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Pictou Landing First Nation to Stephen McNeil: Honour the Boat Harbour Act and No Pipe in the Strait

October 6, 2019 By Joan Baxter 1 Comment

The day-by-day countdown to the closing of Boat Harbour happens on a large painting erected in front of the Pictou Landing First Nation band council office. The painting depicts Boat Harbour as it was before it was dammed (and damned) in 1966, transformed from a healthy tidal estuary to a stinking lagoon for the toxic […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: A’se’K, Barry Randle, Betsy MacDonald, Boat Harbour, Boat Harbour remediation project, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Chief Andrea Paul, Dorene Bernard, Elizabeth May, Environment Minister Margaret Miller, Frank Augustine, Friends of the Northumberland Strait, Gardner Pinfold, George Canyon, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Jerry Dias, Josie Augustine, Ken Swain, Michelle Francis-Denny, MLA Darlene Compton, MP Sean Fraser, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Northern Pulp, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Premier Stephen McNeil, Rob Holten, Tonya Francis

A Tree Walk will make us all rich!

Morning File, Thursday, August 22, 2019

August 22, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Cod “DFO has issued a stark warning linking the demise of codfish in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to an exploding seal population,” reports Paul Withers for the CBC: It’s contained in the most recent stock assessment of Atlantic cod in the southern gulf, which was released earlier this month. “At the current abundance […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, Abdilahi Elmi, Anjuli Patil, Atlantic cod, Atlantic Wallboard LP, Cabot Links airport, Cochrane Hill gold mine, George Canyon, grey seals, HMCS Toronto, Infrastructure Canada, Irvings and ACOA, JD Irving, Jeff Hutchings, Joseph Balaz, Kevin Bissett, Mary Campbell, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Paul Withers, Rob Wolf, Sheldon MacLeod, St Barbara, St. Mary’s River Association, Stephanie Levitz, Taryn Grant, Tree Walk, world class

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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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