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Council rejects staff recommendation, agrees to $750,000 for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes land purchase

July 21, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Halifax regional council unanimously rejected a recommendation from staff and voted on Tuesday to spend $750,000 to help the Nova Scotia Nature Trust fill a big gap in the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes wilderness area. Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes is the picturesque area between Bayers Lake and Hammonds Plains. Within that area, 1,700 hectares, or...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Allison Thorne, Bill Fenton, Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Chris Miller, councillor Richard Zurawski, COVID-19, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Friends of Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes, Mayor Mike Savage, Nova Scotia Nature Trust, Raymond Plourde, Richard Harvey, Robin Wilber

Halifax council wants a park plan for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes

June 10, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Nearly four years after directing city staff to start buying the land to make it happen, Halifax regional council wants to see a plan for the long-promised park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes. The picturesque area between Bayers Lake and Hammonds Plains — 1,700 hectares, or 4,200 acres, of which is a provincially-protected wilderness area...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Annapolis Group, Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Park, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-NS), Chris Miller, councillor Richard Zurawski

A filthy rich American wants to profit from turning Owls Head into a golf course, and he apparently wants the Canadian taxpayer to subsidize the effort

Morning File, Friday, May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Police budget “The city’s board of police commissioners is recommending in favour of a $5.5 million cut to the Halifax Regional Police budget,” reports Zane Woodford: Chief Dan Kinsella told the board this week that there will be no impact on public safety from the reduced spending, about $4 million of which comes […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amy Susin, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Beckwith Gilbert, Cape Breton Regional Hospital (CBRH), Chris Miller, Colin MacDonald, Field Point Capital Management Company, FOI request, Joel Pink, Judge A. Peter Ross, Kitty Gilbert, Landon Thomas Jr., Lighthouse Links Development Company, lobbyist, Mary Saltzman, Michel Samson, Owls Head Park, PASSUR Aerospace, Roy Garland, Sean Glover, Simon MacDonald, Tammy Carrigan-Warner, Thomas Gilbert Jr., Thomas Strong Gilbert Sr., Valerie MacGillivary

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

Unearthing the city’s buried history

Morning File, Monday, January 27, 2020

January 27, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

News 1. New street checks almost the same as the old Stephen Kimber writes how even after a ban on street checks and an apology from the police chief, the practice still goes on. As former police officer Maurice Carvery says, “they haven’t stopped; they only changed.” This article is for subscribers. Please subscribe. 2. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alton Gas, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-NS), Carrie Low, Chris Miller, Chris Trider, Darlene Gilbert, David Jones, Eastern Battery, Environment Minister Margaret Miller, Fort Clarence, Grafton Park, Grassroots Grandmothers Circle, Imperial Oil refinery, Jennifer Copage, Jonathan Fowler, Justice John Bodhurtha, Lori MacLean, Madonna Bernard, Matt Spurway, Memorial Library, Michael Gorman, MP Sean Fraser, Owls Head Park, Paula Isaac, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, Ray Larkin, Robert Grant, shooting Chisholm St, Shubenacadie River, Sipekne’katik, Stephen Archibald and Poor House Burying Ground, Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Hood, Transportation and Public Works (TPW), two spaces, vehicle pedestrian collision report

Owls Head Provincial Park has been deleted from the province’s map of parks and protected areas

January 13, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

Last week, CBC reporter Michael Gorman noted that: Last year the government quietly removed Owls Head provincial park in Little Harbour from the province’s pending protected status list. The move was made so negotiations could begin with Lighthouse Links Development Co., which hopes to acquire the 285 hectares of coastal headland, add it to land […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Nova Scotia, Chris Miller, Michael Gorman, Minister Gordon Wilson, Owl's Head Provincial Park

Budget cut has environmentalists worried Halifax is forgetting about Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes

January 7, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Environmentalists who celebrated extra cash in last year’s municipal budget for park land protection are worried a reduced budget for next year means the city is again forgetting about Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes. Halifax regional council is working on the capital and operating budgets for the year ahead, meeting weekly over the next few months....

