Nova Scotia Department Of Environment

• Nova Scotia issues seven-year industrial approval for Cape Breton coal mine

  Nova Scotia's Environment Department has renewed the industrial approval for the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton for the next seven years.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2022
  
• Protecting Eisner Cove: Dartmouth residents protest housing project slated for wetland

  Mount Hope Village is slated to be constructed on top of the Eisner Cove wetland. If approved, the 45-hectare development would be located between near Woodside Industrial Park.

  Environment

  Aug 10, 2022
  
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• 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, 2022
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• After decades of protests and legal battles, the Harrietsfield landfill is finally being cleaned up

  For years residents of Harrietsfield have been unable to drink water from their corroded, contaminated taps. The source of the contamination is now being cleaned up but the need for clean water remains.

  Environment

  Aug 28, 2020
• 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
• ‘Accessible washrooms should include everyone’: N.S. human rights inquiry begins

  A group of accessibility advocates are having their complaint against the Nova Scotia government over a perceived lack of accessible washrooms heard by a tribunal appointed by the Human Rights Commission.

  Politics

  Jul 5, 2018
• Break-in at MacKay bridge caused sewage to be released into Halifax Harbour

  Alison MacDonald, a spokesperson for the Halifax Harbour Bridges said they are taking the security breach "very seriously."

  Crime

  May 1, 2018
• Campus closure, water restrictions after vandalism near NSCC and CBU water tower

  "It's a precaution. We want to make sure the water is safe and our campus community is safe."

  Crime

  Apr 5, 2018
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• Assessment of N.S. mill’s effluent plan proper according to rules: deputy environment minister

  Frances Martin says it was clear to her that the project was a Class 1 assessment instead of the more rigorous Class 2 under the rules, because it is an addition to an existing mill.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2018
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• N.S. to hire environment prosecutor to ‘hold people and companies accountable’

  The province says the recruitment process will begin immediately for the new position, developed jointly by the Public Prosecution Service and the Department of Environment.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2018