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CBC Radio announced at 5:30 PM last night that the Utility Review Board has
allowed the CBNS Railroad to abandon the track from St. Peter's Junction to
the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on May 3rd of 2003.
This decision will negatively affect any future economic growth for the Cape
Breton Industrial region and will mean that thousands of trucks will be
added to the roadways to make up for the lost train traffic. One train car
takes approximately three trucks off the road and it is vehicle emissions
that are one of the leading contributors to greenhouse gases. New double
lane highways will need to be constructed throughout Cape Breton to make up
for the increase in truck traffic and there is a negative environmental
consequence attached to that possibility as well.
Your MLAs are currently sitting in session at the House, please take some
time to approach them and ask them to continue to support rail transport
over truck transport. One suggestion is to purchase the line and lease it
to prospective rail carriers including the possibility for rail competition,
this would put the rail company at an economic parity with trucking
companies who do not pay to use the roads and highways and share the
majority of the responsibility for causing the deterioration of our roads so
quickly. Please help Transport 2000 Atlantic promote the idea of
sustainable Transportation methods by telling your MLA you support rails in
Cape Breton.
Tim Doyle
Board Member
Transport 2000 Atlantic
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END OF LINE HAS COME FOR CAPE BRETON RAIL
The railway in Cape Breton will cease operations for good next spring.
The Utility and Review Board has ruled that the Cape Breton and
Central Nova Scotia Railway can discontinue service between Sydney and the
Strait of Canso in April, and abandon the line entirely on May 3.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_cbrailend021105
MORE NOW KNOWN ON HALIFAX HARBOUR CLEANUP
Halifax has released key details of its harbour cleanup plan, a plan the
city says is an environmentally sound solution as to treating tonnes of
sewage so it won't be pumped into the ocean.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_hrbrrpt021105
HALIFAX SCHOOL BOARD TO GET TOUGH ON SMOKERS
The Halifax Regional School Board has drafted a new tobacco-free policy
that would ban smoking at all school activities, including field trips
and sporting events held off school property.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_studsmoke021105
DEEP PANUKE DELAYED
The $1-billion Deep Panuke gas project off the Nova Scotia coast won't
be going ahead on schedule. Senior executives say it's taking longer
than expected to obtain environmental approvals from the federal
government.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_pandelay021105
RESIDENTS WITH CONTAMINATED WATER OFFERED PAMPHLETS
The Environment Department is delivering more than 200 flyers about safe
drinking water to homes in Sydney River.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=waterns021107
C.B. RAIL ISSUE NOT OVER YET: MAYOR, PREMIER
The mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality John Morgan is
disappointed provincial regulators have decided a rail line to Sydney can
be abandoned, but he says the Nova Scotia government can still change the
outcome.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_mayorrail021106
SCALLOP HARVEST: THE GOOD NEWS AND BAD
The scallop season under way off southwestern Nova Scotia is shaping up
to set new records. But, record catches aren't pleasing everyone because
of new catch restrictions imposed by Ottawa.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_scallhaul021105
NEWFOUNDLAND COAST GUARD ORDERED TO CONSERVE FUEL, STAY DOCKED
In an effort to save money, commanding officers with the Canadian Coast
Guard in Newfoundland and Labrador have been ordered to keep ships
docked unless they're needed.
FULL STORY:
http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/11/07/coastguard_021107
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