How to kill 220,000 seals on Sable Island: the DFO plan
By Linda Pannozzo
Public coffers, private bonanza
Feds pump millions into Supercluster consortium, all to create new ways to commodify and commercialize the ocean.
Tags: City, Federal funding, Canada, Oceans, Environment, Emera, Clearwater, Fossil Fuels, Supercluster
Sealfall, licence to cull
Inside the government's harebrained new scheme to fix the problems of cod over-fishing by killing seals
Tags: Environment
Sable Island designated as national park reserve
Environmentalists are still worried about natural gas drilling, however.
Tags: News, Sable Island, Reality Bites
Sable Island’s cod killer?
The new plan to slaughter seals blames seals for the cod fishery collapse, but a large seal population might just be the cod’s best hope.
By Linda Pannozzo and Bruce Wark
Tags: Environment, AJA, Atlantic Journalism Awards 2011, Awards, longreads
One method involves clubbing, shooting, incinerators and modified logging vehicles, according to a detailed study of a potential cull.
Tags: News, AJA, Atlantic Journalism Awards 2011, Awards, Reality Bites
Councillor Cleary backstops HRM’s failed strategic plans
By Matt Stickland
Police remove students from inside Dal administrative building Tuesday, without dismantling encampment
By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
‘Pride belongs to us’: Pro-Palestine protest organizer speaks on parade demonstration
By Brendyn Creamer
Five Nova Scotian wines you need to try this summer