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Tag: Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF)

Photo of the devastation left behind after a clearcut. There are stumps of large trees, burned from the heat of the chainsaws, and crushed trees for a mile. Only a few denuded conifers and spindly trunks are left standing, bereft.
Posted inForestry

Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter June 10, 2021November 22, 2022

In December 2020, Mike Lancaster was invited to attend an online meeting of the Western Region Stakeholder Interaction Committee, which he describes as a venue for those holding forestry licences on Crown land and “other key stakeholders to engage with the Department of Lands and Forestry on forestry and planning issues for the western region […]

Posted inMining

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

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 23, 2020November 22, 2022
Posted inMorning File

The housing crisis on the South Shore

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent November 4, 2020November 29, 2022
Clearcut near Bass River, Nova Scotia. Photo: Joan Baxter
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Investigation, Province House

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

by Linda Pannozzo September 14, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Investigation

Backroad Deal

by Linda Pannozzo June 1, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

“Nature won”

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson May 30, 2020December 13, 2022
Posted inProvince House

Auditor General finds Lands & Forestry and Health Departments slow to enact changes

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson May 12, 2020December 13, 2022
Posted inMining

Port Wallace Gamble: the real estate boom meets Nova Scotia’s toxic mine legacy

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 1, 2020November 15, 2022
Posted inProvince House

Province issues bids for baby biomass plants

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson February 4, 2020December 7, 2022
Posted inForestry

Bad math at Lands & Forestry

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 21, 2019December 7, 2022

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


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2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.


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, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

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