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NS Supreme Court justice dismisses Owls Head review, says citizens should take it to the ballot box

Justice Brothers: Government's decision to delist Owls Head and enter into a conditional agreement to sell the land "was reasonable based on the information before it."

July 30, 2021 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice has dismissed citizens’ request for a judicial review of the delisting and potential sale of Owls Head Provincial Park. Here’s a recap of the issue, via reporter Joan Baxter in a February 2020 Morning File for the Halifax Examiner: In December 2019, based on information he obtained through a […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Bob Bancroft, Department of Lands and Forests, Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association, Endangered Species Act, Iain Rankin, Justice Christa Brothers, Lighthouse Links Development Company, nova scotia supreme court, Owls Head, Owls Head Park, Save Owls Head Provincial Park, Treasury and Policy Board

Atlantic Gold’s imaginary conservation land

In 2008, Atlantic Gold was given provincial approval for the gigantic Touquoy open pit gold mine with the condition that within 4 years the company buy and give the province nearby land for conservation purposes. 13 years later, that condition is still unmet, and the province is making no real effort to enforce it.

May 20, 2021 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

Atlantic Gold has just announced that in “late spring/early summer 2021” it will be undertaking a new Class 1 Environmental Assessment for modifications to its open pit Touquoy gold mine in Moose River. Among other things, the company wants to expand its waste rock storage area that is already sky-high, prepare to store tailings in […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Mining NS Corp, Auditor General, Australian, Barbara MacLean, Barbara Markovits, Beaver Dam, Beck Gilbert, Bob Bancroft, Cabot Cliffs, Cabot Links, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012, CBC, Chuck Porter, Cochrane Hill gold mine, Community LIaison Committee, conservation land, DDV Gold, Department of lands and Forestry, Department of Natural Resources, Dustin O’Leary, East Coast Environmental Law Association (ECELAW), Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association, Environment Act, Environmental Approval, environmental assessment, environmental charges, Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA), Fifteen Mile Stream mine, FOIPOP, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Freedom of Information request, golf courses, Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), Iain Rankin, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, industrial approval, Jamie Simpson, Jennifer Henderson, judicial review, Juniper Law, Keith Irving, Laird Brownlie, Lighthouse Links Development Company, Michael Gorman, Michael Pickup, Moose River Consolidated Project, Moose River gold mine, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia Environment, Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change, Nova Scotia Environment and Labour, Nova Scotia Nature Trust, Owls Head, Owls Head Park, proposed Beaver Dam mine, Provincial Court in Dartmouth, Rachel Boomer, Save Owls Head Provincial Park, St Barbara Ltd, Supreme Court Justice Christa Brothers, Terms and Conditions, Tim Bousquet, Touquoy mine

A filthy rich American wants to profit from turning Owls Head into a golf course, and he apparently wants the Canadian taxpayer to subsidize the effort

Morning File, Friday, May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Police budget “The city’s board of police commissioners is recommending in favour of a $5.5 million cut to the Halifax Regional Police budget,” reports Zane Woodford: Chief Dan Kinsella told the board this week that there will be no impact on public safety from the reduced spending, about $4 million of which comes […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amy Susin, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Beckwith Gilbert, Cape Breton Regional Hospital (CBRH), Chris Miller, Colin MacDonald, Field Point Capital Management Company, FOI request, Joel Pink, Judge A. Peter Ross, Kitty Gilbert, Landon Thomas Jr., Lighthouse Links Development Company, lobbyist, Mary Saltzman, Michel Samson, Owls Head Park, PASSUR Aerospace, Roy Garland, Sean Glover, Simon MacDonald, Tammy Carrigan-Warner, Thomas Gilbert Jr., Thomas Strong Gilbert Sr., Valerie MacGillivary

Enhancing the tourist experience by putting parking on protected land

Morning File, Tuesday, December 24, 2019

December 24, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

It’s Christmas Eve and I have no idea if anybody is reading or not. If you’re here, enjoy the Morning File. I usually work only minimally between Christmas and New Year’s, and I hope you get some time off too. News 1. Christmas in prison A prisoner we are calling JC offers a moving piece […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Beckwith Gilbert, Bee Morrison, Caitlin Grady, Canadian Ferry Association (CFA), Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Capp Larsen, coastal barrens, councillor Richard Zurawski, David Burke, electric buses, Frances Willick, Francis Campbell, Government secrecy, Halifax Field Naturalists, Jaida Regan, Joan Dawson, John Beale, Kent Martin, Kitty Gilbert, Lighthouse Links Development Company, living wage, Loaded Ladel Co-op, Marine Atlantic ferries, Mayor Mike Savage, Michael Gorman, Owl's Head Provincial Park, Peggy's Cove, Roger Crooks, Serge Buy, Stephen Archibald and Chignecto Ship Railway, Victoria Walton

Who’s protecting Owls Head park from development? Not the provincial government

Morning File, Wednesday, December 18, 2019

December 18, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

News 1. Environment Minister Gordon Wilson orders two-year environmental assessment of Northern Pulp Mill’s proposed effluent treatment system Jennifer Henderson looks at what yesterday’s decision on Northern Pulp’s proposed effluent treatment system means for the future. Environment minister Gordon Wilson told Northern Pulp to produce more information and complete a full environmental assessment before he […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 100 Wild Island Legacy, abortion services, accessibility, Allana Loh, Angelo DiCicco, Beckwith Gilbert, Between the Bridges, Bonnie Sutherland, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Halifax, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Chelsea Probert, Cheyenne Hardy, Chris Miller, Dartmouth Learning Network, Dartmouth North Community Food Centre, Doris Buffett MacDonald, Doris Wornell, Farrell Hall Benevolent Society, Frances Hunter, Gaelle McNeil, Grand Parade, how not to hit a pedestrian, Jason MacCullough, Joe Gibson, Kate Watson, Kayley Dixon, Kitty Gilbert, Leigh Beauchamp Day, Lighthouse Links Development Company, May Warren, Michael Gorman, Minister Iain Rankin, MLA Claudia Chender, New Years Eve, North Dartmouth Echo, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Nature Trust, Owls Head Park, Paul Vienneau, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Public Good Society of Dartmouth, Rebecca Douglass, Sandi Weagle, Sylvia Anthony, Take Action Society, The Freedom Foundation of Nova Scotia, Tyler Colbourne, Young Drivers of Canada

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

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

Listen to the episode here.

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