Lahey Report on Forestry Archives

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Discovering an exciting, strange city in an old part of town

by Philip Moscovitch December 1, 2021January 25, 2023

News 1. Three years after the Lahey Report, nothing has changed In 2018, University of King’s College President Bill Lahey released a report commissioned by the provincial government, reviewing the province’s forestry practices and making recommendations for a sustainable future. Officially known as “Forest Practices Report for Nova Scotia (2018)” but called “The Lahey Report” […]

Photo of the devastation left behind after a clearcut. There are stumps of large trees, burned from the heat of the chainsaws, and crushed trees for a mile. Only a few denuded conifers and spindly trunks are left standing, bereft.

Forestry

Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer

by Joan Baxter June 10, 2021November 22, 2022

Commentary, Environment, Province House

Save our forests? Not now. We’re too busy destroying them

by Stephen Kimber January 31, 2021October 20, 2022

Under a clear blue sky, a completely cleared landscape with brown rocky soil and some tread marks and some remnant tree branches and woody debris following a clearcut near Bass River, Nova Scotia

Commentary, Environment, Investigation, Province House

Clear as mud: How the government’s reports on Nova Scotia forests obfuscate and confuse the data

by Linda Pannozzo September 14, 2020October 20, 2022

Environment

“Nature won”

by Jennifer Henderson May 30, 2020December 13, 2022

Province House

Auditor General finds Lands & Forestry and Health Departments slow to enact changes

by Jennifer Henderson May 12, 2020December 13, 2022

Transportation

Shaping the rules around roadside memorials

by Suzanne Rent January 23, 2020November 5, 2022

A map of the proposed clear cuts near Lake Deception.

Forestry

Environmentalists say logging companies are rushing clearcuts near Lake Deception before new forest regulations come into effect

by Jennifer Henderson November 20, 2019December 7, 2022

Environment, Province House

Naturalists sue province for failing to protect endangered species

by Jennifer Henderson February 28, 2019October 20, 2022

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

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DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc homepage.

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

2020 MASS MURDERS

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, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Tag: Lahey Report on Forestry

Discovering an exciting, strange city in an old part of town

Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer

Save our forests? Not now. We’re too busy destroying them

Clear as mud: How the government’s reports on Nova Scotia forests obfuscate and confuse the data

“Nature won”

Auditor General finds Lands & Forestry and Health Departments slow to enact changes

Shaping the rules around roadside memorials

Environmentalists say logging companies are rushing clearcuts near Lake Deception before new forest regulations come into effect

Naturalists sue province for failing to protect endangered species

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty