Editorial Cartoons
Abandon Ship!
Editorial Cartoon by Matt Dempsey
May 15, 2021
Published in the Nova Scotia Advocate
Editorial Cartoon by Matt Dempsey
May 15, 2021
Published in the Nova Scotia Advocate
Contributed by Angela Poirier
The Chronicle Herald
May 15, 2021
Originally published here>
Re: “Proponent of Owls Head golf development has acquired more than 20 area properties,” May 2.
Karen White, publicist for the proponents of this project, says, “It is unfortunate that so much misinformation is clouding an objective view of the project.” I would like to think that objective analysis would come from government and not the developer’s side of the house.
(more…)ONLINE PETITION We have just launched an online petition. While it can’t be submitted to the Legislature, we can still show how many people care about protecting our parks and protected areas. It’s time to save Owls Head Provincial Park! https://www.change.org/saveowlshead Covid-19 Due to Covid-19, we are also providing an Read more…
Owls Head Provincial Park has been a candidate for legal protection since the 1970s. It was a key component of the Eastern Shore Seaside Park System, Our Parks and Protected Areas Plan, and more. Let’s take a look at the park’s history and the extraordinary campaign to save it.
(more…)Love will soon be in the air—for barn swallows, that is. Courtship during the upcoming mating season will feature elegant aerial displays. Cobalt blue, cinnamon and chestnut-coloured, the barn swallow is a striking species. But it’s in flight that these birds go from interesting to incredible. Barn swallows are aerial acrobats, which have been recorded at speeds of up to 74 km/hour. They zip and zoom through the air, performing impressive manoeuvres to catch flying insects. Who knew that you could look so graceful while eating bugs all day?
(more…)January 19-21
The Rick Howe Show
News 95.7
One of these three Liberal leadership candidates will not only become the leader of the provincial Liberal party but also the new premier of Nova Scotia. Take a listen to their responses to environmental questions, including the fate of Owls Head Provincial Park.
Mr. Randy Delorey
January 19, 2021
Re: Bill Black’s column Rankin’s policies tack far to the left of McNeil
Iain Rankin is busy green-washing his persona, but the tarnish of his past as NS Minister of Lands & Forestry (2018 – 2020) steadfastly clings to the liberal leader candidate.
Nova Scotia is losing public access to shores and beaches. Less than 5% of our coastline is protected for future generations.
And yet, Mr. Rankin was all-in with a sleazy scheme to a bargain-basement hand-over of 700-acres of our coastline. He played a key role, in partnership with the premier, in the secret, backroom delisting of Owl’s Head Provincial Park Reserve. With the understanding, that once unencumbered by the category of Protected [Proposed or Pending Protection], it would be sold to an American billionaire. The price tag, an insulting $216,000 for a globally rare, coastal ecosystem, just under $310 per acre.