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An aerial view in spring 2021 of the Touquoy open pit gold mine with the waste rock piles in the forefront, tailings facility to the left and the deep open pit behind that. Photo: contributed

Atlantic Gold sentenced to $250,000 fines and penalties after pleading guilty to federal and provincial environmental charges

by Joan Baxter February 11, 2022November 22, 2022

Provincial court judge Alana Murphy has sentenced Atlantic Mining NS, which does business in Nova Scotia as Atlantic Gold, to pay a total of $250,000 in fines and contributions for failing to comply with federal and provincial environmental regulations at and around its Touquoy open pit gold mine in Moose River, about an hour’s drive […]

A two and a half storey house, green with white trim and a front porch, on a city street with a for sale sign in front of it. In the background are new apartment buildings and beside it a parking lot.

Morning File

Housing: party for a few, crisis for the rest

by Philip Moscovitch January 5, 2022January 25, 2023

An aerial photo showing the Atlantic Gold open pit mine in Moose River on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia.

Mining

Atlantic Gold agrees to a tentative plea deal that would have the company pay $120,000 to the Nova Scotia Salmon Association to atone for breaking environmental rules, but ‘no deal,’ says the Salmon Association

by Joan Baxter October 26, 2021November 22, 2022

Fishery

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

by Joan Baxter May 1, 2021November 22, 2022

The tailings facility at the Touquoy gold mine. A series of covered pools sit in the middle of a snow covered landscape.

Province House

Spill at Moose River gold mine raises environmental concerns

by Joan Baxter March 15, 2019November 10, 2022

A protest sign sayin "nope no open pit excavation" placed above tourism wayfinding signs for the Salmon Museum.

Environment

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

by Joan Baxter January 25, 2019November 10, 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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

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: Nova Scotia Salmon Association

Atlantic Gold sentenced to $250,000 fines and penalties after pleading guilty to federal and provincial environmental charges

Housing: party for a few, crisis for the rest

Atlantic Gold agrees to a tentative plea deal that would have the company pay $120,000 to the Nova Scotia Salmon Association to atone for breaking environmental rules, but ‘no deal,’ says the Salmon Association

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

Spill at Moose River gold mine raises environmental concerns

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

Nova Scotia’s Poverty Report Card — ‘F’ for filed and forgotten?

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