Canada and the world have lost a great medical researcher, and a remarkable man. In my life – and I’ve had a long one – I’ve met only a handful of people I admired as much as I did Frank Plummer. This is my tribute to him. By Joan Baxter February 6, 2020. When I […]
November 18, 2019 This book chapter is the result of a visit to the Morila gold mine in Mali nearly 18 years ago, and is excerpted from my 2010 book, “Dust from our eyes – an unblinkered look at Africa,” published by Wolsak & Wynn in Canada and worldwide by Fahamu Books, which was shortlisted […]
This article first appeared in the Halifax Examiner on February 7, 2019. Late last year, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Energy and Mines, Derek Mombourquette, penned an op-ed that his department sent out to the media. As I mentioned in the Halifax Examiner Morning File on January 16, 2019, the opinion piece was entitled “A little piece of […]
(This article first appeared in the Halifax Examiner on January 25, 2019.) For many years, when the St. Mary’s River Association (SMRA) held meetings in Sherbrooke on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, the group members’ purpose was primarily to report on the headway they were making in their efforts to achieve their vision of “Health […]
This is the last in a series of four articles on the 21st century push for mining and quarrying in Nova Scotia. Earlier versions of these articles appeared in May and June 2018 in the Halifax Examiner and the Cape Breton Spectator. (I am pleased to say that this series of four articles has been […]
This is the third in a series of four articles on the 21st-century push for mining and quarrying in Nova Scotia on Canada’s Atlantic coast. Earlier versions of articles in this series appeared in May and June 2018 in the Halifax Examiner and the Cape Breton Spectator. (I am pleased to say that this series of […]
There’s a 21st century gold rush starting in Nova Scotia on Canada’s Atlantic coast, 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 which life depends. This is the second in a series of […]
There’s a 21st century gold rush starting in Nova Scotia on Canada’s Atlantic coast, 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 which life depends. This is the first in a series of […]
Joan Baxter is an award-winning Canadian journalist and author, development researcher and writer, and anthropologist. She is the author of seven books, for which she has won several awards. She has reported for a wide range of international and Canadian media, both from Africa and from Canada. She writes about healthy environments, food and farms, […]
In alphabetical order by media outlet Al Jazeera The new African land grab, Al Jazeera, 30 June 2011. BBC (selected) World’s most profitable gold mine – but not all glitters in Morila, Mali, BBC Focus on Africa Magazine, April – June 2003, pp 33-35 Spoiled for choice, BBC Focus on Africa Magazine, July – September 2002, […]