Sable Island

• The story of a shipwreck with a happy ending on Nova Scotia’s Sable Island

  The unmanned 5-foot vessel was originally built as part of a research project by Grade 3 students at Hanscom Primary School at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts.

  Features

  Oct 5, 2023
  
• Sable Island horses ‘doing well’ after storm Fiona, Parks Canada says

  In a statement sent to Global, Parks Canada said the horses act instinctively and seek shelter in groups in the lee of the dunes during the storm. 

  Weather

  Sep 26, 2022
  
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• Air Force assessing pristine Sable Island as fuel station for rescue helicopters

  The Sable Island National Park Reserve is famous as a wild and windswept island where horses roam freely and large colonies of grey seals live on its extensive beaches.

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2021
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• Canadian Armed Forces disposes of unexploded ordnance on Sable Island, N.S.

  A Parks Canada employee reported the ordinance — confirmed to be five boxes of 9mm ammunition and some 'smoke markers' commonly used by vessels — at the end of November.

  Features

  Feb 25, 2021
• Ottawa dedicates $682K to Sable Island protection and research

  Located around 300 kilometres southeast of Halifax, Sable Island is home to species like the Sable Island sweat bee, which is found nowhere else on the planet. 

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2021
• Last Sable Island horse in captivity dies at wildlife park in Nova Scotia

  The 30-year-old animal, which did not have a name and was declining in health, was euthanized on the weekend at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park north of Halifax.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2019
• Ecology Action Centre’s longtime policy director leaving company

  Mark Butler will finish his role in October.

  Environment

  Mar 28, 2019
• ‘Eeking out a living on this sandbar’: The hard life of a wild Sable Island horse

  A team from the University of Saskatchewan and Parks Canada performed necropsies on more than 30 dead animals during trips to the isolated sandbar about 160 kilometres off Nova Scotia in 2017 and 2018.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2019
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• Ottawa announces partnership agreement with Sable Island Institute

  Parks Canada says the new partnership agreement formalizes its ongoing relationship with the Sable Island Institute, a not-for-profit organization that carries out environmental monitoring, biodiversity surveys and public outreach.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2019
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• Federal Government to fund cleanup of buildings, debris on iconic Sable Island

  Ottawa announced $3.4 million Monday to remove surplus buildings and other debris from Sable Island National Park Reserve, and to design energy measures to reduce fossil fuel consumption.

  Environment

  Feb 11, 2019