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Judge rejects motion against Lafarge’s tire-burning plan

January 20, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Denise Boudreau has rejected a motion from a citizens group opposed to burning tires for fuel at the Lafarge cement plant in Brookfield. The motion was that new evidence from a toxicology expert be admitted as part of a judicial review this March of Environment Minister Iain Rankin’s decision to...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bill Mahody, Citizens Against Burning of Tires group (CABOT), Douglas Hallett, Environment Minister Iain Rankin, Jennifer Henderson, Lafarge cement plant, Lenore Zann, Lydia Sorflaten, Supreme Court Justice Denise Boudreau

Brookfield residents ask court to consider new tire-burning evidence

December 15, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson

“I say to the Dept of Environment: Now that you know, what are you going to do about it?” Lydia Sorflaten was a talking about an affidavit by an internationally-known toxicologist expert who accuses the province of applying the wrong scientific data to approve a one-year pilot project to burn tires at the Lafarge cement...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bill Mahody, Citizens Against the Burning of Tires (CABOT), Douglas Hallett, Ecology Action Centre, Environment Minister Iain Rankin, Fred Blois, Jennifer Henderson, John Keith, Justice Denise Boudreau, Lafarge cement plant burning tires, Lydia Sorflaten, Sean Foreman

Toxicologist Douglas Hallett raises concerns about Lafarge tire-burning

November 20, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson

A citizens’ group opposed to the burning of tires for fuel at the Lafarge cement plant in Brookfield is asking a court to consider a report from a toxicology expert as part of its judicial review of the Nova Scotia Environment Minister’s decision to approve a one-year pilot project. Douglas J. Hallett (M.Sc and Ph.D...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bill Mahody, Douglas Hallett, Environment Minister Iain Rankin, Gary Burrill, Jennifer Henderson, Lafarge cement plant burning tires, Lydia Sorflaten

The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

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