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The Borealization of Acadia

Due to climate change, warm weather-friendly trees should be dominating our forests; instead, cold-weather species are taking over. We now understand why — thanks to a phone call from the Irving company to lean on a professor's dean.

July 2, 2020 By Joan Baxter 3 Comments

A new study shows that since European settlement, the rich mix of deciduous and conifer trees in the temperate forest — known by settlers as “Acadian” forest — of the Maritimes, New England, and southeastern Quebec has undergone “borealization,” meaning there has been “widespread replacement of temperate tree species by boreal species,” which are common […]

Filed Under: Featured, Investigation Tagged With: Acadian Forest Region, anthropogenic fire, boreal, borealization, clearcutting, climate change, Donna Crossland, ecological forestry, facebook, Faculty of Forestry and Enviornmental Management, forestry, global warming, Greg Watson, high production forestry, high-grading, industrial forestry, Jason Limongelli, JD Irving, JDI, Joshua Noseworthy, Lahey report, logging, North Nova Forest Owners Co-operative, temperate forest, Tom Beckley, University of New Brunswick, Van Lantz

Imagine Spring Garden Road where everyone looks the same

Morning File, Tuesday, September 24, 2019

September 24, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 9 Comments

News 1. Naturalists go to court “Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Christa Brothers will decide whether the Minister of Lands and Forestry has failed to live up to the obligations set out in the Endangered Species Act to protect wildlife in the province,” reports Jennifer Henderson: “We seek the Court’s assistance as a last resort,” […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alicia Draus, Anne McLellan, Brett Ruskin, Brian Muldoon, Cermaq, collapsed crane removal, Cooke Aquaculture, Darrell Dexter, Dorothy Grant, EcoJustice, Evan Williams, exposure, fish farms, Glen Cooke, global warming, Graeme Benjamin, Hany El Naggar, Harbourside Engineering Consultants, housing affordability, Howard Ramos, Income inequality, Janice Harvey, Kathleen McNab, Kelly Cove Salmon, left hand turns, lobster fishery, Marla MacInnis, menstrual products in schools, Michigan Lane, Minister Labi Kousoulis, Minister Lloyd Hines, Nicole Munro, period poverty, Peter MacKay, Protect Liverpool Bay (PLB), R&D Crane Operator Ltd, rent control, Robert Devet, Sabino Urciuoli, sinkhole Trans Canada Highway, Spring Garden Road redesign

Fracking is back on the agenda in Nova Scotia

After years during which nobody seemed to be asking the F-question in the province, suddenly it is being asked again all over the place: To frack or not to frack? Who’s asking and why?

May 6, 2019 By Joan Baxter 6 Comments

To frack, or not to frack Nova Scotia? That seems to be the question. Again. There’s been a de facto moratorium on fracking — more specifically on “high-volume hydraulic fracturing in shale” — in the province since 2014, and oil and gas companies haven’t exactly been beating down our doors to get it lifted, demanding […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: AltaGas, Alton Gas Natural Storage, Andrew Nikiforuk, Andrew Younger, Barb Harris, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Cape Breton Spectator, Councillor Lynne Welton, Cumberland Business Connector, Cumberland Energy Authority, David Wheeler, Department of Energy and Mines, Fracking, global warming, Harry Thurston, Heritage Gas Limited, Jennifer Matthews, John Hawkins, Jonathan McClelland, Ken Summers, lobbyist, Maritime Energy Association, Mark Haslon, Mary Campbell, Minister Lloyd Hines, natural gas, Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition (NOFRAC), PC MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, PC MLA Pat Dunn, PC MLA Tory Rushton, Premier Stephen McNeil, Ray Hickey, Ray Ritcey, Sandy MacMullin, shale gas development, Shelley Hoeg, Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development, Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities, Wheeler report

Ships, Conservatives, turbines, gold, and forests

Morning File, Thursday, August 23, 2018

August 23, 2018 By Joan Baxter 6 Comments

Hello, I’m Joan Baxter, Nova Scotian journalist and author, wondering how on earth Tim does this every morning. News 1. Ships start here, but when? Jennifer Henderson investigates the six-month (and counting) delay in the completion of the first ship in the multi-billion dollar Halifax Shipyard contract in a new article for the Examiner: The […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bernie Miller, Bruce Nunn, Cape Sharp Tidal, Conservative Party of Canada, corporate welfare, David Patriquin, Eastlink TV, Emily Neil, Emma Davie, extreme weather, Francis Campbell, global warming, Glyphosate, gold exploration, Jeffrey MacLeod, Joan Baxter, John Perkins, John Whalley, Maritime Made, Marla MacInnis, Mary Campbell, Minister Derek Mombourquette, Natural Resources Strategy, Northern Pulp grants, NSBI, OpenHydro, Premier Stephen McNeil, Stacey Rudderham, Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia (SuNNS), Suzuki Foundation, Taryn Grant, Tatamagouche (French River) Source Water Protection Advisory Committee, tidal turbine retrieval, VisionMax

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

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