| Nov. 15, 2022 ‘Green’ hydrogen industry takes aim at Nova Scotia’s underground salt deposits. Hydrogen entrepreneurs have taken out exploration claims to hundreds of thousands of acres in the province, in the hope of finding salt caverns to store green hydrogen that hasn’t been produced yet and won’t be for years to come |
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| Nov. 7, 2022 The curious case of ‘Red Roof Events’: A ‘global leading speakers agency’ contacted a Nova Scotia lawyer with strange questions about his work for groups opposed to Northern Pulp’s proposed effluent treatment facility. Then the agency vanished. |
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| Oct. 31, 2022 British Columbia Supreme Court grants Northern Pulp six-month creditor protection extension; Nova Scotia takes no position |
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| Oct. 31, 2022 Northern Pulp wants another six month delay in B.C. court and forced mediation with Nova Scotia |
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| Oct. 24, 2022 Report: Paper Excellence, the owner of Northern Pulp, is part of the corporate group of Asia Pulp & Paper and Sinar Mas. This matters to Nova Scotians. |
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| Oct. 21. 2022 Green-washing hydrogen with amendments to Nova Scotia’s Electricity Act |
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| Oct. 19, 2022 Analyst: “green hydrogen” is a bunch of hot air |
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| Oct. 14, 2022 Sipekne’katik band members say they weren’t told about wind power deal |
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| Sept. 21, 2022 Nova Scotia government announces a target of five gigawatts of offshore wind energy |
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| Sept. 20, 2022 The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia |
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| Sept. 19, 2022 EverWind Fuels’ ‘green hydrogen and ammonia’ project in Nova Scotia will be partly powered by coal |
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| July 25, 2022 A quietly negotiated trade agreement with Indonesia is a bad deal for Canada. Through its subsidiary Paper Excellence, the giant Asia Pulp & Paper conglomerate already controls much of Canada’s pulp industry. The company is now suing Nova Scotia for $450 million, and the new deal will expose Canadians to even more corporate litigation before judges who are not appointed by elected governments. It’s the latest “bilateral trade agreement” that threatens labour and environmental protections. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/a-quietly-negotiated-trade-agreement-with-indonesia-is-a-bad-deal-for-canada/ |
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| July 6, 2022 An Indonesian company is increasingly controlling Canada’s pulp industry, but regulators seem unwilling to act. Paper Excellence, already Canada’s largest pulp and paper producer, now plans to swallow Resolute Forest Products. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/an-indonesian-company-is-increasingly-controlling-canadas-pulp-industry-but-regulators-seem-unwilling-to-act/ |
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| June 11, 2022 The “weird” legal mechanism being used by Northern Pulp in its $450 million lawsuit against Nova Scotia. Northern Pulp’s biggest debt is a paper debt to its owner, Paper Excellence, and that indebtedness is being used to circumvent Nova Scotia’s environmental laws. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-weird-legal-mechanism-being-used-by-northern-pulp-in-its-450-million-lawsuit-against-nova-scotia/ |
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| June 9, 2022 The demise of Mountain Equipment Co-op could spell expensive trouble for Nova Scotia. In 2020, a federal law and a BC judge dismantled Mountain Equipment Co-op. Now, the same federal law that was used to destroy MEC is being cited by Paper Excellence in its $450 million lawsuit against the province of Nova Scotia related to the creditor protection of Northern Pulp. And the case is being heard by the same judge. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-demise-of-mountain-equipment-co-op-could-spell-expensive-trouble-for-nova-scotia-2/ |
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| April 20, 2022 Northern Pulp says it is ‘insolvent’ and can’t pay its pension obligations, but it’s got plenty of cash to bankroll legal assaults on Nova Scotia’s government and laws. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulp-says-it-is-insolvent-and-cant-pay-its-pension-obligations-but-its-got-plenty-of-cash-to-bankroll-legal-assaults-on-nova-scotias-government-and-laws/ |
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April 11, 2022 Northern Pulp is in a polluting league of its own: A new study shows the mill’s emissions of some air pollutants greatly exceeded federal reporting thresholds and were often much higher than other mills in Atlantic Canada. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/northern-pulp-is-in-a-polluting-league-of-its-own/
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April 4, 2022 Northern Pulp and its wealthy owners seem intent on taking Nova Scotians to the cleaner: But the Pictou pulp mill has had plenty of Nova Scotian accomplices helping them fleece the province. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/northern-pulp-and-its-wealthy-owners-seem-intent-on-taking-nova-scotians-to-the-cleaners/
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| March 21, 2022 Premier Tim Houston orders ‘Friends of a New Northern Pulp’ sign removed from Minister Pat Dunn’s constituency office window. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/premier-tim-houston-orders-friends-of-a-new-northern-pulp-sign-removed-from-minister-pat-dunns-constituency-office-window/ |
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March 9, 2022 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. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/northern-pulp-has-a-new-set-of-friends/
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| March 1, 2022 Dalhousie University’s decision to source “sustainable biomass” from J.D. Irving and Wagner a “piss-off.” News that Emera’s Brooklyn biomass plant is out of commission is making waves in Nova Scotia, while Dal’s biomass facility in Truro garners little publicity. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/dalhousie-universitys-decision-to-source-sustainable-biomass-from-j-d-irving-and-wagner-a-piss-off/ |
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| Dec. 20, 2021 The Pictou mill: fleecing Nova Scotia for 53 years – and counting. The company claims it’s the victim of unfair treatment in Nova Scotia, and that it should be paid hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. But what about the high costs Nova Scotians paid for the mill for more than half a century? A quick tally of those suggests the real victims are the people of this province, whose politicians sold them down the river. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/the-pictou-mill-fleecing-nova-scotia-for-53-years-and-counting/ |
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| Dec. 17, 2021 Northern Pulp mill plans “best in class” or best in BS? The Paper Excellence company that is part of the global corporate empire of the Widjaja family has submitted plans for the “transformation” of its hibernating pulp mill to the Nova Scotia government for approval, even as it sues the same government for hundreds of millions of dollars. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/northern-pulp-mill-plans-best-in-class-or-best-in-bs/ |
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| Dec. 6, 2021 Proposed Wentworth wind farm gets blowback. While local group fears negative effects, Northern Pulp stands to profit from the giant wind project because it’s on Northern Pulp land purchased with a loan from Nova Scotians. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/proposed-wentworth-valley-wind-farm-gets-blowback/ |
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| Nov. 5, 2021 Why isn’t Northern Pulp using the wastewater treatment plant next door at Canso Chemicals? Is mercury an issue? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/why-isnt-northern-pulp-using-the-wastewater-treatment-plant-next-door-at-canso-chemicals-is-mercury-an-issue/ |
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| Oct. 31, 2021 Woo and sue: Northern Pulp’s strategy in Nova Scotia. Colchester County Mayor Christine Blair accuses the Halihttps://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/woo-and-sue-northern-pulps-strategy-in-nova-scotia/fax Examiner of publishing “misinformation” about the county’s wastewater agreement with Northern Pulp, but won’t tell us what we supposedly got wrong. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/woo-and-sue-northern-pulps-strategy-in-nova-scotia/ |
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| Oct. 20, 2021 Northern Pulp is demanding it be given “more than $100 million” from the province. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/northern-pulp-is-demanding-more-than-100-million-from-the-province/ |
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| Sept 7, 2021 Wastewater from Northern Pulp’s hibernating paper mill is being discharged into the Bay of Fundy. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/wastewater-from-northern-pulps-hibernating-paper-mill-is-being-discharged-into-the-bay-of-fundy/ |
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| July 26, 2021 Paper Excellence’s very big deal. Northern Pulp’s parent company is set to acquire the North American pulp and paper giant Domtar. While the acquisition is getting very little media attention in Canada, around the world many people are worried about it — for many good reasons. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/paper-excellences-very-big-deal/ |
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| July 21, 2021 What are Paper Excellence’s real plans for Northern Pulp? This week two men presented the company’s plans for a “complete transformation” of the the mill at a special Pictou Town Council meeting. They faced persistent questions and made some telling comments that do not bode well for Nova Scotia. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/what-are-paper-excellences-real-plans-for-northern-pulp/ |
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| July 16, 2021 Paper Excellence holds a media show and piles on the PR. Northern Pulp’s owner is working on a $350 million “complete transformation” for the mill in Pictou County, but doesn’t say whether any of that money will be public, or why Nova Scotians should trust them. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/paper-excellence-holds-a-media-show-and-piles-on-the-pr/ |
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| June 10, 2021 Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer. Activists says the online tool where Nova Scotians can submit feedback on what happens to the forests on public lands is inaccessible and lacks historical data. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/public-engagement-future-of-the-forestry-and-the-harvest-plans-map-viewers/ |
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| May 12, 2021 Northern Pulp is “insolvent,” but the company that owns it, Paper Excellence, is on a $3 billion buying spree. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/northern-pulp-is-insolvent-but-the-company-that-owns-it-paper-excellence-is-on-a-3-billion-buying-spree/ |
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| April 20, 2021 How the Biodiversity Act was killed. Forest Nova Scotia, which represents the biggest forestry players, gets an awful lot of public money — including millions of dollars to administer a forest roads program panned by the auditor general. It also has a paid lobbyist swaying the policies of the very government that funds it, and who started working on its behalf just as the Biodiversity Act was gutted. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/how-the-biodiversity-act-was-killed/ |
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| April 15, 2021 Communications specialist: “hundreds of thousands of dollars” were spent to produce “blatant lies” for the campaign against the Biodiversity Act. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/communications-specialist-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-were-spent-to-produce-blatant-lies-for-the-campaign-against-the-biodiversity-act/ |
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| Mar. 23, 2021 The most ‘Trump-like thing’ in Nova Scotia: how big forestry companies gutted the Biodiversity Act. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/the-most-trump-like-thing-in-nova-scotia-how-big-forestry-companies-gutted-the-biodiversity-act/ |
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| Feb. 24, 2021 The French Connection. People in southern France are battling pollution at a paper mill owned by a corporate behemoth: Paper Excellence Canada, the owner of the Northern Pulp Mill in Nova Scotia. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/the-french-connection/ |
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| Jan. 7, 2021 Paper Excellence in France: different country, same game plan. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/paper-excellence-in-france-different-country-same-game-plan/ |
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| Dec. 9, 2020 Northern Pulp is misleading the British Columbia Supreme Court about how the environmental assessment process works in Nova Scotia. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulp-is-misleading-the-court-about-how-the-environmental-assessment-process-works-in-nova-scotia/ |
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| Nov. 6, 2020 Excellence in paper profits. Court documents show that after Northern Pulp made $59.9 million in loan repayments to its corporate owner Paper Excellence, it asked the province of Nova Scotia for $50 million in new financing, over and above the $85 million it already owes the province. The province declined to provide new loans, but did agree to a freeze on all payments from the existing loans. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/excellence-in-paper-profits/ |
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| July 19, 2020 Corporate shell game: Part 1. Northern Pulp seeks protection from creditors in a BC court – and its largest creditor is its owner, Paper Excellence. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/corporate-shell-game/ |
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| July 21, 2020 Corporate shell game: Part 2. Northern Pulp-affiliated companies say that without major concessions, they won’t be able to pay back nearly $86 million they owe to the province of Nova Scotia. So far, however, the government has not caved, and is not agreeing to new financing. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/corporate-shell-game-2/ |
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| May 12, 2020 Nova Scotia government doles out $10 million more for Northern Pulp The effluent pipeline may have been turned off but the provincial money pipeline continues to flow. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/nova-scotia-government-doles-out-10-million-more-for-northern-pulp/ |
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| April 10, 2020 Northern Pulp statement off-based and ill-timed during the COVID-19 crisis https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulp-statement-off-base-and-ill-timed-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ |
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| Jan. 31, 2020 The province issues tough new orders to Northern Pulp https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-province-issues-some-tough-new-orders-to-northern-pulp/ |
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| Jan. 24, 2020 Northern Pulp takes province to court: The saga continues The unfolding saga of the 53-year-old Pictou County pulp mill operated by Northern Pulp Nova Scotia – a Paper Excellence company that is part of the corporate empire of the billionaire Widjaja family of Indonesia – continues to get “curiouser and curiouser” as Alice in Wonderland once remarked. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulp-takes-province-to-court-the-saga-continues/ |
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| Jan. 10, 2020 Northern Pulp, past and future: “It ain’t over till it’s over”. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulp-past-and-future-it-aint-over-till-its-over/ |
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| Dec. 20, 2019 The Northern Pulp saga is a “really, really, really, really difficult time” for Pictou Landing First Nation. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-northern-pulp-saga-is-a-really-really-really-really-difficult-time-for-pictou-landing-first-nation/ |
