The author of a new report touting Atlantic Canada as a potential offshore wind energy giant says the scaled-down Atlantic Loop electricity grid announced this week is a start but not enough for the region to fully benefit from its production potential.
A new report from Public Policy Forum, an Ottawa-based think-tank, says the relatively shallow waters off the coast of Nova Scotia's Sable Island are a prime location for offshore wind development.
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has told Nova Scotia Power that it wants a detailed plan about how the utility plans to get off coal by the end of the decade.
The pesticide was released to rid a 52-hectare lake in eastern Nova Scotia of invasive smallmouth bass that threatened the native brook trout in nearby rivers.