“Adam’s fall” Matthieu Aikins’ award-winning feature on suicides from the Macdonald Bridge is a heartbreaking read even now, a decade after its publication. A year after Aikins’ story was printed, the bridge commission finally decided to install safety barriers along the old bridge to prevent future deaths. Seals of approval One of the most-read stories […]
Sable Island
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Sable Island designated as national park reserve
It’s official: Sable Island will become a national park reserve. Environmentalists are welcoming the decision because it will raise the level of protection for the island’s unique biodiversity and extremely fragile sand-dune ecosystems. Well known for its population of wild horses, Sable is also significant for having the largest dunes in eastern North America, the […]
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Gas catastrophe
ExxonMobil announced last week that it was abandoning plans to expand its operations in the Sable Island natural gas field off Nova Scotia’s coast. The announcement effectively spells the near-demise of the offshore industry, and the hundreds of millions of dollars in annual government royalty payments that come with it. It is, in other words, […]
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Environmentalists welcome Sable announcement
Federal and provincial governments announce Sable Island will be designated a national park after extensive public consultations.
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Is Sable Island national park a natural disaster?
Should Sable Island become a tourist attraction? Earlier this month, federal environment minister Jim Prentice sparked a controversy when he announced the government is considering making the remote island off Nova Scotia’s coast a national park. The idea of herding tourists onto the island raises concerns about putting its fragile ecosystem at risk. Parker Donham of Contrarian.ca, well-known locally as a columnist and commentator, started a “Hands Off Sable Island” Facebook group, which has over 2,000 members. And the national park announcement surprised environmental groups, including the Sable Island Green Horse Society, which is dedicated to educating the public about
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Seal slaughter on Sable Island?
Federal government sets quota for seal cull on Sable Island, but says there will be no hunt this year.