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Environmental monitoring of abandoned tidal turbine to start soon

August 30, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

After a month of turmoil, regulatory uncertainty, and inertia, it appears steps are being taken to monitor the environmental impact in the immediate zone around an abandoned tidal turbine at the bottom of the Bay of Fundy near Parrsboro. The five-storey high machine is owned and operated by Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint venture between […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Cape Sharp Tidal, Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), Jennifer Henderson, OpenHydro, Stacey Pineau, tidal turbine monitoring

Kersplash: there goes tidal generation

Morning File, Tuesday, August 14, 2018

August 14, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 9 Comments

News 1. Emera withdraws from Cape Sharp Tidal This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. Emera is out of the tidal power business in the Bay of Fundy, at least for now. The parent company of Nova Scotia Power (and the North American energy conglomerate with $29 billion in assets) announced yesterday it was withdrawing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brett Ruskin, Cape Sharp Tidal, Cassie Williams, Christian Richard, Emera, Fredericton shooting, Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), Grant Thornton, GreenUnivers, Kevin Bissett, Laurent Schneider-Maunoury, Michael Tutton, Minister Derek Mombourquette, Morgan Lowrie, Naval Energies, Nicole Thompson, Oceans Supercluster, Open Hydro, Patricia Laurent, Rachel Boomer, Renewables Now, reporting ranks in New Brunswick, Samantha Bayard, Stacey Pineau, Steve Hennigar, Tufts Cove oil spill, Vincent Groizeleau

Harvard Street residents go to court over bikeway plan

Morning File, Friday, August 10, 2018

August 10, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Class action lawsuit filed against Archdiocese Last week, Halifax lawyer John McKiggan and the Toronto law firm of Koskie Minsky announced they were filing a class action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax–Yarmouth on behalf of children they allege were sexually abused by priests from 1960 to the present. After the lawyers issued […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Albert LeBlanc, Alex M. Cameron, Angus McRae, Archdiocese lawsuit, Bruce Wark, Canadian Martyrs' Church, Cape Sharp Tidal, councillor Steve Streatch, Donna Rammo, Douglas Champagne, Edouard Joseph Theriault, Father George Epoch, Gary MacLellan, Geraldine O'Shea, Glen Ginther, Harvard Street bikeway plan, Jack Julian, Jamac painting and Sandblasting Ltd, Janet Stevenson, John McKiggan, Jolyn Swain, Joseph Dominix, Justice John D. Murphy, Justice Minister Diana Whalen, Kelsey MacAulay, Kim Plaxton, Kristin Tweel, Kylie Cooper, Lance Barney, Manuel Cierra, Marlene Cooper, Michael Teehan, Nancy Murphy, Open Hydro collapse, Pat Thompson, Peter Munro, Premier Stephen McNeil, roadside memorial Fall River, Robert MacDougall, Ross Thompson, Scott Hodgson, Stacey Pineau, Sue Goyette, Trevor Brumwell, unconquered peoples, Wendy Brookhouse

Is tidal power dead in the water?

The collapse of OpenHydro comes after $36.2 million in public money has been put into tidal development in Nova Scotia.

August 7, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

The collapse late last month of the French-owned, Irish-based company that has installed tidal turbines three times in the Bay of Fundy continues to reverberate. It is felt most acutely by suppliers and sub-contractors in Nova Scotia, the Orkney Islands, and wherever in the world OpenHydro did business. An unanswered question is whether the collapse...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Aecon Industries, BBC Chartering, Bill Lahey, Black Rock Tidal Power, Cape Sharp, Cape Sharp Tidal, Christian Richard, DP Energy, Electric Power Research Institute, Emera Inc., Energy Minister Derek Monbourquette, Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), Grant Thornton, Marine Current Technologies, Maritime Tidal Energy Corp, Melissa Oldreive, Minas Basin Pulp and Paper, Minas Energy, Minas Tidal, Naval Energies, OpenHydro, Ron Scott, Schottel Hydro, Stacey Pineau, tidal power

Facing a budget shortfall for its new building, the YMCA is asking the city for $1.5 million: Morning File, Tuesday, February 20, 2018

February 20, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

1. A jury of whose peers? Discussing the case of Gerald Stanley, charged and then found not guilty of the murder of Colten Boushie, Stephen Kimber writes: In his instructions to the jury, Chief Justice Martel Popescul said jurors had three choices: agree with the Crown and convict Stanley of second-degree murder; conclude that Stanley should have known […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: "Needlessly institutionalized report, Bill Turpin, Bruce Wark, Cape Sharp Tidal, doctor shortage, electronic voting, Gerald Stanley, Gottingen Street renaming, Gottingen/Novalea issue, Halifax City Council minutes from 1981, Michael Tutton, Minas Basin tidal project, Robert Devet, Robert Mueller indictment against Russians, Stacey Pineau, YMCA asking for money

Minas Basin tidal project stalled until at least the summer

November 20, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson

It will be at least next summer before another attempt is made to tame the Bay of Fundy to produce tidal power. “We’re continuing to upgrade the next turbine we’ll deploy,” says Stacey Pineau, an Emera employee and spokesperson for Cape Sharp Tidal near Parrsboro. Cape Sharp is a joint venture between Emera and OpenHydro,...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Cape Sharp Tidal, Fundy Ocean Research Centre (FORCE), Jennifer Henderson, Minas Basin tidal project, Stacey Pineau

No date set for return of tidal turbine to the Minas Basin

August 31, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson

The Bay of Fundy’s acclaimed “highest tides in the world” have long been a tourist attraction, but the powerful natural phenomenon is proving to be one of the most challenging places on Earth to produce electricity. On June 15, the Cape Sharp Tidal demonstration project retrieved its five-storey high turbine from the ocean floor before...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bay of Fundy tidal turbines, Cape Sharp Tidal, Colin Sproule, Jennifer Henderson, Stacey Pineau

The Summer of Hate: Morning File, Tuesday, June 20, 2017

June 20, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. Street checks “All Halifax Regional Police officers — from the chief through to new recruits — will receive training in 2018 on fair and impartial policing in order to improve street check practices that disproportionately target black people,” reports Sherri Borden Colley for the CBC: It’s one of several measures the police force is taking, Halifax Regional […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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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