Residents living in and around Windsor can expect to see frequent closures of the emergency department at the Hants Community Hospital over the next two months. Dr. Cathryn Smith, chief of staff at the Hants Community Hospital, said there are 27 shifts for which no emergency department doctor is available and that will mean closing […]
Nova Scotia Power one of three companies facing charges in Andrew Gnazdowsky’s workplace death
Nicole Gnazdowsky’s emotions were mixed Tuesday when she learned that Nova Scotia Power was one of three companies facing charges in connection with her brother’s 2020 workplace death. “I’m happy that we’re finally getting somewhere, but we’re not there yet,” Gnazdowsky said in an interview. “I’m super glad that all three companies are now charged […]
Millbrook First Nation to Atlantic Gold and government regulators: “We oppose the Beaver Dam mine project”
Millbrook First Nation Chief Bob Gloade knows that his band has no veto power over a new open pit gold mine planned for Beaver Dam, just a stone’s throw from a Millbrook satellite community in Halifax Regional Municipality, but he is hoping the project can be stopped through consultation. That way, he says, there will […]
After a chance encounter at a park, Liberal leader Iain Rankin called the RCMP on Nicole Gnazdowsky
Gnazdowsky, a constituent in Rankin's Timberlea-Prospect riding, has been fighting for answers about her brother's workplace death.
Liberal leader Iain Rankin called the RCMP after a chance encounter with a constituent on Sunday. Nicole Gnazdowsky ran into Rankin at a park in the former premier’s Timberlea-Prospect riding on Sunday afternoon. Both Gnazdowsky and Rankin brought their dogs to the park to play fetch, but when Gnazdowsky spotted her MLA, she approached him […]
What would you build if Halifax council gave you $20 million?
Morning File, Wednesday, December 11, 2019
News 1. Halifax is getting a stadium Council voted in favour of spending $20 million on a stadium, although the Atlantic Schooners will have to find a new location, Zane Woodford with The Star Halifax reports. A staff report recommended spending the $20 million, but told Schooner Sports and Entertainment (SSE) its preferred spot of […]
Spill at Moose River gold mine raises environmental concerns
Atlantic Gold springs an effluent leak, plugs a new mine, and sells itself to investors
Cover photo: the tailings facility at the Touquoy gold mine. Photo: Saint Mary’s River Association Atlantic Gold’s manager of environment and permitting, James Millard, calls it a “spill” or a “loss of control” caused by a “gasket failure.” By whatever name, the event happened on the night of January 3, 2019, at the company’s open […]