Keith Doucette
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Atlantic Canada hunkers down for Fiona — ‘I think this is going to be a bad one’
People across Atlantic Canada were stocking up on last-minute essentials and storm-proofing their properties Friday ahead of the arrival of Fiona, which forecasters say will hit the region as a “very powerful” post-tropical storm.
Guilbeault rejects Atlantic Canada's request for climate plan extension
The federal environment minister on Thursday, September 1, 2022, rejected a request from the premiers of Atlantic Canada for an extension to the deadline to submit their plans to tackle carbon emissions.
Environmentalists sound alarm about a bid to raise tailings dam at Nova Scotia gold mine
Environmentalists are expressing dismay over a pending provincial government decision that could allow a Nova Scotia gold mine to raise the height of the wall of its existing tailings waste pond.
Canada's fishery management is floundering
A new report by Oceana Canada says Canadian fisheries management has "fallen short" over the last five years, with nearly one in five fish stocks still "critically depleted."
Nova Scotia bill aims to end coal-fired power by 2030
The change in the proposed Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act introduced Wednesday moves up the phasing out of coal by about 10 years.
Retiring N.S. premier reflects on tragic year
When Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil privately decided earlier this year he would retire after 17 years in politics, he had no idea of the challenges he was about to face.
Canada-China COVID-19 vaccine trials dropped amid political tensions
A COVID-19 vaccine-development partnership between Canada and a Chinese firm has been abandoned, ending clinical trials that were to be conducted by a Dalhousie University research lab.
Conservation group urging people to report invasive species
As people resume springtime recreational activities including gardening, the Nature Conservancy of Canada is urging them to help minimize the spread of invasive species.
RMCP chief defends 'dynamic and fluid' response to Nova Scotia massacre
Under fire for how they alerted the public to a 12-hour massacre that took the lives of 22 people, the Nova Scotia RCMP defended their actions on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, saying their use of Twitter was effective.
Canada will try harder to protect endangered right whales
Further measures are coming to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale in Canadian waters, federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan told a meeting on fishing gear innovation on Tuesday, February 11, 2020.