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Sea lice are decimating Atlantic salmon, and climate change is making the situation worse

A recent study shows that the negative effects of sea lice increase as water warms, and that increases the risk that open-net pen salmon farming present for wild salmon.

May 1, 2021 By Joan Baxter 5 Comments

A Dalhousie University researcher is among a team of scientists tracking a big threat to Atlantic salmon: sea lice. Climate change can increase risks of disease in marine ecosystems and pose an additional threat to the health of Atlantic salmon, according to a recent paper published in Nature’s peer-reviewed journal, Scientific Reports, and authored by […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: aquaculture, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs, Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore (APES), Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association, Atlantic salmon, Atlantic Salmon Federation, British Columbia, climate change, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), Cooke Aquaculture, Dalhousie University, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Discovery Islands, Ecolocy Action Centre, Food Social and Ceremonial Fishery (FSC), Gilbert van Ryckevorsel, Healthy Bays Network, Jeffrey Hutchings, Kris Hunter, Kwilmu’kw Maw-Klusuaqn (KMK), Linda Pannozzo, Liverpool Bay, Lucia Fanning, Mi’kmaq Conservation Group (MCG), Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative, Norway, Nova Scotia Salmon Association, open-net pen salmon farming, plamu, precautionary principle, Protect Liverpool Bay, sea lice, Sean Godwin, Shelley Denny, Simon Ryder-Burbridge, smolt, Species at Risk Act, St. Mary's River, St. Mary’s Bay Protectors, Twin Bays Coalition, Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR), wild Atlantic salmon

Friends of St. Mary’s River say “NOPE” to Atlantic Gold

January 25, 2019 By Joan Baxter 4 Comments

For many years, when the St. Mary’s River Association (or SMRA) held meetings in Sherbrooke on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, the group members’ purpose was primarily to report on the headway they were making in their efforts to achieve their vision of “Health for our river, the Atlantic salmon and our community.” Members would gather […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: 15-Mile Stream, Archibald Lake, Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Mining NS, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Beaver Dam Cross Road, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), Cochrane Hill, Dustin O’Leary, Gilbert van Ryckevorsel, Glenelg Lake, Gwen Boutilier, Kris Hunter, Lewis Hinks, McKeens Brook, Moose River, Moose River Consolidated Project, Mooseland Road, No Open Pit Excavation (NOPE), Nova Scotia Salmon Association, salmon fishing, Scott Beaver, Sherbrooke, Southern Upland Atlantic Salmon, St. Mary’s Education and Interpretive Centre, St. Mary’s River Association (SMRA), Steven Dean, Touquoy mine, toxic tailings, West River Sheet Harbour project

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
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.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

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. 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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Two young white women, one with dark hair and one blonde, smile at the camera on a sunny spring day.

Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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