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Protesters are upset the machines were moving in to do the first phase of land clearing for Mount Hope Village, an 875-unit housing project. The site is in the Eisner Cove wetland, an area the protestors say should be protected.
Ignoring “no trespassing” signs, security guards and a Halifax Regional Police officer, environmental activist Lil Macpherson was among a handful of protestors who took the campaign to stop construction near Eisner Cove Wetland straight to the source.
As Bill Zebedee looks over the swath of trees removed from the construction site at Eisner Cove Wetland, he explains his concerns about the housing project.