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| Dec. 17, 2019 No federal assessment will be required for Northern Pulp’s proposed effluent treatment project. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/no-federal-assessment-will-be-required-for-northern-pulps-proposed-effluent-treatment-project/ |
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| Dec. 17, 2019 Pictou Landing First Nation: “We are sticking to the January 31, 2020 date.” https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/pictou-landing-first-nation-we-are-sticking-to-the-january-31-2020-date/ |
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| Dec. 11, 2019 Northern Pulp lobbyists and the revolving door with government. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulp-lobbyists-and-the-revolving-door-with-government/ |
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| Dec. 9, 2019 Saltwire finds one scientist who thinks Northern Pulp’s effluent isn’t toxic https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/saltwire-finds-one-scientist-who-thinks-northern-pulps-effluent-isnt-toxic/ |
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| Dec. 8, 2019 Deciding Northern Pulp’s future: A tangled mess of dubious science, loans and liabilities will determine who government officials will act in coming days – and how much it will cost Nova Scotians. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/deciding-northern-pulps-future/ |
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| Nov. 21, 2019 Northern Pulp’s “political game”: It’s decision time for the Nova Scotia government. It will either approve a pipeline for pumping mill effluent into the Northumberland Strait, or won’t. And it will either extend the Boat Harbour Act, or won’t. Those affected by the mill operation are laying out their case and preparing next moves. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/northern-pulps-political-game/ |
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| Oct. 6, 2019 Pictou Landing First Nation to Stephen McNeil: Honour the Boat Harbour Act and No Pipe in the Strait. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/pictou-landing-first-nation-to-stephen-mcneil-honour-the-boat-harbour-act-and-no-pipe-in-the-strait/ |
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| Oct. 3, 2019 Northern Pulp’s sci-fi future https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/cold-storage-was-going-to-save-n-s-in-1926/ |
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| July 8, 2019 Northern Pulp Mill’s missing environmental data. The mill says its effluent comfortably meets federal regulations, but a new study published by Dalhousie researchers suggests there is no way to know. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulp-mills-missing-environmental-data/ |
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| April 9, 2019 Nova Scotia has a mercury problem. Facilities associated with Northern Pulp’s proposed effluent pipe are immediately adjacent to a mercury-contaminated toxic waste site left over from the Canso Chemicals operation. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/nova-scotia-has-a-mercury-problem/ |
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| Mar. 7, 2019 The Canso Chemicals mystery: With the chemical plant long gone, why is the company still alive? And what about all that mercury pollution? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-canso-chemicals-mystery-with-the-chemical-plant-long-gone-why-is-the-company-still-alive-and-what-about-all-that-mercury-pollution/ |
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| Mar. 5, 2019 Northern Pulp’s environmental documents, missing mercury, a pulp mill that never was, and oodles of contradictions. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulps-environmental-documents-missing-mercury-a-pulp-mill-that-never-was-and-oodles-of-contradictions/ |
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| Feb. 21, 2019 Northern Pulp says it “cares” – but for whom and what? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulp-says-it-cares-but-for-whom-and-for-what/ |
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| Feb. 1, 2019 “Everything won’t stink so bad”: the countdown to Boat Harbour closure begins. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/everything-wont-stink-so-bad/ |
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| Nov. 3, 2018 Containing Northern Pulp’s mess: A half century of toxic waste in Boat Harbour, a leaky pipeline, and what happens next in the mill saga. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/containing-northern-pulps-mess/ |
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| Mar. 20, 2018 Battle for the mill: The plan to pipe effluent from the Northern Pulp mill into the Northumberland Strait is dividing the community of Pictou, pitting neighbour and fishermen against mill workers. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/battle-for-the-mill/ |
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| July 19, 2022 Civilian Review & Complaints Commission to investigate how the RCMP handled sexual assault complaints from Susie Butlin |
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| July 14, 2022 An RCMP officer’s evolving recollection of Brenda Forbes’ complaint about the mass murderer. RCMP Constable Troy Maxwell took the 2013 complaint about the man who would shoot and kill 22 people in Nova Scotia in 2020, but he claims it was just a traffic complaint. His explanation and notes leave a lot to be desired. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/an-rcmp-officers-evolving-recollection-of-brenda-forbes-complaint-about-the-mass-murderer/ |
