Hi, I’m Joan Baxter, a Nova Scotian journalist and author. Some of my books are actually quite upbeat, proving that I’m not always a bearer of bad news. News 1. Abandoned tidal turbine Jennifer Henderson updates the situation of the abandoned tidal turbine in the Minas Basin in this article for the Examiner. After a […]
Ships, Conservatives, turbines, gold, and forests
Morning File, Thursday, August 23, 2018
Hello, I’m Joan Baxter, Nova Scotian journalist and author, wondering how on earth Tim does this every morning. News 1. Ships start here, but when? Jennifer Henderson investigates the six-month (and counting) delay in the completion of the first ship in the multi-billion dollar Halifax Shipyard contract in a new article for the Examiner: The […]
Rescued whale, stoned dogs, and mere busybodies: Morning File, Tuesday, January 2, 2018
News 1. The Desmond file “One year ago tomorrow, on January 3, 2017, 33-year-old Lionel Desmond parked his car on a logging road in Upper Big Tracadie, NS, just as the sun was setting,” writes Stephen Kimber: Armed with two rifles, including an SKS semi-automatic Soviet military weapon he’d bought a few days earlier at […]
Thank you for bringing back my wheelbarrow: Morning File, Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Today’s Morning File is co-written by Tim Bousquet and Erica Butler. Tim is writing and will be publishing a news article later today. News 1. Another dead whale found in the Gulf of St Lawrence The body count for right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is now 10, reports the CBC. That means in […]
Hooray and up she rises: Morning File, Friday, October 14, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Captive whales may be coming to Nova Scotia “An organization planning to build a $15-million sanctuary for captive whales is scouting locations in Nova Scotia,” reports Chris Lambie: The Whale Sanctuary Project has checked out a dozen sites between Lunenberg and Guysborough that could […]