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An influx of unauthorized elver harvesters prompted Nova Scotia Power to shut down one of its hydro dams last month, and the facility remains on reduced hours because of ongoing illegal fishing at the site.The hydro dam in Head of St. Margarets Bay, at the mouth of North East River, has been the scene of nightly fishing for elvers, before and after the legal fishery was supposedly shut down on April 15.Elvers, also known as baby eels, are Canada's most valuable fish species by weight, selling for up to $5,000 a kilogram…

In a laboratory tucked away on the fourth floor of the chemistry building at Dalhousie University, associate professor Mita Dasog points to an illuminated tube containing a brown liquid, which researchers hope will help shift society off fossil fuels.The tube represents one part of the lab's work on producing green hydrogen through artificial photosynthesis. "We're essentially trying to mimic what plants do," Dasog says. It's part of a range of research the lab is undertaking that also includes investigating ways to bring…

Article content HALIFAX — The public inquiry into Nova Scotia’s mass shooting has already cost $25.6 million to investigate the April 18-19, 2020, rampage — and there are still about five months remaining in its mandate. Article content Costs are shared between the federal and provincial governments for the inquiry, which was established in October 2020 and started public proceedings on Feb. 22 of this year. The inquiry is probing the causes and circumstances that led to the shooting deaths of 22 people over 13 hours…