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Search results for "Nova Scotia" ...
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Toxic Legacy: The Story of Boat Harbor
An inlet from the sea in Nova Scotia is the site of an environmental catastrophe wrought by a Scott Paper Company mill. To attract the mill, officials approved using Boat Harbor as a toxic waste treatment pond. The investigation details the actions governmental bodies took in conjunction with Scott Paper that produced the health hazard that Boat Harbor creates for nearby residents today.
Tags: Nova Scotia; Boat Harbor; Scott Paper; mill; toxic; waste; water; residents; lagoon; environment; health; hazard; public;
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Lethal Legacy
"The story began with one soldier who died a mysterious death. It ended up changing Canadian government policy and setting off a wave of international medial coverage ... The main character in the first story was Terry Riordon, a Gulf War veteran from the small town of Yarmouth , Nova Scotia who dies with a mysterious and awful collections of illnesses. His widow gave us exclusive access to test results that she had done on Riordon's tissues and bones. They showed that he had depleted uranium in his bones almost a decade after the Gulf War."
Tags: 3 CASSETTE TAPES- PART 1 AND 2; TRANSCRIPT; radio; uranium; Gulf War Syndrome; biochemical warfare; depleted uranium (D-U) testing; Canada; veterans; FOI; NATO; soldiers; health; Toronto
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The Mob and the FBI
"This submission consists of 10 stories selected from the Herald's ongoing coverage and investigation into the corrupt relationship between fugitive gangster James J. 'Whitey' Bulger and law enforcement in Massachusetts, primarily the FBI. The selections begin with (the) exclusive report that it was Bulger's top associate, Kevin Weeks, who led investigators to a mob burial ground." Following reports show a connection between "an FBI agent's financial dealings with Bulger and his associates, and two agents' alleged involvement with Bulger in gangland murders."
Tags: MOB; murders; FBI; Nova Scotia state police; corruption; grand jury witnesses; real estate deals; undercover agents; Federal Witness Protection Program; informants; Winter Hill Gang; bookie
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Wired for trouble?
USA Today finds that half of the world's passenger jets contain electrical wire insulation that is considered unsafe by military and other wiring experts. Damaged wire insulation has led to fires and electrical equipment failure for years and may have played a role in two unsolved crashes: the recent Swissair Flight 111 accident off the coast of Nova Scotia and the explosion of TWA Flight 800 near Long Island in 1996.
Tags: Planes Federal Aviation Administration FAA Department of Transportation