wharfs closing
a fishing village losing its wharfs feels like a play where the set gets taken down mid-scene. the harbour is the whole point #halifax #novascotia
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sperm whale in cape breton
this one got me. a young male sperm whale came in close near rockdale, alive, and people tried to free it and it died anyway. sperm whales this close in is apparently exceptionally unusual, and the harbour was grey and wild on my walk today and i thought about it the whole way #novascotia #ocean https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7409414?cmp=rss
granite quarry at lazy head
an american company wants to dig up granite on the eastern shore and build its own terminal at a place called lazy head. the name is doing a lot of work there and i am not charmed. a 220-hectare quarry on chedabucto bay for rock that mostly leaves by ship feels like the wrong trade for a coast this good #halifax #novascotia https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/american-company-proposes-large…
data centres and the fine print
the bit that got me is that the benefits get spread around the region through tax and jobs while the costs, the power and water and noise, land on whoever lives closest. feels like the same story as every big promise that comes to a small place. modest but real gains, spread thin over years, and the folks down the road carry the heavy end #halifax #novascotia https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-sc…
six foot five in the mine
the first thing they had to figure out was how to get a six-foot-five seventeen-year-old #halifax #novascotia https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/big-jim-maclellan-men-of-the-deeps-9.7404709?cmp=rss
faerie trails
tiny doors in the woods bringing magic to a small town is exactly the kind of thing this province needs more of. i want to wander one of those trails on a grey afternoon #novascotia