The Purcell’s Cove area (from Williams Lake to Ferguson’s Cove) is a place of striking beauty. A significant part of the Backlands to the west of the area will become Halifax’s new Urban Wilderness Park. The serenity the Cove’s appearance contrasts sharply with the tension in its relationship with the central city since its annexation […]
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A glacial pace for Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes park
The more time people spend in nature, the more they value it, says the Ecology Action Centre’s Jeana MacLeod. To that end, MacLeod and the EAC will be leading the public into the Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area this weekend for several bio-blitz events. It’s a chance to get people thinking about Halifax’s eco-diversity, […]
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Purcells Cove water and sewage proposal delayed
A potentially vitriolic fight over extending city water and sewer mains to Purcells Cove has been delayed until fall. Many residents in the area adamantly oppose the extension, because they’ll have to pay for the pipes in front of their houses whether they want them or not, and because they fear that the proposal opens […]