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.