Erica Butler here, filling in for Tim while he’s off learning stuff. News 1. Cape Breton Hospitals: two down, two expanded The province has announced a plan to close two Cape Breton hospitals, replacing them with community health centres. Emergency room services and acute care beds will be absorbed by expanded facilities at two other […]
SMU researcher cuts holes in dikes to restore the environment
Cutting holes in dikes to mitigate the effects of climate change might seem counterintuitive to some. But that’s exactly the type of measure Danika van Proosdij contemplates as she studies how to best restore salt marshes. Nova Scotia has lost about 80 per cent of these areas of coastal grassland regularly flooded by seawater since the Acadians first...