News 1. Fuel leaks at Tufts Cove and Halifax Transit "Pressed about the fact it took [Nova Scotia Power (NSP)] 12 days to talk about the almost 20,000 litres spilled on its property, [Environment Minister Margaret] Miller said she wasn't overly concerned," reports Jean Laroche for the CBC: "It would have been better if they could have made their predictions of how much … [Read More...]
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The dog days of summer, but don’t name the dog
News 1. Tufts Cove oil spill Yesterday, Nova Scotia Power (NSP) issued a news release about its cleanup efforts at the Tufts Cove oil spill. For the first … [Read More...]
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Kersplash: there goes tidal generation
News 1. Emera withdraws from Cape Sharp Tidal This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. Emera is out of the tidal power business in the Bay of Fundy, at … [Read More...]
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Another violent cannabis dispensary-related attack
News 1. Health care Writes Stephen Kimber: “I want to assure you that I’ve heard you, and I’ve listened,” McNeil said of the health care crisis on election night. “We have a plan, and the opposition parties have a plan, and we can work … [Read More...]
Health care crisis? Check. Leadership to solve it? Another question…
Did you know that, as of Friday morning, the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s News website was reporting a full computer page — 10 different items — flagging current, ongoing, never-ending emergency room closures in Nova Scotia? From the Lillian … [Read More...]
Racist graffiti at St. Catherine’s Elementary School
On Friday, racist graffiti was discovered defacing St. Catherine's Elementary School in Halifax's West End. Tina Roberts-Jeffers, who has two children attending the school in the fall, saw the graffiti when she met another mother for a playdate in … [Read More...]
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Harvard Street residents go to court over bikeway plan
News 1. Class action lawsuit filed against Archdiocese Last week, Halifax lawyer John McKiggan and the Toronto law firm … [Read More...]
Grafton Street through the Nova Centre is a crumbling mess
Grafton Street through the Nova Centre has only been open to the public since January, but already the Grafton Street roadbed … [Read More...]
The Tufts Cove cleanup could take as long as three months
News 1. Tufts Cove cleanup "MFR Oil Response is one of the companies contracted by Nova Scotia Power to do the cleanup … [Read More...]
Halifax cops raided the Church of Cannabis yesterday
1. FOIPOP "An assessment of the software that was used to operate the province's troubled freedom of information … [Read More...]
893 city employees make more than $100,000 annually and yet janitors cleaning city buildings are paid poverty wages
News 1. Oil spill Friday morning, I criticized Nova Scotia Power (NSP) for its press release related to the oil spill … [Read More...]
Is tidal power dead in the water?
The collapse late last month of the French-owned, Irish-based company that has installed tidal turbines three times in the … [Read More...]
Prisons, Refugees, Cats
1. Dorchester Penitentiary Martha Paynter was driving through New Brunswick this weekend and texted me that she saw a … [Read More...]
Halifax parents allege that coaches of a U16 football team that went to Texas were “out drinking every night” and there was “no supervision” of the children
News 1. Oil leak From a Nova Scotia Power press release: Late this afternoon (THURSDAY), Nova Scotia Power’s Tufts … [Read More...]
Bad behaviour everywhere
1. An apology The Halifax Examiner acknowledges that the Armour Group Limited neither hired, nor fired, the janitors … [Read More...]
Halifax’s moral panic over the legalization of cannabis
News 1. Convention centre Oh, running out of time for this... I'll write it up today for tomorrow's Morning File. 2. … [Read More...]
Another day in Halifax: resignations, engtanglements, and delays
Hi folks, Erica Butler here filling in for Tim today. News 1. Halifax to lose another director: Bruce Zvaniga … [Read More...]
The strange history of Halifax’s streetlight selection and the apparent demise of LED Roadway Lighting
News 1. Yarmouth ferry "I could say I told them so — and I did, way back when 'them' was still Rodney Macdonald and his … [Read More...]
The Yarmouth ferry subsidy? Still? Still more? Always…
I could say I told them so — and I did, way back when "them” was still Rodney Macdonald and his Tories, and from then on … [Read More...]
I don’t want to be a role model, I just want to be allowed to be human
I have a memory of being 13 or 14, in my bedroom after school, swearing to myself that I would learn to speak less, be more … [Read More...]
Why is the city paying for Fred MacGillivray’s superpension?
News 1. Retired firefighter sues city, claiming racial discrimination A Black man who is a retired firefighter has filed a … [Read More...]
Retired firefighter George Cromwell is suing the Halifax fire department, claiming racial discrimination
A Black man who is a retired firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the Halifax fire department, alleging that he has been … [Read More...]
The first transit passes for people on social assistance arrive this week: a great start that still needs some tweaks
Starting this week, Community Services will be mailing out about 3,300 new annual transit passes to Halifax residents who are … [Read More...]
How Knowledge House execs played Halifax’s mucky mucks
News 1. Knowledge House "Dan Potter, once hailed as a star of Nova Scotia's private sector, is headed to prison for … [Read More...]
American ports are spending billions of dollars on upgrades, making Maritime port schemes look ridiculous
News 1. Donkin mine "The operator of the Donkin coal mine is facing sanctions under the temporary foreign … [Read More...]
One small step for tidal power, one giant leap for BP
I'm Erica Butler, filling in for Tim while Tim keeps right on working. We both bring you today's … [Read More...]