1. Clearcutting “The McNeil government is promising less clearcutting on crown lands through new ‘interim’ harvesting guidelines introduced yesterday in response to a comprehensive report on forestry practices prepared by University of King’s College president Bill Lahey last August,” reports Jennifer Henderson: It’s unclear how much the controversial practice will be reduced until after permanent […]
Nova Scotia’s coming Fentanyl crisis: Examineradio, episode #115
Already a borderline epidemic on the west coast, Fentanyl, perhaps more than other opioids, is posed to become a public-health crisis in Nova Scotia, believes Vice News’s Hilary Beaumont. Plus, there are three recounts underway in the wake of the Nova Scotia provincial election: Chester-St. Margaret’s, Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank, and Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie. Finally, North Dartmouth comes to grips with another […]
The stupid, mean violence of North Dartmouth: Morning File, Thursday, June 8, 2017
News 1. Chelsie Probert, North Dartmouth poverty, and violence A police release from last night: The suspicious death that occurred last night in Dartmouth has been ruled a homicide. At approximately 10 p.m. on June 6, Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a female in medical distress on a pathway in the 0-100 […]