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July 12, 2022 Brenda Forbes tried to warn neighbours and the RCMP about the “psychopath” in Portapique years before he went on his murderous rampage. No one listened. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/brenda-forbes-tried-to-warn-neighbours-and-the-rcmp-about-the-psychopath-in-portapique-years-before-he-went-on-his-murderous-rampage-no-one-listened/
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| June 5, 2022 The clock is ticking, but Nova Scotia is still not acting on ticks and Lyme disease. The province has by far the highest per capita incidence of Lyme in the country but ‘Lyme Disease Awareness Month’ came and went without much awareness at all. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-clock-is-ticking-but-nova-scotia-is-still-not-acting-on-ticks-and-lyme-disease/ |
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| June 1, 2022 The conservation officer shuffle: Houston government quietly moves inspection, enforcement and compliance officers out of Nova Scotia Environment and back to Natural Resources. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-conservation-officer-shuffle-houston-government-quietly-moves-inspection-enforcement-and-compliance-officers-out-of-nova-scotia-environment-and-back-to-natural-resources/ |
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| Dec. 31, 2021 Controversial Cape Breton land seller Frank Eckhardt arrested for the second time in just two weeks, this time on a slew of weapons charges. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/controversial-cape-breton-land-seller-frank-eckhardt-arrested-for-the-second-time-in-just-two-weeks-this-time-on-a-slew-of-weapons-charges/ |
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| Dec. 10, 2021 Controversial Cape Breton land seller Frank Eckhardt arrested, charged with extortion. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/controversial-cape-breton-land-seller-frank-eckhardt-arrested-charged-with-extortion/ |
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| Nov. 28, 2021 “Please don’t sell Nova Scotia” Additional taxes on non-resident landowners has been discussed since the 1960s. Now the debate is on again as non-residents snap up property in Cape Breton. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/please-dont-sell-nova-scotia/ |
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| Nov. 23, 2021 Developers are selling off Cape Breton, one subdivision after the other, to German-speaking non-residents? What — if anything — is wrong with that? It’s not illegal to have extremist views, spread conspiracy theories, sell land to foreign buyers, or charge those buyers inflated prices for real estate in Nova Scotia. But there’s no evidence those foreign buyers ever intend to move here, live here, or go through the immigration process that would allow them to do so. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/developers-are-selling-off-cape-breton-one-subdivision-after-the-other-to-german-speaking-non-residents-what-if-anything-is-wrong-with-that/ |
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| Nov. 19, 2021 Marketing Cape Breton as a “refuge” for “clear thinkers.” Two development companies have sold 144 lots in Richmond and Inverness counties to German-speaking non-residents “who want to live with the values of Germany from 1933 to 1945.” https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/marketing-cape-breton-as-a-refuge-for-clear-thinkers/ |
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Nov. 17, 2021 “It pains me to tell you that the image of Canada is severely damaged.” Damning testimony in a new book reveals the horrific record of Canadian mining companies in Guatemala.https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/it-pains-me-to-tell-you-that-the-image-of-canada-is-severely-damaged/
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| Sept 27, 2021 Happy “Right to Know Week,” Canada. Besides asking for a billion dollars from the federal government, Pieridae Energy also wanted provincial money for its proposed Goldboro LNG plant. The Halifax Examiner used the Freedom of Information Act to find out details and discovered… not much. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/happy-right-to-know-week-canada/ |
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| Sept 24, 2021 Worse than Russia: Access to information in Nova Scotia places 66th in world ranking. One expert says the FOIPOP Act needs improvements, but that isn’t all: “We need an attitude change within the public sector, in which people would see themselves as servants of the people, working for the people, and being open and transparent with the people.” https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/worse-than-russia-access-to-information-in-nova-scotia-places-66th-in-world-rankings/ |
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| Sept 23, 2021 The “Right to Know” in Nova Scotia often goes right to “no. It’s almost “Right to Know Week” in Nova Scotia, but that doesn’t mean that access to information in the province is something to celebrate, as a recent freedom of information request illustrates. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/the-right-to-know-in-nova-scotia-often-goes-right-to-no/ |
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| July 6, 2021 A plague of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and polit-ticks. Part 2: What can be done to better manage and minimize the risks of tick-borne diseases in Nova Scotia? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/a-plague-of-ticks-tick-borne-diseases-and-poli-ticks-2/ |
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| July 5, 2021 A plague of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and polit-ticks. Part 1: Tick populations in Nova Scotia are exploding largely because of climate change and the province is Canada’s “hot spot” for Lyme disease. So, how is the province monitoring and managing tick-borne diseases and health risks? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/a-plague-of-ticks-tick-borne-diseases-and-poli-ticks/ |
