Coastal property owners and researchers are expressing frustration with the provincial government's approach to safeguarding the coast. Some say there needs to be more leadership from the province after abandoning the Coastal Protection Act.

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Coastal property owners and researchers in Nova Scotia are currently facing a growing sense of frustration toward the provincial government's approach to coastal protection. This discontent stems from the government's decision to abandon the Coastal Protection Act, a legislative effort aimed at safeguarding the vulnerable coastlines. Critics argue that the abandonment signifies a lack of leadership and foresight in addressing the challenges posed by coastal erosion and climate change, demanding more robust action from the province.



Nova Scotia erodes as lawmakers abandon Coastal Protection Act

There was a time when Jeff Kidlark could walk this shoreline to a nearby park, but the footing has changed. There's an armor rock in place and I can no longer walk along the waterfront. I have to either trespass over people's property to get to the beach. Kidlark has watched how erosion has chipped away at the end of his Brayshore property. So far, he's not developed the land. The Coastal Protection Act was supposed to outline how property owners such as Kidlark could develop their land in a way that would help keep them safe from the threat of climate change, sea level rise, and coastal flooding and erosion. The legislation was passed in 2019 with all-party support. But last month, Environment Minister Tim Hallman announced his government would not make the legislation law. Instead, the government released a 15-point plan that includes guidance for the public to help them make informed development decisions and leaving it to municipalities to set bylaws for coastal development. The province continues to work on floodline mapping, and it released an online tool that projects how high the water will rise by the year 2100. But this professor in Dalhousie University's School for Resource and Environmental Studies says the government's approach amounts to a massive step backwards, along with research showing that when people's property values are at risk, they might not be receptive to information that could curtail development. She says the existing information released by the government so far is not thorough enough and risks giving people a false sense of security. Philosophically, we've gone from an idea of collectively protecting the coast and people who live there, to protecting people who are coastal property owners above all, and leaving the public good and the kind of environmental good entirely aside. Hallman has said the government's decision was informed by a survey of 40,000 coastal property owners last fall. Only about 1,000 people responded, and most supported making the Coastal Protection Act law. But Hallman has said he interprets the non-responses as collective opposition to the Act, and he wants to honour that. Sharon says that's not how non-responses to a survey should be interpreted, and the minister's explanation amounts to spin. So the idea that then you would actually discard what is pretty good data for the benefit of those who didn't answer the survey is just simply not best practice. Jeff Kidlark's property could not be more coastal, and yet he did not receive information about the survey. He says 10 out of 12 neighbours he checked with did not either. There are things about the proposed regulations for the Act that Kidlark did not like. If protecting the coast is good for everyone, he thinks property owners should be compensated for land they would not be able to develop if the Act were in place. Still, he thinks an imperfect law is better than no law. I wouldn't have liked it, but I could have lived with it. The province's work on floodline mapping is expected to be complete in 2027. Michael Gorman, CBC News, Brayshore.

The search for missing children from a girls' summer camp hit by flash floods in Texas entered a third day on Sunday, as rescuers faced the threat of more flooding and the death toll in the region reached at least 67.

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Search and rescue missions continue in Kerr County, Texas, after severe storms caused deadly flooding that has killed dozens of people. More than 20 children from the nearby Camp Mystic are still missing, officials say.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei received an enthusiastic welcome at a mosque in Tehran as he made his first public appearance since the start of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran.

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Search-and-rescue operations are expected to continue as the death toll continues to rise from Friday's flash flooding in central Texas, with authorities confirming at least 50 deaths so far, 15 of those children. Among the missing are girls from a Christian summer camp.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is sending a delegation to Qatar on Sunday for talks on a possible ceasefire deal. Hamas calls the latest response "positive." Meanwhile, Israeli strikes on Saturday killed at least 14 in Gaza.

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A forestry worker injured in a wildfire in the western Turkish province of Izmir has died from his injuries, raising the death toll in recent days from the fires to three, as emergency crews also continued to battle a blaze in a province bordering Syria.

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Search and rescue operations continued overnight after flash floods slammed central Texas, killing dozens, officials said. More than 20 children are still missing from Camp Mystic, an all-girls camp hit by the floods, the Kerr County sheriff said.

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Rescues continue in central Texas after deadly flash floods

Officials in the U.S. state of Texas say at least 13 people have died in overnight flash floods after torrential rains triggered an overflow of the Guadalupe River. Nearly 20 children attending a summer camp in the south-central area are missing.

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Heavy rainfall in central Texas caused the Guadalupe River to overflow and unleash a torrent of water. The bodies of at least 13 children and adults have been recovered and more than 20 girls are missing from a sleepaway camp.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv will do "anything" to advance EU accession talks. Zelenskyy spoke alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, President of the European Council António Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

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President Donald Trump said Washington will start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they will face on imports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals.

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Indonesian rescuers on Thursday (July 3) temporarily halted a search for 30 people still missing after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the island of Bali with the loss of six lives, the national search and rescue agency said.

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