Forest & Trees
A radio documentary about the decades-old leases allowing forestry companies to clear-cut on Crown land in Nova Scotia.
Bernadette Eisenhower’s Story of Surviving Shubenacadie Indian Residential School
Sadly, Halifax Magazine shut down its website of archived articles. Some issues are still available at Issuu.com. Below are screenshots of one article I was most proud of, a collaboration with Shubenacadie Residential School survivor Bernadette Eisenhower to tell her story. It is a hard story, a true story, and it is told by someone […]
The ReCover Initiative
ReImagining the Energy Efficient Building. ReBuilding a Sustainable Economy This story first appeared in The Laker News on November 19,2020. BERWICK: Lorrie Rand remembers two pivotal moments leading to the creation of the ReCover Initiative, which aims to reimagine energy-efficient buildings in Nova Scotia. The first was in 2013, at a passive-house conference in Maine, where she […]
My life behind the welfare wall
One woman’s struggle to move forward in the system that holds her back The following is an excerpt from the March 2016 Halifax Magazine feature called “My life behind the welfare wall,” by Kyla Derry as told to Chris Benjamin: Here’s something you may not know about poverty: when you get off welfare and get […]
