The burning of biomass has sometimes been touted by the government as “renewable energy.” But it’s not. Power increases use of biomass for generating electricity this yearĪ look inside the blast furnace at Nova Scotia Power’s biomass plant. If you’re a subscriber, I hope you enjoy your spot on it, too. I really enjoy the small spot I have on this team. And I care because I believe in the work the people at the Examiner do in covering this province. If I get stressed at times, it’s because I care. I wouldn’t be here one year later if I didn’t. I feel a lot of pressure to do that work justice by relaying these stories as best I can in these Morning Files.īut I really do have fun writing these. Letting us in on things we wouldn’t have any idea about if it weren’t for a few persistent people who know where to dig. Asking tough questions, doing their homework, and combing through legalese, spin, and jargon, all in order to deliver thorough reports that show us what’s happening in this province, with the context to better understand them. The reporters at the Examiner put in hard work to bring us these stories. It can be hard trying to sum up stories detailing the closing of the Alton Gas project, the intricacies of the Avon River causeway controversy, the tangled web of legal action facing Atlantic Gold, or the difficult but necessary developments from the April 2020 shootings investigation. “Doing Morning File should be fun.”Īnd it has been fun, although equally stressful. “You shouldn’t stress about this,” he wrote.

I said I’d be happy to help and a few hours later I got an email from Tim, who called me Evan, saying I could do one in two weeks. Second, it was this time last year that I got a call from Yvette d’Entremont, my former instructor at University of King’s College, saying Tim Bousquet might want some help with the Morning File. (It’s not yet though, so please subscribe if you haven’t already and help support the reporting here.) That’s notable for two reasons.įirst, the Examiner’s subscription drive will be over for another year. One week from today, we’ll enter December.

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