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Pieridae’s pipe dream

Pieridae Energy’s plans for a liquified natural gas plant in Nova Scotia sit in the sweet spot of an elaborate Rube Goldberg financing machine that requires Shell Oil offloading some aging gas wells in Alberta to a cash-strapped energy company living on the hope of sky-high gas costs in Germany years from now.

April 13, 2021 By Joan Baxter 4 Comments

If the Halifax Examiner inbox is anything to go by, there is no shortage of critics of Pieridae Energy and its plans to pipe natural gas into Nova Scotia, build a $10-billion liquefied natural gas plant in Goldboro on the province’s Eastern Shore, and then ship the LNG to Germany, a project the Halifax Examiner […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: Alberta, Alberta Energy Regulator, Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project, Alfred Sorensen, Andrew Nikiforuk, Andy Gheorghiu, carbon offsetting, climate emergency, Environment Minister Randy Delorey, Environnement Vert Plus, Erikson National Energy, Fortum, fracked gas, Fracking, German Ministry of Economics and Energy, Germany, Goldboro LNG plant, greenhouse gas emissions, James Millar, Ken Summers, Larry Hughes, liquefied natural gas, Mark Dorin, Mark Horrox, natural gas, Nova Scotia Environment, Pascal Bergeron, Pieridae Energy, Polluter Pay Federation, Premier Iain Rankin, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec Environmental Law Centre, Regan Boychuk, Shell Canada, SLAPP, Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, The Tyee, Third Eye Capital, Thomas Ciz, Uniper, US Department of Energy

The Goldboro Gamble

Part 1: For nearly a decade, Alfred Sorensen has been assuring us that the multi-billion Goldboro LNG plant is a done deal. But his supposed German financiers aren't as certain as Sorenson pretends, and his company struggles to find a secure source of gas.

October 19, 2020 By Joan Baxter 5 Comments

Recent news that Calgary-based Pieridae Energy’s has found a new engineering firm for its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Goldboro, and worked out an agreement with a Calgary firm and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs to build and operate a huge work camp at the site, has prompted headlines that suggest […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: AIMCo, Alberta Energy Regulator, Alfred Sorensen, Andrew Nikiforuk, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs, Bear Head LNG, Bechtel, Black Diamond Group, Chief Terrance Paul, Citizen’s Oil and Gas Council, Duke Energy, Environment Minister Randy Delorey, Goldboro LNG plant, Greta Thunberg, Kellogg Brown & Root, Keltic Petrochemicals, Kitimat, Korbinian Wagner, Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, lobbyist registry, Mike Sawyer, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, Nigel Bankes, Pieridae Energy, Press Progress, Roger Taylor, Sean Lewis, Shaun Fluker, Shell Canada, Stephen Lund, The Tyee, Uniper Global Commodities, Wskijnu’k Mtmo’taqnuow Agency Ltd

Justice Minister Mark Furey’s inaction is yet another injustice done to Glen Assoun

Morning File, Friday, September 4, 2020

September 4, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Mark Furey takes no action on Assoun case “Nova Scotia’s Justice Minister Mark Furey has yet to make inquiries to find out why someone within the Halifax RCMP deleted a large number of computer files and removed boxes of physical evidence that might have prevented Glen Assoun from being wrongfully imprisoned for 17 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Benjamin D. Andrews, COVID-19, digital news, Glen Assoun, Jen Powley, Joey Coleman, Justice Minister Mark Furey, local newspapers, Matt Whitman, Mayor Mike Savage, mayoral race, school reopening, subscriber supported journalism, The Indy, The Public Record, The Sprawl, The Tyee, The Village

The Nova Centre hotel isn’t opening any time soon; what does that mean for the city budget?

Morning File, Tuesday, April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Street checks “No one in authority seems willing to apologize for the decades of ‘disproportionate and negative’ impact street checks have had on Nova Scotia’s black community,” writes Stephen Kimber. “Worse, no one seems to be committed to finally ending them once and for all.” Click here to read “Street checks: Who’s sorry […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alberta, Andrew Nikiforuk, armoured vehicle, ARV, Barbara Darby and the Easter Bunny, Brendan Elliot, Bruce Fisher, Calgary, Cape Breton Correctional Facility, Gary Mason, geographical politics, Grabher, Grafton Street glory Hole, Halifax Convention Centre, Halifax ReTales, Hollis Street bike lane, Inspector Jim Butler, Jan deRoos, Jen Gerson, Joe Ramia, Justice Darlene Jamieson, Mary Campbell, Nick Ritcey, Nova Centre, Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC), Roger Taylor, Sutton Place, The Tyee, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Two young white women, one with dark hair and one blonde, smile at the camera on a sunny spring day.

Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

Subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your device — there’s a great instructional article here. Email Suzanne for help.

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