News 1. Dalhousie report on its racist past released The Dalhousie panel appointed to look into the attitudes and actions of the school’s founder has published its report, writes Frances Willick for the CBC. In an opening note, the report’s lead author and panel chair Dr. Afua Cooper ties the historical findings to current day […]
What’s going to happen to all those crows when the Motherhouse Lands get developed?
Morning File, Thursday, December 27, 2018
News 1. Zinc “ScoZinc Mining Ltd. said Monday December 24 that it is poised to be one of Canada’s next base metal producers after releasing a project update and improved economic study for its wholly-owned ScoZinc zinc-lead mine in Nova Scotia,” reports Resource World Magazine: The forecast came after the company said it has completed additional […]
It’s the People’s Arena: we paid for it, we own it
Morning File, Thursday, October 11, 2018
News 1. P3s explained Does the McNeil government’s announcement that the QEII New Generation project will be financed by a P3 (public-private partnership) arrangement leave you scratching your head in confusion? It should. So many arguments are tossed out to justify the decision, but none of those are explained in detail or backed up by hard […]
Judge refuses to intervene in Lafarge’s tire-burning plan
A handful of citizens who live beside a cement plant in Brookfield, 10 kilometers south of Truro, have lost a court battle to prevent Lafarge Canada from burning tires for fuel. CABOT (Citizens Against the Burning of Tires) launched a judicial review of Environment Minister Iain Rankin’s decision last July approving the project. Yesterday, Nova […]
Five Saturday morning updates: Lafarge, Examineradio, wilderness park purchase, Elmwood, and Mr. Big
I’m not sure if El Jones is writing today or not. Honestly, I don’t know how she does all she does and pumps out a weekly column — it’s perfectly understandable that she needs to take a week off every now and then. But yesterday’s Morning File was on the short side, and a few […]
Brookfield residents ask court to consider new tire-burning evidence
“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...
Toxicologist Douglas Hallett raises concerns about Lafarge tire-burning
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...
Brookfield residents go to court to stop tire burning at Larfarge
A handful of Colchester County residents will get their day in court next year to try and halt a one-year pilot project that would burn tires for fuel at the Lafarge Canada cement plant in Brookfield, 12 kilometres south of Truro, near Shortts Lake. Yesterday, in a process to set court dates, Lafarge lawyer John...
Killer sharks are encircling Nova Scotia: Morning File, Tuesday, August 15, 2017
News 1. Abortion “Nova Scotia is the only province in Canada where women must obtain a physician’s referral before making an abortion appointment,” reports Brett Bundale for the Canadian Press: Advocates say Nova Scotia is now one of the most difficult provinces in the country in which to access abortion, with women requiring a referral for […]