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Fool’s Gold

Nova Scotia's Myopic Pursuit of Metals & Minerals (Part 3)

May 30, 2018 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

A Halifax Examiner / Cape Breton Spectator investigation. This is the third in a series of articles on the push for mines and quarries in Nova Scotia. You can find Part I here. Cobequid Gold and Tatamagouche water The news broke in November 2017 on the front page of the free monthly community paper, The Tatamagouche […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: Bruce Nunn, Carrie Miller, Cobequid Gold and Tatamagouche water, Cobequid Hills, Cobequid Mountains, Councillor Mike Gregory, David Blair, Department of Environment, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Deputy Mayor Bill Masters, DNR Deputy Minister Julie Towers, Donald James, Fool’s Gold part 3, French River Water Management Plan, French River watershed, Garth DeMont, Geoffrey Baldwin, Gregor Wilson, Jim Bezanson, Joan Baxter, John Drage, John Perkins, KMKNO Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative, Lloyd Hines, Melissa Nevin, Michael Allen, Minerals Incentive Program, Mining Watch Canada, Minister Margaret Miller, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), Raissa Tetanish, Ramsey Hart, Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia (SuNNS), Swan’s maple Products, Tatamagouche Water Utility, Trevor McHattie, Troy Sawler, Ugo Lapointe, Warwick Mountain Gold, Wentworth Valley

Fool’s Gold

Nova Scotia's Myopic Pursuit of Metals & Minerals

May 16, 2018 By Joan Baxter 8 Comments

A Halifax Examiner / Cape Breton Spectator investigation. Part 1: Welcome to the Gold Rush There’s a 21st century gold rush starting in Nova Scotia, just as industrial gold mining is increasingly coming into disrepute around the world. It has been described as an “environmental disaster” which often leads to contamination of water sources on […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: Alan Septoff, Anaconda Mining, arsenic, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Atlantic Gold, Bill 76, Brilliant Earth, Bruce Nunn, Canadian Mineral Investment Forum in Beijing, Cape Breton Spectator, Chamber of Mineral Resources of Nova, Chilean Metals, China Mining Conference in Tianjin, Chrissy Matheson, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Diane Webber, Earthworks, Ecology Action Centre, El Salvador, Finance Minister Karen Casey, First Nations Membertou Band, Fool's Gold Part 1, Greater Cape Breton Partnership, IAMGOLD, Joan Baxter, Joan Kuyek, Kluscap Wilderness Area, mercury, Mineral Incentive Program, Mineral Resources Act, Mineral Resources Development Fund, Mining Association of Nova Scotia, Mining One Window Process, Mining Watch Canada, Minister Lloyd Hines, Minister Margaret Miller, MLA Geoff MacLellan, Nova Scotia Business Inc, NS Environment, premier John Savage, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), Rachel Boomer, Raymond Plourde, Resource Capital Gold Corp., Sean Kirby, sodium cyanide, Tejas Gold Inc., Touquoy mine, toxic tailings from historic gold mines, Ugo Lapointe, uranium, Water For Life

The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

Click here to go to the DEAD WRONG home page.

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