N.S. forester concerned the woods are ‘taking a backseat to business’ | CBC News
“If people want good forestry, they’ve got to pay for good forestry,” he said.
Donkin mine closer to resuming full production after shutdown last year | CBC News
The mine was shut down for about a
month last year after a series of rockfalls. It was allowed to reopen,
but mining could only take place in a short section.
Harold
Carroll, executive director of Nova Scotia Labour’s occupational health
and safety branch, said mine operator Kameron Coal’s ground control and
ventilation plans have been approved, and an electrical plan has been
submitted and is under review.
Majority of plastic recyclables in Halifax being turned into synthetic lumber | CBC News
Andrew Philopoulos, manager of Halifax’s solid waste division, said about 80 per cent of municipal plastics are being recycled at Goodwood Plastic Products Ltd.
Grassroots grandmother Dorene Bernard spoke about how deeply
connected these two struggles are, recounting an exchange with
Wet’suwet’en hereditary Chief Na’moks: “He came to tell us about their
fight to protect their land and their water, to protect their rights to
title to their land. We walked together and I told him my story: here we
were on the other side, in Mi’kma’ki, and they were in British Columbia
on the Pacific Coast and we had the same issues. We’re talking about
our treaty rights and title to our land: what happens to our lands, what
happens to our waters and the lack of respect to our people.”
The five clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their hereditary chiefs
have rejected all pipeline proposals, including the CGL project,
asserting their sovereignty on unceded territory.
Province may protect more land, including area of proposed gold mine | CBC News
There are old hardwood forests and the watershed “provides quality habitat for brook trout and other aquatic species,” according to the assessment.
“Nearly the entire site consists of ecosystem elements that are poorly represented in Nova Scotia’s protected areas network, including the well drained hardwood drumlins. It also overlaps with a mainland moose concentration zone delineated by the Department of Lands and Forestry.”
Part of the area also happens to have been identified by Atlantic Gold as part of its proposed Cochrane Hill gold mine project. The company’s proposed use of Archibald Lake, according to the government, “cannot be permitted within a wilderness area.”