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Fish farm limbo

Amid COVID-19, province grants Cermaq Canada more time to decide on Nova Scotia fish farm expansion, leaving affected communities wondering what's next.

March 29, 2020 By Linda Pannozzo 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. On Friday, March 27, the provincial government gave Cermaq Canada an extension on the deadline to file an application for its options to lease in four bays in the province. The firm is part of Cermaq Global, formerly a Norwegian state-controlled salmon producer purchased by […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: 240 line, Amy Jonsson, aquaculture, Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, Ayla Parker, Brandon Tidd, Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA), Casie Melanson, Cermaq Canada, Cermaq Global, Community Information and Advisory Committee (CIAC), coronavirus, COVID-19, Dana McCullough, East of the Moon Fisheries, fish farms, Matt Melanson, Melinda Cole, Minister Bernadette Jordan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DFA), Rayanne Amero, salmon farming

“Rally” to oppose Cermaq’s proposed industrial-scale fish farms in Mahone and St. Margaret’s Bays draws large crowd

March 2, 2020 By Linda Pannozzo 4 Comments

About 300 people gathered at a “rally” and information session held Sunday in Upper Tantallon in opposition to Cermaq Canada’s proposed industrial-scale salmon farm expansion into Mahone Bay and St. Margaret’s Bay. The event was  organized by the Twin Bays Coalition, a group that recently coalesced in response to the government granting the global-aquaculture giant […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen’s Association, Bob Chamberlin, Bonny Glambeck, Broughton Archipelago, Cermaq Canada, Clayoquot Action Society, Colin Sproul, David Devenne, lobster industry, Mahone Bay, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mowi Canada West, salmon farming, sea lice, Twin Bays Coalition, Vince Boutilier

You’re already getting a tax increase because of the convention centre

Morning File, Wednesday, April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. City budget “They flirted with the idea of dipping into the savings account to lower the number, but in the end Halifax regional councillors approved the municipality’s budget for the year ahead with an increase of nearly 2 per cent to the average property tax bill,” reports Zane Woodford for Metro: Councillor Tim Outhit […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Gunn, Andrew Fenton, Auditor General Michael Pickup, Brittany Bernard, CAO Jacques Dubé, CAO Richard Butts, Councillor Tim Outhit, Dartmouth Sportsplex naming rights, drugged at Toothy Moose, Finance Director Cathie O'Toole, Julie Gelfand, Laura Brown, Letitia Meynell, MP Francis Drouin, Nova Centre projected tax revenue, Paige Fitzpatrick, personhood of chimpanzees, Police resource review, property tax increase, provincial aquaculture industry, salmon farming, Stuart Peddle, Zane Woodford

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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.

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