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Halifax incident where navy sailor died happened after boat hit unlit buoy: documents
Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Applin of Shoal Cove West, N.L., died after the inflatable boat he was in overturned on Jan. 24, 2025, in the Halifax harbour. Documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the boat struck an unlit buoy.
Cutting begins in Digby forest where Mi'kmaw chiefs asked for logging pause
A section of forest in Nova Scotia's Digby County that was the site of a blockade last fall has been clear cut, despite calls from the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs to halt logging in the area.
Lobster fishermen oppose plans to build land-based salmon farm in Yarmouth County
Bernie Berry and Roy White say there are many unanswered questions about an aquaculture company's proposal to build a land-based salmon farm south of Yarmouth, N.S., and they want local leaders to reject the company's application.
Protesters concerned about endangered moose ordered to take down Digby County blockades
Protesters who've been blocking logging roads in Digby County for weeks to protect what they say is endangered mainland moose habitat have been ordered by a judge to leave.
Protesters block logging road, say endangered moose at risk
Protesters blocking a logging road not far from the Tobeatic Wilderness Area in Digby County want the Department of Lands and Forestry to stop allowing industrial logging in the area.
Annapolis County councillors want moratorium on glyphosate spraying in their area
Opposition to herbicide spraying is growing in Annapolis County where protestors are camping out on land slated to be sprayed and municipal leaders are calling on the province to issue a moratorium on the forestry practice.
Forest fires started by 'machine tracks' prompt calls for temporary ban on logging
Two fires that burned more than a hundred hectares of forest in King County, N.S., last month were started by machinery in the woods, Nova Scotia Environment said.
Old-growth trees cut down to build Highway 103 access road, says group
A group that's trying to protect an area of wilderness about 40 kilometres west of Halifax is angry that the province is allowing a road to be built directly through what they say is old-growth forest.
From high overhead, a sobering look at a moose population in deep trouble
Aerial survey results obtained by CBC show the endangered mainland moose is in steep decline in Nova Scotia.
Cutting down trees in old hardwood forest 'scandalous'
Naturalists are pushing back against a plan for a forestry consortium to cut down trees in one of Nova Scotia’s oldest forests.