The long-awaited, newly renovated grandstand at the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition grounds in Bible Hill, N.S., was named after a lifelong supporter of agriculture in this province.
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how climate change is impacting the lives and habits of chimpanzees, share an award-winning image from last summer's record-breaking wildfires,and find out why Atlantic farmers are being paid to avoid farming all their property.
The province is providing a one-time emergency grant of $2,500 to farmers located in the mandatory evacuation zones in Halifax Regional Municipality and Yarmouth County.