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Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness, Brendan Elliott, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Nova Scotia, CFL stadium, Chris Miller, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Nova Scotia Nature Trust, Raymond Plourde

Who’s protecting Owls Head park from development? Not the provincial government

Morning File, Wednesday, December 18, 2019

December 18, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

News 1. Environment Minister Gordon Wilson orders two-year environmental assessment of Northern Pulp Mill’s proposed effluent treatment system Jennifer Henderson looks at what yesterday’s decision on Northern Pulp’s proposed effluent treatment system means for the future. Environment minister Gordon Wilson told Northern Pulp to produce more information and complete a full environmental assessment before he […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 100 Wild Island Legacy, abortion services, accessibility, Allana Loh, Angelo DiCicco, Beckwith Gilbert, Between the Bridges, Bonnie Sutherland, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Halifax, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Chelsea Probert, Cheyenne Hardy, Chris Miller, Dartmouth Learning Network, Dartmouth North Community Food Centre, Doris Buffett MacDonald, Doris Wornell, Farrell Hall Benevolent Society, Frances Hunter, Gaelle McNeil, Grand Parade, how not to hit a pedestrian, Jason MacCullough, Joe Gibson, Kate Watson, Kayley Dixon, Kitty Gilbert, Leigh Beauchamp Day, Lighthouse Links Development Company, May Warren, Michael Gorman, Minister Iain Rankin, MLA Claudia Chender, New Years Eve, North Dartmouth Echo, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Nature Trust, Owls Head Park, Paul Vienneau, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Public Good Society of Dartmouth, Rebecca Douglass, Sandi Weagle, Sylvia Anthony, Take Action Society, The Freedom Foundation of Nova Scotia, Tyler Colbourne, Young Drivers of Canada

Environment Minister Margaret Miller isn’t talking about Northern Pulp’s much-criticized environmental assessment

Morning File, Friday, March 15, 2019

March 15, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 9 Comments

News 1. Spill at Moose River gold mine “Atlantic Gold’s manager of environment and permitting, James Millard, calls it a ‘spill’ or a ‘loss of control’ caused by a ‘gasket failure,’” reports Joan Baxter: By whatever name, the event happened on the night of January 3, 2019, at the company’s open pit gold mine at […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adele Poirier, Biodiversity Act, Biodiversity Council, Boat Harbour, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Service, Chris Miller, David Pugliese, Dillon Consulting, Duncan Reid, Ecology Action Centre, Extinction Rebellion, George Farmer, Irving Shipbuilding, Joan Baxter, Justice Jamie Campbell, Kevin McCoy, Matthew Halliday, Minister Iain Rankin, Minister Margaret Miller, Northern Pulp environmental assessment, Postmedia, Ray Plourde, Stephen Archibald and the CSTF drill shed, Tim wonders about a thing, violations of privacy laws

Northern Pulp’s environmental assessment “is simply not credible” says EAC

Morning File, Wednesday, March 13, 2019

March 13, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

News 1. Pulp Culture   We’ve published Linda Pannozzo’s detailed review of how through the decades the province has oriented forest policies — and purposefully subverted science — to favour the pulp industry over the lumber industry. As a result, overcutting has resulted in smaller trees that provide less lumber, and now the sawmills are […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Macdonald, Andrew Scheer, Bay Ferries, Boeing 737 MAX 8, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-NS), Chris Miller, Daphnee Azoulay, David Woodbury, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Extinction Rebellion PEI, FOIPOP, Icarus Report March 13 2019, Justice Michael Wood, laura Meader, nail gun, Nancy Anningson, Nhlanhla Dlamini, Nicole LaFosse Parker, Northern Pulp environmental assessment, Peter Kelly, Progressive Conservative Caucus, Raymond Plourde, Rebecca Lau, Scott Campbell, Simon Ryder-Burbridge, Yarmouth ferry

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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

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