Joan Baxter

@joanbaxter.bsky.social

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Author, independent investigative journalist, member ICIJ global network - environment, climate, and corporate capture my obsessions - allergic to hypocrisy, propaganda and greenwashing grifters. Still writing after all these years. Opinions my own.

A roadside newspaper box offering copies of The Epoch Times paper. Someone had penned in red ink below the name “the Epoch times” on the box the words “is shit”
A massive, bloated grey pickup truck in a shopping mall parking lot.
A semi-circular booth stands empty on a tiled floor, with windows behind it. Above the windows is a blue strip with the words Nova Scotia and a big white question mark.
A March 1, 2026 Facebook post from N.S. Premier Tim Houston shows men in hard hats in what looks like an underground mine, and boasts about the Fraser Institute giving N.S. the largest score increase in “mining investment attractiveness” in Canada.
A statement from Ottawa Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy regarding the return to office policy for federal public servants, arguing that the Liberal govt should reconsider the policy, offering sound reasons.
A screenshot of a Nova Scotia PC Party Facebook fundraising post, saying last chance to donate for a tax credit in 2025, showing Premier Tim Houston with a N.S. plaid tie, white shirt and dark jacket standing at a podium with his hand resting on each side. On the podium are the words, “DEFEND NOVA SCOTIA.”
A full page press release from the Sipekne’katik First Nation Band Council in Nova Scotia, which declares the premier an undesirable who is banned from Sipekne’katik lands.
A red and white sign propped against logs on Hunter’s Mountain in Cape Breton by Mi’kmaw land protectors reads “NOTICE! NO TRESPASSING Mi’kmaq Hunting Territory” and “visitors must be permitted. violators will be prosecuted.”
A rocky and pebbly riverbed with almost no water in it, and in the middle of the gravelly empty middle, grass is growing. Some reddish and green shrubs are visible on the left of the photo.
A modern white SUV parked behind a very small older pickup truck, and the SUV is larger than the pickup.
A paved bikeway with a sign that says no entrance except bicycles.
Pedestrians fill a road, lined on either side by kiosks, and a blow-up balloon arch says, in large black font, “CAR FREE DAY.”
The shadow of a person, overlying a brownish background that appears to be geometrically divided by golden lines.
Against a brownish background, an incredible array of geometric shapes that appear almost golden.
A rocky nearly dry riverbed, with just a couple of cm of standing water in it.
The back end of a mud-splattered dump truck on a paved two-lane highway. The truck has no licence plate.
A balding man wearing a light grey suit jacket and grey-blue tie speaking at a white podium. Two photos below show others speaking and shaking hands in a room full of mostly men.
A large white SUV parked on the roadside just behind a small, compact silver pickup truck of yesteryear.
An X post from U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with a dark graphic, over which is superimposed text saying “If it crosses the U.S. border illegally, it’s our job to stop it. PEOPLE MONEY PRODUCTS IDEAS.”
A screenshot of a March 27, 2025 letter from the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs to Premier Tim Houston, saying they oppose fracking, and singed by all 13 Chiefs.
An attachment from Open Secrets that shows Trent Vichie donated US$936 to Donald Trump in June 2024.
A grey-haired man with a chequered jacket stands in front of a massive pickup truck, the front end of which is at his shoulder height.