A renewed effort is underway to harness Bay of Fundy tidal power using a floating platform technology with six mounted turbines to capture kinetic energy from the flowing water.* The Pempa’q In-stream Tidal Energy Project will build upon the knowledge gained during a two-year field test at Grand Passage near Digby where the PLAT-I produced...
The Cory Taylor case: Nova Scotia’s racist context and cops investigating cops
Morning File, Wednesday, October 2, 2019
News 1. Cory Taylor decision Yesterday, Justice Gerald Moir issued a decision in Cory Taylor’s appeal of the Police Complaints Commissioner’s dismissal of his complaint that Halifax police “arrested him without cause, used unnecessary force to do so, and caused him serious injury.” Taylor is Black. At the time of the August 2017 incident, Taylor was […]
Gold mining on the Eastern Shore stumbles
Morning File, Friday, September 21, 2018
News 1. Dufferin gold mine Two claims have been filed against the Maritime Dufferin Gold Corporation this week. Central Equipment, Inc. claims that it provided Maritime Dufferin Gold with unspecified goods and services and that Maritime Dufferin Gold defaulted on payment; Central has repossessed the goods, and is asking for a $37,766.33 court judgment that […]