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| June 26, 2021 Maritime Launch Services has hired a PR firm to conduct a “push poll” for its proposed Canso spaceport. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/maritime-launch-services-has-hired-a-pr-firm-to-conduct-a-push-poll-for-its-proposed-spaceport-in-canso/ |
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| May 30, 2021 Mi’kmaw opposition to the Goldboro LNG project is growing. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/mikmaw-opposition-to-the-goldboro-lng-project-is-growing/ |
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| May 30, 2021 Is the Canadian government about to spend nearly a billion dollars on a dubious, greenhouse-gas-target-busting natural gas scheme? Federal and provincial officials had secret talks with Pieridae Energy about spending using $925 million in public money to finance the company’s proposed Goldboro LNG project. The Examiner used public record laws to find out what happened, but the documents we obtained are highly redacted. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/is-the-canadian-government-about-to-spend-nearly-a-billion-dollars-on-a-dubious-greenhouse-gas-target-busting-natural-gas-scheme-2/ |
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| May 14, 2021 Report: Canada’s “critically depleted” fish stocks are further threatened because the Fisheries Act doesn’t address climate change. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/report-canadas-critically-depleted-fish-stocks-are-further-threatened-because-the-fisheries-act-doesnt-address-climate-change/ |
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| May 1, 2021 Sea lice are decimating Atlantic salmon, and climate change is making the situation worse: A recent study shows that the negative effects of sea lice increase as water warms, and that increases the risk that open-net pen salmon farming present for wild salmon. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/sea-lice-are-decimating-atlantic-salmon-and-climate-change-is-making-the-situation-worse/ |
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| April 13, 2021 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. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/pieridaes-pipe-dream/ |
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| Mar. 20, 2021 Company behind proposed Goldboro LNG plant threatens environmentalists with legal action https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/company-behind-proposed-goldboro-lng-plant-threatens-environmentalist-with-legal-action/ |
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| Jan. 7, 2021 Miscommunication: how government’s PR gatekeepers are increasingly controlling the message https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/miscommunication-how-governments-pr-gatekeepers-are-increasingly-controlling-the-message/ |
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| Dec. 8, 2020 Small dam, big controversy: How the contentious aboiteau at the Windsor causeway could generate a national conversation about fish passage. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/small-dam-big-controversy/ |
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| Nov. 24, 2020 What “netukulimk” means and how it applies to the moderate livelihood fishery: An interview with Mi’kmaw Elder and Knowledge Keeper Kerry Prosper https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/what-netukulimk-means-and-how-it-applies-to-the-moderate-livelihood-fishery/ |
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| Nov. 24, 2020 Blockade continues to stop Digby County clearcuts Moose habitat protectors still waiting for word from the Department of Lands and Forestry – or is it the Department of Silence? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/blockade-continues-to-stop-digby-county-clearcuts/ |
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| Nov. 16, 2020 Independent inshore lobster fishers fear the Clearwater purchase could decimate their livelihoods https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/independent-inshore-lobster-fishers-fear-the-clearwater-purchase-could-decimate-their-livelihoods/ |
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| Nov. 5, 2020 What about Clearwater and the offshore lobster fishery? “There’s something awful fishy going on here”: The complete story about how Clearwater obtained its monopoly on the offshore seems lost to history, but it provides a cautionary tale for the current inshore fishery. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/what-about-clearwater-and-the-offshore-lobster-fishery/ |
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| Oct. 19, 2020 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. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-goldboro-gamble/ |
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| Oct. 20, 2020 The Goldboro Gamble: Part 2. Germans and Canadians joint to oppose proposed Nova Scotian liquid natural gas plant that “nobody needs.” https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-goldboro-gamble-2/ |
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| Oct. 10, 2020 Lobster fishery at a crossroads, Part 3. (series co-authored with Linda Pannozzo) What are the prospects for the Atlantic lobster fishery? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/lobster-fishery-at-a-crossroads-3/ |
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| Oct. 7, 2020 Lobster fishery at a crossroads, Part 2. (series co-authored with Linda Pannozzo) Tensions over a moderate livelihood fishery are hiding a much bigger threat to the inshore. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/lobster-fishery-at-a-crossroads-2/ |
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| Oct. 5, 2020 Lobster fishery at a crossroads, Part 1. (series co-authored with Linda Pannozzo) It’s been 20 years since the Marshall Decision, so why is there still no moderate livelihood fishery? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/lobster-fishery-at-a-crossroads/ |
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| Sept. 29, 2020 Activists “occupied” North Mountain to stop herbicide spraying, but how big of a victory was it? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/activists-occupied-north-mountain-to-stop-herbicide-spraying-but-how-big-of-a-victory-was-it/ |
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| Sept. 13, 2020 QAnon knows no borders. A conspiracy theory that originated in the US has become a global movement and is attracting adherents in Nova Scotia. Anti-hate activists are concerned about where it will lead. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/qanon-knows-no-borders/ |
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| Sept. 1, 2020 Occupy North Mountain. Kings County residents opposed to aerial herbicide spraying on a Northern Pulp clearcut take action to try to stop it. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/occupy-north-mountain/ |
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| Aug 24, 2020 Doppelsprach. Andreas Popp and Eva Herman deny they are right-wing conspiracy theorists, or that they are setting up a colony of like-minded German-speaking Europeans seeking refuge in Cape Breton. But what they say in German suggests otherwise. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/doppelsprache/ |
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| Aug. 20, 2020 It’s spraying time again in Nova Scotia, and that makes on cancer patient in the province “incredibly angry.” Although glyphosate has been found to be a probable carcinogen, the province just approved its aerial spraying on nearly 1500 hectares of forest and continues to allow its widespread use on farms and lawns, insisting it is safe. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/its-spraying-time-again-in-nova-scotia-and-that-makes-one-cancer-patient-in-the-province-incredibly-angry/ |
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| July 30, 2020 A Q and A with the German journalist who broke the story of an extremist colony in Cape Breton https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/a-q-and-a-with-the-german-journalist-who-broke-the-story-of-an-extremist-colony-in-cape-breton/ |
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| July 29, 2020 Germans in Nova Scotia “devastated” by reports of hard-right extremist colony in Cape Breton https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/germans-in-nova-scotia-devastated-by-reports-of-hard-right-extremist-colony-in-cape-breton/ |
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| July 27, 2020 Who are the Germans selling land, doomsday ideology, and dreams of a refuge in Cape Breton? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/who-are-the-germans-selling-land-doomsday-ideology-and-dreams-of-a-refuge-in-cape-breton/ |
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| July 23, 2020 Report: Right-wing German extremists are buying up land in Cape Breton https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/report-german-nazis-are-buying-up-land-in-cape-breton/ |
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| July 2, 2020 The borealization of Acadia Due to climate change, warm weather-friendly trees should be dominating our forests; instead, cold-weather species are taking over. We now understand why – thanks to a phone call from the Irving company to lean on a professor’s dean. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/the-borealization-of-acadia/ |
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| June 24, 2020 Court documents contradict RCMP denial that they ignored Susie Butlin’s pleas before she was murdered. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/court-documents-contradict-rcmp-denial-that-they-ignored-susie-butlins-pleas-before-she-was-murdered/ |
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| June 18, 2020 “Insufficient grounds” Susie Butlin repeatedly pleaded with the RCMP to intervene to stop her neighbour Junior Duggan from harassing here. The police took no action. A friend says an RCMP officer told Butlin her allegations made her, not him, a “menace of society.” Three days later, Duggan killed Butlin. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/insufficient-grounds/https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/insufficient- |
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| June 17, 2020 “A political act of opportunism”: Conservatives go hard right on gun laws. CPC leadership candidates cozy up to firearms rights advocates, who compare Bill C-71 to the internment of Japanese Canadians in World War 2. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/a-political-act-of-opportunism-conservatives-go-hard-right-on-gun-laws/ |
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| June 14, 2020 Pro-gun doctors’ group disbands amid accusations of racism. Doctors for Firearms Safety and Responsibility is no more. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/pro-gun-doctors-group-disbands-amid-accusations-of-racism/ |
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| June 8, 2020 Gunning for change: Doctors in the gun control debate in Canada https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/gunning-for-change-doctors-in-the-gun-control-debate-in-canada/ |
