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Atlantic Gold paid $0 in taxes in 2019

As the company is in court facing 32 charges of polluting the environment, the promised windfall in tax revenue is proving illusionary.

January 27, 2021 By Joan Baxter 1 Comment

Atlantic Mining NS Inc., an affiliate of the St. Barbara company Atlantic Gold, which operates the Touquoy open pit gold mine at Moose River, has succeeded in delaying its day in court. Arraigned in Dartmouth Provincial Court, Atlantic Mining NS asked for and received an adjournment until March 15. In September 2020, Nova Scotia Environment […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Mining NS, Beaver Dam, Cochrane Hill, Dartmouth Provincial Court, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA), Fifteen-Mile Stream, Fisheries Act, gold price, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Krista Gillis, Mitchell Glawson, Moose River gold mine, Mooseland, Natural Resources Canada, Nova Scotia Environment (NSE), Prospectors and Developers of Canada Association (PDAC), royalties, Scraggy Lake, St. Barbara Limited, tax, Touquoy mine

Nova Scotia has laid charges for 32 environmental infractions against Atlantic Gold

Citizens raise concerns about environmental impacts of gold mining in Nova Scotia's moose country.

December 23, 2020 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

Much attention is focused on Crown land in Digby County that is threatened by logging operations. And last week, nine people from Extinction Rebellion were arrested while trying to prevent contractors in the employ of the WestFor consortium from accessing the public forest and moose habitat slated for cutting. But in another part of the […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: 15-Mile Stream, Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Mining NS, Beaver Dam, Betty Belmore, biodiversity, Bob Bancroft, Caribou, Cochrane Hill gold mine, Dave Gunning, Deborah Bayer, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), Dustin O’Leary, Eastern Shore, endangered species, erosion, Extinction Rebellion, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, James Millard, Krista Gillis, Mitchell Glawson, moose, Moose River, Moose River Consolidated Project, Moose River gold mine, Mooseland, Mooseland Road, Nature Nova Scotia, Northern Pulp, Northern Timber, Nova Scotia Environment (NSE), proposed Beaver Dam mine, Rachel Boomer, salmon, Save Caribou group, Scraggy Lake, sedimentation, Sherbrooke, St. Barbara Limited, St. Mary's River, Touquoy mine, trout, Veronica Chisholm

Lobster: the last, best fishery

Part 2: The new cod?

November 26, 2020 By Linda Pannozzo and Joan Baxter 2 Comments

Lobster stocks in Atlantic Canada have been flourishing in recent years, ironically not just because of conservation measures, but also because of two ecological disasters — the collapse of groundfish stocks and climate change. But can the lobster fishery survive with current rates and rules for harvesting as waters continue to warm and ecosystems change? […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: ), Albert Marshall, Alfred Fitzpatrick, bait, Bay of Fundy, Boris Worm, climate change, cod, Dalhousie University, Dan Paul, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Environmental Magazine, Grand Banks, groundfish, groundfish collapse, inshore fishery, Kerry Prosper, Kirby Report, lobster, lobster fishery, lobster fishing area, lobster stocks, Mi'kma'ki, Mi'kmaq, Michael Kirby, minimum legal size, Netukulimk, pelagic fish, plakton, Rémy Rochette, Richard Wahle, Rick Williams, Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR), University of Maine, University of New Brunswick

Lobster: the last, best fishery

Part 1: Stocks are healthy, but why?

November 25, 2020 By Joan Baxter and Linda Pannozzo 2 Comments

Lobster stocks in Atlantic Canada have been flourishing in recent years, ironically not just because of conservation measures, but also because of two ecological disasters — the collapse of groundfish stocks and climate change. But can the lobster fishery survive with current rates and rules for harvesting as waters continue to warm and ecosystems change? […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: American Lobster Settlement Index, Bay of Fundy, berried lobsters, Browns Bank, Chris Milley, Christine Penney, Clearwater, climate change, cod, conservation measures, Darren Porter, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), groundfish, groundfish collapse, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Guysborough County Inshore Fishermen's Association, LFA 34, LFA 40, lobster, lobster boom in Maine, lobster fishery, Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 41, Lobster Institute, lobster stocks, Maliseet, Marshall, Marshall 2, Marshall Decision, Melanie Wiber, Membertou First Nation, Mi'maq, moderate livelihood fishery, molting, Netukulimk, offshore lobster fishery, PEI Fishermen's Association, Peskotomuhkati, Pictou Landing First Nation, Potoltek First Nation, Premium Brands, Ready Seafood, Rémy Rochette, Richard Wahle, Sipek’natik First Nation, St. Mary's Bay, Université Sainte-Anne, University of New Brunswick, UPEI, v-notching

Independent inshore lobster fishers fear the Clearwater purchase could decimate their livelihoods

