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Occupy North Mountain

Kings County residents opposed to aerial herbicide spraying on a Northern Pulp clearcut take action to try to stop it.

September 1, 2020 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

Residents who live close to a piece of land on North Mountain in Kings County that was clearcut two years ago and is now slated for aerial spraying of a glyphosate-based herbicide, have “occupied” the site, and they tell the Halifax Examiner that they don’t intend to leave until the spraying is cancelled or the […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Acadian forest, agriculture, Anna Osburn, Bayer, Brian Adams, carcinogenic, Carey Gillam, Century Forestry Consultants, clearcut, Don Osburn, Doug Kemp, Environment Minister Gordon Wilson, Five Islands Forest Development, forestry, genetically engineered crops, Glyphosate, Health Canada, herbicide, JD Irving, June Daley, Kate Adams, Kings County, Leo Glavine, monocropping, Monsanto, North Mountain, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Environment, Pat Kemp, Thierry Vrain, Timberline, VP480, World Health Organization (WHO)

Backroad Deal

Part 2: Nova Scotia’s policies to conserve the province’s endangered forests might be doing more harm than good

June 1, 2020 By Linda Pannozzo 4 Comments

(This is the second of a 2-part series. See Part 1 here.)  It was an unseasonably warm day in February when I met up with Mike Lancaster to walk part of the new Ingram Access Road — a clearcut 100 metres wide in places — which he and other conservationists say cut out part of […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: Acadian Forest Region, Art Lynds, Atlantic Ecosystems Initiative, clearcut, Colin Gray, coral lichen, Department of Environment (DOE), Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), ecology, forestry, Harriet Irving Herbarium, Independent Review of Forest Practices In Nova Scotia, Ingram Access Road, Ingram Wilderness Area, Integrated Resource Management Review (IRM), John LeDuc, Lawlor Lake, lichen, Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute (MTRI), Mike Lancaster, National Forestry Database (NFD), National Seed Centre, Old Forest Policy (OFP), old growth trees, Peter Bush, Peter Duinker, Port Hawkesbury paper (PHP), William Lahey

Truth Be Told: Nova Scotia’s forest department hires a PR firm with forest industry ties to help it with transparency

May 10, 2019 By Linda Pannozzo 5 Comments

Cover photo: recent drone shot of a clearcut located between Kejimkujik National Park and Lake Rossignol. Photo courtesy Jeff Purdy. The Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF) recently hired DG Communications, a public relations firm, to assess the department’s progress in meeting the recommendations of William Lahey’s Independent Review of Forest Practices, specifically […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Investigation, Province House Tagged With: clearcut, clearcutting on Crown lands, DG Communications, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Forest Nova Scotia, Forest Products Association of Nova Scotia, Harvest Plans Map Viewer (HPMV), Jeff Purdy, Keji, Kejimkujik National Park, Lahey report, Lake Rossignol, Lisa Jarrett, Mike Lancaster, Natural Resources Strategy, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), Pam Davidson, Ray Plourde, St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association

By Any Other Name: Nova Scotia’s Department of Lands and Forestry just made “Clearcuts” disappear

February 16, 2019 By Linda Pannozzo 2 Comments

Nova Scotians who signed up to receive proposed harvest plans on Crown land might have noticed some disturbing changes recently. As of a few days ago the maps no longer specify whether a proposed cut is a “clearcut” or not. The word was removed from the legend and the list of harvest prescription types. This […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Province House Tagged With: Bruce Nunn, Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, clearcut, Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), Ecological Forestry of Southwest Nova, Ecology Action Centre, Forest Management Guide, Hardwood Hill, Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV), Interim Retention Guide, Jamie Simpson, Krista Higdon, Minister Lloyd Hines, National Forestry Database (NFD), Premier Darrell Dexter, Ray Plourde, William Lahey

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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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