Department of Environment

• Former Halifax mayor Peter Kelly fined for altering watercourse on oceanfront property

  Former Halifax mayor Peter Kelly has been fined for altering a watercourse without approval while building a home on an oceanfront property in Queens County, N.S.

  Canada

  Jun 27
  
• Monitoring of contaminated sites in Nova Scotia remains weak: auditor general

  The latest audit also found similar problems at the Department of Transportation and the Department of Lands and Forestry, which only recently began evaluations on historic mine sites.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2020
  
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• New Brunswick to review plan to eradicate invasive smallmouth bass from lake

  A coalition of conservation groups were told this week to register their salmon-protection strategy for a review by New Brunswick's Department of Environment and Local Government.

  Environment

  Jul 16, 2020
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• New Brunswick ends water advisory for residents of Minto industrial park

  The water advisory had been in place since a fire at the TRACC Tire facility broke out Dec. 1, 2019.

  Environment

  Jan 17, 2020
• Permanent injunction stops Nova Scotia fishermen’s blockade of Northern Pulp

  The Northern Pulp mill applied for the injunction on Tuesday after it was granted a temporary injunction in December.

  Environment

  Jan 29, 2019
• Nova Scotia’s body art legislation comes into effect in February

  Rachel Boomer, a spokesperson for the Department of Environment, said the seven-year delay in implementing the Safe Body Art Act was the result of planning and consultation.

  Health

  Jan 6, 2019
• Stop-work order issued following silo explosion in Burnside

  Tracey Tulloch, a spokesperson with Stevens Group, which owns Quality Concrete, said they are referring to the incident as a "fly ash silo failure."

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2018
• Rachel Notley wants action on Trans Mountain pipeline impasse by next week

  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she wants progress soon in the impasse between her province and British Columbia over the Trans Mountain pipeline or she will ratchet up the pressure.

  Economy

  Feb 16, 2018
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• Developer causes hundreds of thousands in environmental damage to N.S. lake

  A public auction was held in a Bridgewater courtroom on Friday morning with the property being purchased by the sole bidder to enter the auction, according to lawyer Stephen Kingston.

  Environment

  Feb 16, 2018
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• Nova Scotia government analysis looking at plastic bag ban, other options

  Nova Scotia's environment minister met with representatives from municipalities across the province to discuss recycling problems on Thursday.

  Consumer

  Jan 11, 2018