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| May 18, 2020 Canada is an “after-the-fact country” Could a red flag law have helped prevent the mass shootings in Nova Scotia or help reduce gun violence in Canada? Or do such laws give cover to the failure of policing agencies to act under the authority they already have? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/canada-is-an-after-the-fact-country/ |
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| May 12, 2020 “He was a psychopath” A former resident of Portapique says she called the RCMP to tell them the future gunman assaulted his domestic partner and that he had illegal weapons. The police took no action. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/he-was-a-psychopath/ |
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| May 8, 2020 Trigger warning The ban on assault style weapons comes in the wake of the Nova Scotia shootings, but it is just one cautious step in decades-long debate over gun control. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/trigger-warning/ |
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| April 30, 2020 “Today is a great day! A’se’K day!” The Northern Pulp mills stops dumping effluent into Boat Harbour today, and the pipeline will be sealed tomorrow. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/today-is-a-great-day-asek-day/ |
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| April 26, 2020 Memorial trail of grief and love: Nova Scotians mourn the victims of last week’s tragedy https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/a-memorial-trail-of-grief-and-love-nova-scotians-mourn-the-victims-of-last-weeks-tragedy/ |
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| April 14, 2020 Living through the coronavirus crisis: stories from the African continent https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/living-through-the-coronavirus-crisis-stories-from-the-african-continent/ |
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| Mar. 30, 2020 Sheree Fitch’s new podcast offers some “narrative medicine” in a time of COVID-19 https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/sheree-fitchs-new-podcast-offers-some-narrative-medicine-in-a-time-of-covid-19/ |
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| Feb. 20, 2020 Ellen Page: “The more we filmed … the more incredible women we met.” The Halifax-born actor says her new film, “There’s something in the water,” which is coming to Netflix, is a testament to the Black and Indigenous women who have been advocating for their communities in Nova Scotia. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/ellen-page-the-more-we-filmed-the-more-incredible-women-we-met/ |
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| Jan. 17, 2020 PR coup: Maritime Launch Services signs agreement with St. Francis Xavier University https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/pr-coup-maritime-launch-services-signs-agreement-with-st-francis-xavier-university/ |
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| Nov. 5, 2019 Maritime Launch Services and its private / public servants. One government bureaucrat sent a nasty email to a CBC reporter. Others had rude things to say about the Halifax Examiner. And Stephen McNeil met with MLS and it Ukrainian “partners” even though they aren’t registered as lobbyists. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/maritime-launch-services-and-its-private-public-servants/ |
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| Sept. 25, 2019 The ban on uranium exploration and mining is safe – for now. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/the-ban-on-uranium-exploration-and-mining-is-safe-for-now/ |
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| Aug. 14, 2019 “There’s something in the water.” Ellen Page speaks to the Halifax Examiner about her forthcoming feature film and what she hopes it will accomplish. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/theres-something-in-the-water/ |
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| Aug. 5, 2019 Opposition to Canso spaceport grows “The government of Nova Scotia and the government of Canada are partnering with a dubious, nearly-bankrupt Ukrainian company using cold-war technology,” says Michael Byers, an expert in space law. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/opposition-to-canso-spaceport-grows/ |
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| July 21, 2019 “Hands off out protected areas, and lay off our Crown land” The proposed Inverness airport will either encroach on or be very near to the Masons Mountain Nature Reserve, a protected nature reserve. It’s not the kind of place one wants to have commercial jets “screaming in and out,” says the Raymond Plourde, the Ecology Action Centre’s wilderness coordinator. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/hands-off-our-protected-areas-and-lay-off-our-crown-land/ |
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| Sept. 14, 2018 “Pig in a poke”: die-hard proponents want to open Nova Scotia to fracking. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/pig-in-a-poke-die-hard-proponents-want-to-open-nova-scotia-to-fracking/ |
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| May 6, 2018 Fracking is back on the agenda in Nova Scotia After years during which nobody seemed to be asking the F-question in the province, suddenly it is being asked all over the place: to frack or not to frack? Who’s asking and why? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/fracking-is-back-on-the-agenda-in-nova-scotia/ |
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