News 1. Fool’s Gold, Part 3 We’ve published the third instalment of Joan Baxter’s “Fool’s Gold” series. Part 3 looks at the provincial Department of Natural Resource’s efforts to open the Cobequid Hills up to gold production, and the effect prospecting and potential mining would have on the French River, which is the source of […]
Swimming in cats: Morning File, Friday, January 20, 2017
News 1. Fish “‘Some sort of environmental event’ is the likely cause of the recent swath of herring mortalities that washed up along the shore of St. Mary’s Bay, provincial government representatives heard Jan. 19,” reports Chris Muise for the Yarmouth Vanguard: Bumping back a planned meeting on the lobster fishery, the Standing Committee on Resources invited […]