News 1. Fiona I can’t speak to the damage done by and response to Fiona in Cape Breton and PEI, which bore the brunt of the storm, but some post-storm observations from my Halifax urban area vantage point: Clean-up I was impressed with how rapidly crews cleared at least the main arteries of debris and […]
Committee recommends heritage registration for former Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children
A committee of council is recommending heritage registration for the former Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children. At a virtual meeting on Wednesday, the Heritage Advisory Committee considered the application from Akoma Holdings for the former home at 18 Wilfred Jackson Way in Westphal. The proposed heritage registration is part of Akoma’s redevelopment plan for […]
Calling the quarantine hotline
Morning File, Tuesday, June 21, 2022
News 1. Police board to launch limited independent review of August 18 actions “Halifax’s Board of Police Commissioners is moving ahead with an independent civilian review of the police actions of August 18, 2021,” Zane Woodford reports. The board had considered launching such a review last fall, but was waiting on a legal opinion to […]
Small business owners should be advocating for off-market housing
Morning file, Monday, June 20, 2022
News 1. Small businesses and housing costs There’s been a torrent of articles recently about the struggles small businesses are facing, including two articles published right here in the Halifax Examiner. This morning, Jennifer Henderson reports on a recent virtual discussion hosted by the Truro and Colchester Chamber of Commerce, in which small business owners […]
The conservation officer shuffle: Houston government quietly moves inspection, enforcement and compliance officers out of Nova Scotia Environment and back to Natural Resources
There was no fanfare, not even a press release. But three months ago, Premier Tim Houston’s government quietly reversed a move made in 2016 by former Premier Stephen McNeil’s government that brought all the province’s conservation, inspection, enforcement, and compliance officers under one roof. According to Erin Lynch, spokesperson for Natural Resources and Renewables (DNRR), […]
Well-behaved women are rarely quoted properly
Morning File, Tuesday, April 5, 2022
News 1. Forced mediation with Northern Pulp Joan Baxter continues to follow the story of Northern Pulp and its parent company, Paper Excellence Canada, as they try to seek restitution for being forced to shut their Pictou County pulp mill. To recap: The mill did not provide a satisfactory plan to deal with effluent from […]
Northern Pulp and its wealthy owners seem intent on taking Nova Scotians to the cleaners
But the Pictou pulp mill has had plenty of Nova Scotian accomplices helping them fleece the province.
On April 1, in the British Columbia Supreme Court, Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick issued an order that forces Nova Scotia into a “mediation” process in the BC court, where Northern Pulp and six related companies have been enjoying creditor protection since June 2020. The process will be handled by a “court appointed” monitor that Northern Pulp […]
Northern Pulp has a new set of “friends”
But the “friends” look familiar, and the “new” Northern Pulp sure looks a lot like the same old Northern Pulp.
This is how the “Friends of a New Northern Pulp” describe themselves on their website: We are Nova Scotians who care deeply about our province, our forests, and our communities. We are the 36,000 Nova Scotians who own small and large woodlots. So, just one line in and the BS begins. The wording of the […]
A cautionary tale for Nova Scotia’s Liberal leadership hopefuls
Now that it's out of power, the Liberal party is imploding. As usual. Those hoping to lead the party today might take a moment to remember how the Liberals fared the last time they lost an election. Anyone remember Francis MacKenzie?
The existential problem for any political party whose primary raison d’êtres are to gain power and then cling to it forever, no matter what happens… is what happens when the voters finally abandon them? As they inevitably do. May I present Exhibit 1: the Nova Scotia Liberal Party of Nova Scotia, circa 2022. The party’s...
Anaconda joins the gold rush on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore
Part 2. Anaconda aims to avoid a federal impact assessment for its proposed open pit gold mine, but some say the whole regulatory process in Canada is “rigged”
Gold exploration and mining companies are lining up to get at Nova Scotia’s gold, as the province undergoes a fourth gold rush. In 2017, Atlantic Gold opened the province’s first-ever open pit gold mine in Moose River, with plans to open three more along the Eastern Shore, in what it described to potential investors as […]
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