Monthly Archives: June 2012

June 22: The story behind the sale of St Pat’s-Alexandra

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Hilary Beaumont has been covering the sale of the former St Pat’s Alexandra school site for OpenFile Halifax She joined us in CKDU studios on June 22nd to tell the story of the school closure, the community groups interested in moving into it (and off Gottingen), and of the Council decision to sell the site to a private developer instead. Beaumont also relates the tale of the Chebucto Road school sale in the early 2000s, and how it affected city policy vis a vis decommissioned schools.

Hilary Beaumont on Habitat, June 22, 2012, 54:39 (Right click to download)

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June 15: Mink farm regulations getting weaker without public input

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Mink farms are a major industry in Nova Scotia, with 1.4 million pelts exported annually (bringing in $120 million, or a third of our agricultural exports.)
The waste generated by raising those 1.4 million minks is a major concern for Jocelyne Rankin, Water Coordinator for the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax. Rankin came to CKDU on June 15 to tell us about the movement to regulate the mink farming industry in NS.

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Ecology Action Centre press release
Mink Farming Debate heats up in Annapolis County (Chronicle Herald)

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June 8: Concerns with Open Net Pen Aquaculture in NS

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The Nova Scotia government recently released an aquaculture strategy which calls for the tripling of the industry in the next decade. (Chronicle Herald)

This is a big concern to many groups in coastal Nova Scotia who have concerns over open net pen aquaculture, citing dangers such as wild stock contamination, damage to sealife habitat from excess feed and fish excrement, and use of chemicals and pesticides. A group of over 100 organizations are calling for a moratorium on the use of open net pens for fish farming. (See press release here.)

This week we spoke with two concerned Nova Scotians from the Atlantic Coalition for Aquaculture Reform, about what’s happening along their coast in aquaculture.

Ron Loucks, Friends of Port Mouton Bay
Listen here… 20:44 (right click to download)

Bill Williams, Association for the Protection of the Eastern Shore
Listen here… 14:43 (right click to download)

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June 1st: Bike Week Edition of Habitat

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On June 1st, Habitat hosted a radio roundtable discussion on bike infrastructure in Halifax and around the world.

Special guests:
Jennifer McGowan is a Youth Active Transportation Coordinator with the Ecology Action Centre’s Active & Safe Routes to School program.
Ross Soward is a planner with the Planning and Design Centre, and co-chair of the Halifax Cycling Coalition.
David MacIsaac is Transportation Demand Management Program Supervisor with HRM.
Brent Halverson is an avid cyclist and bike mechanic at Nauss Bikes on Agricola Street.

Listen here… 57:10 (Right click to download).

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