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The Forest and the Trees - My CBC Radio Documentary

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Monday, January 21, 2013, In : journalism 
Hi folks,

My first radio documentary was aired on CBC Radio One this past weekend. It is now available online for your listening pleasure at CBC.ca | Maritime Magazine | The Forest and the Trees.

Here's what it's about:

In Nova Scotia, decades old leases negotiated between forestry companies and the provincial government led to clear-cutting on crown land. The end of those leases - and the election of an NDP government - led many environmentalists to see a golden opportunity, a chance to move...
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Exclusive by Design

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Friday, August 5, 2011, In : journalism 
This recent editorial in The Coast, about the pie-in-the-sky planning process that was HRM by Design, reminded me of something I wrote for Coastlands in 2007 when the plan was being finalized. So, this is kind of an I-told-you-so post...but I wish I'd been wrong:

[community & regional leadership]

<<head>>Exclusive by design

<<Byline>>By Chris Benjamin

<<pull-quote>> there would be buses, thousands of them, and the cop cars would all be pink

In August I moved back t...


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Conflict Arises Over New Fairview Development

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Monday, May 30, 2011, In : journalism 
An abbreviated version of this appeared in The Coast on May 26. Below is my full copy:


A proposed United Gulf development at the old Halifax West High School site on Dutch Village Road has sparked controversy. The plan includes a mixed residential and commercial complex, featuring two seven-storey towers of 100 multi-family condos set above a commercial/retail ground floor, a six-storey 60,0000 square-foot commercial building with ground floor retail, a three-storey 27,000 square-foot co...
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Clinical Culture Clash

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Friday, February 11, 2011, In : journalism 
Here's a feature I wrote for last Sunday's Chronicle Herald.

Clinical culture clash
The IWK’s midwifery program was sabotaged by the hospital’s own administration, say women who left
By CHRIS BENJAMIN
Sun, Feb 6 - 4:54 AM

Rachel Godwin was recently let go from her mid­wifery position at the IWK. (TIM KROCHAK / Staff)
Rachel Godwin was recently let go from her mid­wifery position at the IWK. (TIM KROCHAK / Staff)

Six-month old Milo Meuse looks on as Linden Stevens, 3, holds a sign during a demonstration in support of midwifery on Jan. 20 at Province House. Linden’s younger brother Aubrey, 10 months, is in the stroller. The protest was organized by mothers in support of the program.(Tim Krochak / Staff)
Six-month old Milo Meuse looks on as Linden Stevens, 3, holds a sign during a demonstration in support of midwifery on Jan. 20 at Province House. Linden’s younger bro...


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