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Nova Scotia announces protection of 1,267 hectares, but no word on West Mabou Beach Provincial Park
Protected areas announcement dubbed ‘a cynical move’ comes as Houston government hints that all protected lands are open for development
Nov 4
Opponents push back on West Mabou golf project
Premier Tim Houston is portrayed as the smiling real estate agent and the property is a public park in Cape Breton.
Nov 3
Fate of West Mabou Beach undecided, Liberals accuse PCs of patronage, and other cabinet news
Premier Tim Houston continues to say Nova Scotia is open for business and open to proposals from developers of all kinds, even if they involve parklands protected under provincial legislation.Â
Oct 29
Nova Scotia breaches conditions of $28.5 million nature agreement with Ottawa
"If this place is unprotected, all of our parks and protected areas are vulnerable."
Oct 23
Tim Houston and his yes-men are yesterday’s men, gearing up for an assault on the environment, and those who would protect it
Houston and his yesterday men seem intent on stripping away all manner of protections of the environment, biodiversity, water, and public lands, moving backwards as fast as they can to turn Nova Scotia into Canada’s Corporate Playground, where extractive industries and big money can pretty much do what they want.Â
Oct 19
The Houston PCs are governing by ‘sheer legislative laziness’
Nature Nova Scotia and the Ecology Action Centre want the government to close loopholes and short-circuit future development proposals like recent ones at Owls Head and West Mabou Beach.
Nov 4, 2023
