Articles
Cabot wants to build a golf course on West Mabou Beach Provincial Park
“I can’t think of a worse place, ecologically speaking, to have a golf course,” says local resident Nadine Hunt.
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Articles
Provincial park designation doesn’t end legal wrangling in Owls Head case
“There still remains the fact that the government, the province, made that decision in secret and we’re arguing the fact that is not a fair way to make that decision, that they should have made that decision in a transparent fashion,” said Jamie Simpson, the lawyer representing the [Eastern Shore] forest watch association.
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Articles
In the fight over Nova Scotia’s shores, Owl’s Head’s protectors push against the rising tide of development
“Owl’s Head didn’t have a voice,” said local resident and advocate Beverley Isaacs says. “So we used our voices.” Erin AnderssenThe Globe and MailJuly 31, 2022 Full article here Had it not been for the fight of Nova Scotians such as Ms. Isaacs, much of these 266 hectares of coastal Read more…
Group News
… And it worked!
Thousands of people came together. They donated, they organized, they protested together, they put up signs everywhere. They demanded that Owls Head be protected. And it worked. The entire CPAWS-NS team was at Owls Head Provincial Park recently to celebrate the protection of this very special place as a provincial Read more…
Articles
Sale Protects Musquodoboit River Land From Potential Development
Protecting precious ecosystems is an issue top of mind for many Nova Scotians. There was public outrage when it came to light that the Liberal government, in 2019, signed a backroom deal to turn Owls Head into a golf course.
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Group News
Nova Scotia Youth Choir: Nutuwiek? Can You Hear Us?
The Nova Scotia Youth Choir explores protest as art and embraces Indigenous-led social action, including stopping Alton Gas and saving Owls Head Provincial Park. During the making of the film, the singers participated in social action led by Mi’kmaw land defenders working to save the Sipenkne’katik River and Owls Head Read more…
Articles
McNeil’s mess bubbles back to the surface
Staying on would have resulted in heightened accountability for autocratic decisions which occurred under his tenure.
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Letters to the Editor
Letter: Other Parks Still Pending
Owls Head to become Nova Scotia’s next provincial park” (June 15 story). Kudos to Natural Resources and Renewables Minister Tory Rushton on this announcement. This magnificent 266-hectare section of the province’s coastline certainly deserves protection and provincial park status.
But what is the status of the 12 properties, many of them proposed new provincial parks or their expansions, for which public consultations were announced on Feb. 4, 2021? Or the eight parcels for which consultations were advertised on July 27, 2021? Or the 49 sites publicized as “also intended for protection” on Earth Day (April 22) in 2021? The public is waiting.
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