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The biomass power shuffle

Not one sawmill in Nova Scotia has closed since Northern Pulp shut down; that's because the province's large biomass boilers are running flat-out

September 30, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson

Despite dire warnings from the forestry industry when Northern Pulp shut down at the end of January, not one sawmill in Nova Scotia has closed. That’s the good news. The bad news is that in order to provide replacement markets for bark, woodchips, and sawmill waste, large biomass boilers in the province are running flat-out. ...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: biomass, David Patriquin, Jacqueline Foster, Kelliann Dean, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), wood chips

The criminal destruction of evidence in the Assoun case by cops should scare the hell out of all of us

Morning File, Friday, September 18, 2020

September 18, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Premier calls for criminal investigation of cops “Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil wants police acts in the Glen Assoun wrongful conviction case referred to the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) for a possible criminal investigation,” I reported yesterday: At a post-cabinet meeting scrum with reporters [Thursday], I had the following exchange with McNeil: […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Annapolis County Extinction Rebellion, Cheverie, clearcutting, Cliff Seruntine, COVID-19, David Patriquin, defund the police, Glen Assoun evidence, Halifax Board of Police Commissioners, herbicide spraying, Hurricane Teddy, Jonathan Erdman, Kejimkujik National Park (KNP), Lawrence Powell, London Ontario, Mary Campbell, Nina Newington, Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Marconi Campus, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), Stephen Archibald and camera obscura, Sydney, Timothy Habinski, Western University outbreak

Keep the travel restrictions

Morning File, Tuesday, September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Forest health Linda Pannozzo writes: Instead of improving the state of the province’s forests, the Nova Scotia government conducts a survey about improving The State of the Forest reporting. The Halifax Examiner takes the survey. Pannozzo methodically walks us through why it’s wrong to repeatedly ask the public to take part in surveys […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic bubble, clearcutting, coronavirus, COVID-19, cruise ship industry, David Patriquin, Elvis Presley, Epic Stream TV, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), Forensic Accounting Management Group (FAMG), forestry, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), John Cunningham, Kayla Thomeh, Leland Anthony, Linda Pannozzo, Mary Campbell, Michael Gorman, Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, Operation Hotwire, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, quarantine, RCMP Federal Serious and Organized Crime (FSOC), Riad Thomeh, self-isolation, Sydney, television program piracy, Tomás Pueyo, travel restrictions

Clear as mud: How the government’s reports on Nova Scotia forests obfuscate and confuse the data

Instead of improving the state of the province’s forests, the Nova Scotia government conducts a survey about improving The State of the Forest reporting. The Halifax Examiner takes the survey.

September 14, 2020 By Linda Pannozzo

In recent days you might have received an email from the Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF) inviting you to answer a survey about its State of the Forest report (SOF), first published in 2008, and updated in 2016. Using data collected by the DLF, the document purportedly describes the changing condition of the forest,...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Investigation, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: clearcutting, David Patriquin, Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), forestry, forestry survey, Heidi Higgins, Independent Review of Forest Practices, Lahey Report on Forestry, Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute (MTRI), National Forestry Database (NFD), Nova Scotia Forest Notes, Permanent Sample Plot data (PSP), State of the Forest report (SOF)

A fascinating (and disturbing) look at North End Dartmouth, circa 1970s

Morning File, Friday, August 30, 2019

August 30, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Politicians respond, sort of, to Greg Hiles’ death This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. Premier McNeil, Health Minister Randy Delorey, and Justice Minister Mark Furey all read from the same script after Thursday’s meeting of Cabinet ministers in charge of the province. There will be no consideration given to any sort of […]

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Court papers reveal a previously unpublicized industrial accident at the Moose River Gold Mine

Morning File, Friday, August 23, 2019

August 23, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Dartmouth lakes “On a hot steamy night more than 150 Dartmouth residents turned up at a ‘Save Our Lakes’ meeting hosted by Claudia Chender and Susan Leblanc, the representatives for Dartmouth South and Dartmouth North in the legislature,” reports Jennifer Henderson: Top among the concerns expressed at the Micmac Aquatic Club last night […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic Gold, Bay Ferries, Chelsea Murray, David Patriquin, David Wilkins, gold mine effluent, Haley Ryan, Halifax Water, Holly McKenzie-Sutter, James Campbell, Jason Casey, Jim Bremner, Linden MacIntyre, Moose River gold mine, Peter McLaughlin, right whales, Scott Steel Erectors Inc, Spence Managed Forest, stabbing Pinecrest Drive, water restrictions Lake Major, Yarmouth ferry delay

Alex Cameron’s “conquered people” brief is odious, but he’s got a good case against the McNeil government

Morning File, Thursday, July 18, 2019

July 18, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. “Conquered people” secrecy “The Nova Scotia government has won another temporary victory in its attempts to keep court documents sealed relating to a controversial brief that suggested the Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia were a conquered people,” reports Jean Laroche for the CBC: On Wednesday, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Russell Brown sided with the province […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Cameron, Andre Hemlin, Atlantic Compassion Club Society, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Cabot Links airport, cannabis, Colton Bordage, conquered people, Corbett Lake, Corez Williams, David Patriquin, Icarus Report July 18 2019, Indigenous rights, James Donald Gore, Jean Laroche, John MJ MacKeigan, Mi'kmaq, Tarra Comeau, Tom Ayers, Travis Dwyer, William Matovu

The Innovation Hub of Nova Scotia: the “biomass” company you’ve probably never heard of

June 3, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

The Innovation Hub of Nova Scotia (branded as the Nova Scotia Innovation Hub) is a non-profit corporation which includes a mix of the largest private companies in the province as well as participation by provincial and federal governments. You have probably never heard of it. Its mission is find and financially assist companies interested in...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: ACOA, Allan Eddy, Atlantic Biorefinery Conference, Bioapplied Innovation Pathways, biomass, bioresources, Bruce Anderson, Dalhousie University, David Patriquin, Divert NS, Emera, feedstocks, Forestry Innovation Hub, Innovacorp, Innovation Hub of Nova Scotia, John Risley, Kevin Vessey, Lehigh Technologies, Mara Renewables, Michelin, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry, Nova Scotia Innovation Hub, Port Hawkesbury Paper, recycling tires, Rod Badcock, Sustane Technologies, TRACC (Tire Recycling Atlantic Canada Corp)

The Sydney container terminal and crazed right-wingers: the Polish nationalist connection

Morning File, Thursday, May 9, 2019

May 9, 2019 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

Clarification: On May 9, 2019, the Halifax Examiner published a column entitled “The Sydney container terminal and crazed right-wingers: the Polish nationalist connection” that referred to Mr. Barry Sheehy’s role as a consultant to the Sydney Harbour Investment Partners.  The column was critical of the proposed container terminal planned for Sydney Harbour as the author […]

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Anthony Leblanc is asking the Trudeau government to pay for his stadium

Morning File, Tuesday, March 19, 2019

March 19, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 7 Comments

News 1. Alton Gas This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. “There is no evidence to support the occupation of land near Fort Ellis by Dale Poulette, Rachael Greenland-Smith, and others,” said N.S. Supreme Court Justice Gerald Moir in an oral decision granting Alton Natural Gas Storage Inc. a temporary injunction. The injunction is aimed […]

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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

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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