NS supreme court says environment minister "committed palpable and overriding error" around Alton Gas
Project now requires 120 more days of consultation with Sipekne’katik First Nation
By Laura Cutmore
Tags: COVID-19, ALton Gas, Sipekne’katik First Nation, NS, Premier McNeil, Nova Scotia, Environmental Racism
Defending Indigenous sovereignty from Wet’suwet’en Territory to Mi’kma’ki
Actions of solidarity across the country as raids echo what’s happened in the past to Alton Gas protesters.
Tags: Environment, Wet’suwet’en, Alton Gas, Indigenous, Land, Treaty, Reconciliation
NS municipalities call for inquiry on offshore drilling risks
Meetings this week call attention to efforts to stop the practice
Tags: News, Offshore drilling, climate catastrophe, Digby, Mahone Bay, Reality Bites
Undermined in the Town of Westville
How local organizers and international activists made a traditional mining town change its tune.
By Laura Cutmore and Caora McKenna
Tags: Environment, Mining, coal, Coal mining, Nova Scotia Mining, Nova Scotia Gold
Lessons we can learn from Hurricane Dorian
What Hurricane Dorian can teach us about protecting the most vulnerable, and postponing the inevitable.
Tags: City, Dorian, Hurricane Dorian, Ingrid Waldron, There’s Something In The Water, Ellen Page
The Wanderer Grounds podcast: The Halifax Wanderers are playoff-bound—and damn, it feels good
By Martin Bauman
Halifax sees two of the busiest cruise ship days of the year this week
Halifax’s Sydney Hayden vies for cake crown on The Great Canadian Baking Show
Halifax is trying to make municipal elections more equitable
By Matt Stickland