nova Scotia Nature Trust, Owls Head, Owls Head Park, proposed Beaver Dam mine, Provincial Court in Dartmouth, Rachel Boomer, Save Owls Head Provincial Park, St Barbara Ltd, Supreme Court Justice Christa Brothers, Terms and Conditions, Tim Bousquet, Touquoy mine

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

Citizens raise concerns about environmental impacts of gold mining in Nova Scotia's moose country.

December 23, 2020 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

Much attention is focused on Crown land in Digby County that is threatened by logging operations. And last week, nine people from Extinction Rebellion were arrested while trying to prevent contractors in the employ of the WestFor consortium from accessing the public forest and moose habitat slated for cutting. But in another part of the […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: 15-Mile Stream, Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Mining NS, Beaver Dam, Betty Belmore, biodiversity, Bob Bancroft, Caribou, Cochrane Hill gold mine, Dave Gunning, Deborah Bayer, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), Dustin O’Leary, Eastern Shore, endangered species, erosion, Extinction Rebellion, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, James Millard, Krista Gillis, Mitchell Glawson, moose, Moose River, Moose River Consolidated Project, Moose River gold mine, Mooseland, Mooseland Road, Nature Nova Scotia, Northern Pulp, Northern Timber, Nova Scotia Environment (NSE), proposed Beaver Dam mine, Rachel Boomer, salmon, Save Caribou group, Scraggy Lake, sedimentation, Sherbrooke, St. Barbara Limited, St. Mary's River, Touquoy mine, trout, Veronica Chisholm

“Nature won”

Supreme Court ruling orders province to meet the obligations of the Endangered Species Act.

May 30, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson

“Nature won.” That’s how retired wildlife biologist Bob Bancroft reacted to a judge’s decision on Friday which essentially orders the Department of Lands and Forestry to obey provincial law when it comes to protecting endangered, threatened, and vulnerable species. There are 60 plants and animals identified under Nova Scotia’s Endangered Species Act. But the judicial...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Blomidon Naturalists Society, Bob Bancroft, Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), East Coast Environmental Law Association (ECELAW), Endangered Species Act, Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists, Halifax Field Naturalists, Jamie Simpson, Jeremy Smith, Justice Christa Brothers, Lahey Report on Forestry, Lisa Jarrett, Nature Nova Scotia, Richard Beasley, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen, Species at Risk Act, Western Canada Wilderness Committee

A community rallies to save Owls Head

Morning File, Tuesday, February 4, 2020

February 4, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 10 Comments

News 1. Zane Woodford Tim Bousquet wrote this item. After a month covering City Hall for the Halifax Examiner, Zane Woodford is leaving to write for SaltWire. He’ll be working on their new weekly newspaper, SALT. [Insert your joke here.] While we’ve seen good subscription growth from Zane’s writing, the Examiner is unable to hire […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Barbara Markovits, Bob Bancroft, Caitlin Porter, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Chris Miller, Chris Trider, councillor Waye Mason, Eastern Shore Cooperator, Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association, Jacque Dubé, Jamie Simpson, Jeremy Lundholm, Matt Dagley, Michael Gorman, Middlemore Home, Owls Head Park, Pamela Wile, Paul LaFleche, QEII redevelopment, robbery Cranberry Crescent, SALT, Sheila Martin, Sydnee Lynn, Zane Woodford

“Who speaks for the mainland moose and Canada warbler?” asks judge

September 24, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Christa Brothers will decide whether the Minister of Lands and Forestry has failed to live up to the obligations set out in the Endangered Species Act to protect wildlife in the province. “We seek the Court’s assistance as a last resort,” said lawyer Jamie Simpson, representing the Federation of Nova...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bob Bancroft, Department of Lands & Forestry (DLF), East Coast Environmental Law (ECELaw), Endangered Species Act, James Gunvaldsen Klaassen, Jamie Simpson, Jeremy Smith, Justice Christa Brothers, Lahey report, Mainland Moose, Richard Beasley, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen

The Archaeology of Loss

How industrial logging in the Mi’kmaq heartland is destroying a lot more than trees 

June 14, 2019 By Linda Pannozzo 1 Comment

“We were in wonderful moose country now.” At least this is how Albert Bigelow Paine described the Nova Scotia landscape he and three others journeyed through in his 1908 book The Tent Dwellers. The book tells the true story of a June trout fishing trip led by two guides, Charlie Charlton and Del Thomas, who […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Province House Tagged With: Alain Belliveau, Albert Bigelow Paine, Alces alces Americana, archaeological site, Black ash, Blomidon Naturalists Society, Bob Bancroft, Boreas Heritage, chain pickerel, Charlie Charlton, clearcutting, Dawn Makarowski, Del Thomas, Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), Donna Crossland, East Coast Environmental Law (ECELaw), eastern ribbon snake, Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists, Forest Act, Forest and Range Practices Act, Forest Planning and Practice Regulations, Halifax Field Naturalists, Heritage Conservation Act, Indian Gardens, Jamie Simpson, Jeff Purdy, Jonathan Porter, Kejimkujik Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office (KMKNO), Lisa Jarrett, Little Tobeatic Lake, Lord Dunraven, Mainland Moose, Mersey paper Company, Mersey River, Mi’kmaq archaeology, Mi’kmaq artifacts, Mi’kmaq reserves, Minister Iain Rankin, Netukulimk, Northern Parula, Ogômgigiag, Provincial Wilderness Areas, Randy Milton, Rossignol Lake, Sam Glode, Sara Beanlands, Special Places Protection Act, Thomas Millette, Tobeatic Wilderness Area, Tobeatic Wildlife Management Area, WestFor, wildlife sanctuaries, William Lahey

The Donner Prize is part of a larger effort to reimagine Canada as a right-wing American Libertarian fantasy

Morning File, Monday, April 8, 2019

April 8, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

1. Donner Prize “Peter MacKinnon’s book, University Commons Divided: Exploring Debate and Dissent on Campus, has been shortlisted for the Donner Prize,” writes El Jones: In an article I wrote for the Halifax Examiner about MacKinnon’s defense of blackface, I identified how MacKinnon’s arguments lack a scholarly basis. He frequently does not quote or misleadingly quotes […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alan Lomax, Allan Gotliev, Association for Cultural Equity, Backstory NS, blackface, Bob Bancroft, Canadian Constitution Foundation, clearcutting, Costas Halavrezos, designated smoking receptacles, designated smoking zones, Donner Canadian Foundation, Donner Prize, El Jones, Fraser Institute, Greg MacVicar, Hillsdale College, Ken Whyte, Patrick Luciani, Peter MacKinnon, R. Emmett Tyrell Jr., sidewalk clearing, Thomas Walkom, Vera Hall, William H. Donner Foundation, William Henry Donner, Woman Hailing a Cab

“We are down to our last month’s rent”: naturalists say clearcutting is accelerating

April 8, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

“I worked at the Bowater-Mersey mill for 38 years, and our provincial government makes Bowater look like an environmentalist!” said Brian Muise. Muise, a member of the Queens County Fish and Game Association, made his comment at the annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters in Truro on Saturday. Muise is […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Abraham Lake Nature Reserve, Biodiversity Act, biomass, Bob Bancroft, Bowater-Mersey mill, Brian Muise, Brooklyn Energy, clearcutting, Department of lands and Forestry, Donna Crossland, Endangered Species Act, Genuine Progress Index on Forestry, Global Forest Watch, Jonathan Porter, Lahey report, Mainland Moose, Minister Iain Rankin, Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Queens County Fish and Game Association, Ron Colman, Travis McLeod

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2020 mass murders

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

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.

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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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

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