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No federal assessment will be required for Northern Pulp’s proposed effluent treatment project

December 17, 2019 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

Yesterday, four days before his announcement was due on the Northern Pulp effluent treatment proposal, and less than 24 hours before the deadline for the provincial environment minister to announce his decision, federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson released a statement saying that he had “decided not to designate the Northern Pulp project […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs, Caribou Harbour, Coldwater Lobster Association, Earnscliffe Strategy Group, Friends of the Northumberland Strait, Gulf Nova Scotia Fleet Planning Board, Impact Assessment Act, Impact Assessment Agency (IAA), Justice Timothy Gabriel, Maritime Fishermen’s Union, Mi’kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island, Millbrook First Nation, Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister Margaret Miller, Northern Pulp effluent, Northern Pulp environmental assessment, Northern Pulp lobbyist, Northumberland Strait Sportfishing Association, Paper Excellence, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Premier Dennis King, Premier Stephen McNeil, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association, Sipekne'katik First Nation, Trevor Floyd, Velma McColl

The Centre Plan is a colossal waste of time, money, public attention, newsprint, and reporter energy

Morning File, Wednesday, September 18, 2019

September 18, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Centre Plan A public hearing on the Centre Plan was held at City Hall yesterday, and lasted well into the night. Council will debate the various issues and presumably vote to enact the package later today. I’ve never seen such a colossal waste of time, money, public attention, newsprint, and reporter energy devoted […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Cooke, Boat Harbour Act, Brian Hebert, Centre Plan, food festival, Justice Timothy Gabriel, mac and cheese festival, menstrual products in schools, Nhlanhla Dlamini, Northern Pulp decision, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Stephen Archibald and LeMarchant-St. Thomas Elementary

Northern Pulp says it “cares” — but for whom and for what?

February 21, 2019 By Joan Baxter 4 Comments

“We care,” says Northern Pulp on the website it has created to spread the word that it “cares about forestry families of Nova Scotia.” The site is a vehicle for the company’s letter-writing campaign to get people in the forestry sector to contact Premier Stephen McNeil, their MLA, MP, or even Canadian Senators to ask […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Boat Harbour closure, Brian Hebert, Chief Andrea Paul, Effluent Treatment Facility, Forest Nova Scotia, former Premier John Hamm, Friends of the Northumberland Strait (FONS), JoAnn Alberstat, Justice Timothy Gabriel, Kathy Clouthier, Marla MacInnis, Minister Lloyd Hines, Minister Peter Mackay, Northern Pulp, Northern Pulp loans, Northern Resources Nova Scotia Corporation, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN)

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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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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