November 16, 2020 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

At a November 12 press conference, Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack announced that his Band was launching “hundreds” of lawsuits related to the way governments, some commercial fishers, and the RCMP reacted to its launch of its moderate livelihood fishery on September 17, the 21st anniversary of the landmark Marshall decision that affirmed Mi’kmaq […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: Acadia First Nation, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), Bernd Christmas, Chief Deborah Robinson, Chief Mike Sack, Chief Terry Paul, Clearwater convicted, Clearwater Seafoods Inc, Colin MacDonald, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), First Nations Finance Authority (FNFA), inshore fishery, John Risley, Keith Colwell, lobster, Membertou First Nation, Miawpukek First Nation, moderate livelihood fishery, Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance, owner operator, Paqtnkek First Nation, Paul Withers, Pictou Landing First Nation, Potlotek First Nation, Premium Brands, Ronald Pink, Sipekne'katik First Nation, Solidarity K’jipuktuk Halifax, We’koqma’q First Nation

In Search of Common Ground: An interview with Arthur Bull about the lobster fishery crisis in St. Mary’s Bay

November 1, 2020 By Linda Pannozzo 6 Comments

It’s been more than a month since the Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its own self-regulated lobster fishery off the Saulnierville wharf in Southwest Nova Scotia — 21 years after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the Marshall decision, affirming the 1760-61 Treaty Rights of the Mi’kmaq to fish for a “moderate livelihood.”  For weeks […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: Acadia First Nation, Arthur Bull, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs, Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen’s Association, Bear River First Nation, Chief Debbie Robinson, Chief Frank Meuse, Clearwater Seafoods Inc, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Fundy North, hand liner, Indigenous fishers, inshore fishery, lobster fishery, Marshall Decision, Mi’kmaq Confederacy, Sipekne'katik First Nation, St. Mary's Bay, World Forum of Fisher Peoples

Deciding Northern Pulp’s future

A tangled mess of dubious science, loans, and liabilities will determine how government officials will act in coming days — and how much it will cost Nova Scotians.

December 8, 2019 By Joan Baxter 5 Comments

Nova Scotia’s business minister Geoff MacLellan says it’s not the time to talk about all the money that Northern Pulp owes the province, and it won’t be until after environment minister Gordon Wilson makes his decision on the mill’s new effluent treatment facility on or before December 17. CBC reporter Michael Gorman notes that MacLellan […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: Boat Harbour, Brian Hebert, Chief Andrea Paul, Colton Cameron, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Environment Minister Margaret Miller, Health Canada, Jim Vibert, Kathy Cloutier, Keith Doucette, Michael Gorman, Minister Geoff MacLellan, Minister Gordon Wilson, Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Northern Pulp closure, Northern Pulp focus report, Northern Pulp loans, Northern Resources Nova Scotia Corporation, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Premier G.I. Smith, Premier John Hamm, premier John Savage, Premier Rodney MacDonald, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Rachel Boomer, SaltWire, Transport Canada

Government moves slowly, except when it moves lightning fast

Morning File, Friday, October 4, 2019

October 4, 2019 By Erica Butler 5 Comments

News 1. Twenty years after the Marshall decision, DFO still has no agreement with First Nations communities over fishing management It’s been twenty years since the Marshall decision (in which the Supreme Court of Canada found that Donald Marshall Jr. had a treaty right to fish for eels out of season) and the Department of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: anti-abortion demonstration, Capital District funds, Chief Michael Sack, councillor Matt Whitman, Debbie Buott-Matheson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), discretionary funds, Glen Arbour Homeowners' Association, Indigenous fishermen, Kyle Moore, Michael Gorman, Northern Pulp effluent, Philip Croucher, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, racially motivated assault, Singh Brar

The never-ending search for enlightenment and murderous Icelandic models

Morning File, Tuesday, September 10, 2019

September 10, 2019 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Crane A fire department release from yesterday: Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) Chief Ken Stuebing this evening exercised his authority to execute an evacuation order on several properties in the vicinity of South Park Street. The evacuation order is necessary to protect the safety of residents living near a construction crane that […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic Breezes, Brooklyn Currie, Charlottetown CAO Peter Kelly, Councillor Bob Doiron, crane incident, Dave Stewart, Dennis Donald James Patterson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Elizabeth McShefrey, Hilary Beaumont, Hurricane Dorian, Nicole Williams, Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), Osprey's Nest Public House, Ozen Rajneesh, Peter MacNeil, Petit Riviere General Store, shellfish, Steve Bruce, Tanya Shaw, Unique Solutions, Wadih Fares, Wray Hart, Zane Woodford

Court documents detail repeated police raids on the same cannabis dispensary

Morning File, Friday, July 19, 2019

July 19, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. Glen Assoun “Elizabeth May is calling for a federal inquiry zeroing in on the RCMP’s role in both wrongfully convicting Glen Assoun of murder and keeping the now 63-year-old in prison for 17 years,” reports Andrew Rankin for the Chronicle Herald: The Green party of Canada leader said maintaining public trust in the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amzi Arnaout, Atlantic Compassion Club Society, Bar Harbor ferry terminal, Bay Ferries, Becky Pritchard, bees, cannabis, Constable Seebold, Cornell Knight, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Deputy Mayor Tony Mancini, Detective Constable Brad Jardine, Detective Constable Greg Stevens, Detective Constable Pat O'Neill, Detective D'Arcy Hueston, dispensary raids, Elizabeth May, Glen Assoun, John M J MacKeigan, Lloyd Robbins, police inspector Richard Lane, Reformar Inc, right whales, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 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.

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