http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/7258/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/cant-we-grow-hemp-instead/12228 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Port Hawkesbury&#039;s ghost town status gets another extension, Pacific West makes off with the public coffers, and things aren&#039;t really clear cut </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/1056271938_9572ca9d6a_z.jpg" alt="" title="Stumped. [Photo: Nivek29]" width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>(K&#39;jipuktuk) Halifax &ndash; Single-resource towns, such as Cape Breton&#39;s Port Hawkesbury,&nbsp;necessarily experience boom and bust periods, as fluctuations in global supply and demand are variables beyond immediate control.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/cant-we-grow-hemp-instead/12228" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/cant-we-grow-hemp-instead/12228#comments Miles Howe Environment environment Forest Stewardship Council FSC NDP newpage Nova Scotia NDP Pacific West Commercial Port Hawkesbury pulp and paper Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:59:05 +0000 Miles Howe 12228 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca