Video: The Healthy Forest Coalition, an alliance of organizations and individuals who care about these kinds of things, are calling on the government to institute a “Singing Season” in Nova Scotia, which would pause forestry operation from May 15-July 31, and give the migratory birds that nest in our woods the time they need to raise their young.
Hartlen Point, a pristine little wilderness area at the mouth of Halifax Harbour, is destined to become the location for a training complex for the Canadian Navy. Somehow an environmental impact assessment is already underway and the window for public comment closed in January. It doesn’t look like any comments were received.
Eelgrass is a secret treasure that belongs to all of us, to protect our coasts, supply our fisheries, and help fight climate change. That’s why the campaign to save Owls Head Provincial Park is so important, writes Dr. Kristina Boerder, a marine biologist from Dalhousie University.
It’s Saturday, which means it’s time for another Matt Dempsey editorial cartoon. Iain Rankin is going back to school.
Ken Summers looks into Mi’kmaq involvement in the Goldboro LNG man camp. Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack tells him Mi’kmaq involvement has ended, Pieridae says that’s not the case.
Half hour west of Halifax, spanning 32,000 acres between the Panuke and Indian lakes immediately north of Highway 103, there waits a wilderness, simmering with potential and public use, aspiring to protection from our provincial government, all the while being slowly disassembled by people with chainsaws. Zack Metcalfe reports on the Ingram River Wilderness Area, an idea that’s just won’t quit.
PSA: June 14–15, we invite you to watch a free screening of the award-winning Rights of Nature documentary, Invisible Hand. It follows several communities as they fight back against big industry’s quest to offload toxic waste, build more pipelines, and develop the land at any cost—even if it means contaminating rivers and destroying ecosystems. The title, Invisible Hand, refers to the invisible hand of capitalism.
Gabrielle Peters reflects on accessibility, the totally unique and amazing Bill C-7 filibuster, the silence of the left, and crip culture, crip space, crip love and crip rage.
Another Saturday, another Matt Dempsey editorial cartoon featuring Iain and his ‘Owl’batross.
Yet another pedestrian hit by a car on a marked crosswalk. Halifax decision-makers must wake up to a very obvious reality – vulnerable road user safety infrastructure at the most dangerous locations is essential, not optional.