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Home » Cap and Trade

Tag: Cap and Trade

Posted inProvince House

Premier pitches ‘made-in-Nova Scotia plan’ as alternative to federal carbon tax

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 19, 2022January 9, 2023

Premier Tim Houston unveiled Nova Scotia’s alternative to a federal carbon tax this morning. In January, Ottawa will beginning raising the price of carbon by $15 a tonne each year from the current $50 a tonne until the price reaches $170 a tonne by 2030. The province has argued that move would be “punitive” in […]

A photo of Stephen McNeil
Posted inForestry

Mum’s the word: Stephen McNeil won’t take a position on the Lahey report and won’t provide the details of his cap-and-trade proposal

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 23, 2018December 1, 2022
Posted inMorning File

A Scotiascapes Landscaping employee was driving a truck that killed a five-year-old boy in 2013

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson July 13, 2018November 30, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Nova Scotia’s cap-and-trade system to go easy on big corporate polluters

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson October 13, 2017November 30, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Environment

Political Manipulation Could Derail Nova Scotia’s Cap and Trade System

by Brendan Haley March 13, 2017October 20, 2022
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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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