This page provides a list of links to news items related to forests and forestry in Nova Scotia as I happen to catch them, beginning Dec 20, 2019.
Earlier items, going back to June 11, 2019, can be found under Older News.
The dates cited below are the dates of publication of the news items (not the dates on which I accessed them).
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- Dec 23, 2019:
Nova Scotia sawmills seeking new markets in wake of Northern Pulp closure
MICHAEL TUTTON THE CANADIAN PRESS in the globeandmail.com
– Looking back: the top five political stories of 2019, recapped
Andrea Gunn in Saltwire Publications. #2: 2 — Environment: the year of Greta and Northern Pulp. ““This a moment in history for Nova Scotia,” said Cape Breton University political science professor Tom Urbaniak. “I predict that a generation from now textbooks will not ignore this because the ramifications on many fronts are significant.””
– Northern Pulp closure feels like ‘a death in the community,’ says warden
Emma Smith, Kaitlyn Swan · CBC News “The $50-million fund that McNeil promised to help workers in the sector with retraining, education and emergency needs is nowhere near enough, [Warden] Parker said. Parker wants more money set aside and for people in the forestry sector to decide how it’s spent.”
– Cape Breton wood supplier says Northern Pulp closure could be ‘devastating’
By Nikki Sullivan for The Cape Breton Post
– Northern Pulp decision validates rights, First Nations lawyer says
Andrew Rankin for Chronicle herald, subscription required for full access - Dec 22, 2019:
– Group calls for government to re-commit to protecting Owls Head Provincial Park
Victoria Walton in Halifax Today
– In Nova Scotia, extremes of elation and despair in wake of Northern Pulp mill closure
Michael Tutton for the Canadian Press in the globeandmail.com - Dec 21, 2019:
– Northern Pulp: planning the future five years too late
STEPHEN KIMBER in the Haifax Examiner. “I don’t want to criticize Stephen McNeil’s announcement Friday. It was hard to watch without feeling just how emotionally wrenching and personally difficult it had been for him. He was genuinely caught between the rock of an important and necessary promise he had made to the Pictou Landing First Nation and the hard place of knowing keeping his promise would mean the end of vital jobs for workers at Northern Pulp and beyond in the province’s forest industry. But the thing is… Should it really have come to this?”
– JIM VIBERT: McNeil shows courage his predecessors lacked Jim Vibert in the Chroncle Herald (subscription required for full access)
– ‘Devastated:’ Northern Pulp decision could destroy Cumberland County’s forestry industry
By Darrell Cole for The Chronicle Herald - Dec 20, 2019:
– What happens when an endangered flower goes to Nova Scotia Supreme Court?
Zack Metcalfe for www.nationalobserver.com
– What it all means: the closure of Northern Pulp Mill, the future of forestry, and an act of reconciliation
Tim Bousquet, Jennifer Henderson and Joan Baxter in the Halifax Examiner
– Northern Pulp plans to shut down Nova Scotia mill after premier refuses to grant extension
By Michael Gorman for CBC News
– The Northern Pulp saga is a “really, really, really, really difficult time” for Pictou Landing First Nation
Joan baxter in Halifax Examiner Morning File
– Former land planner says province’s golf proposal a ‘betrayal’
Michael Gorman · CBC News