News 1. Work-related deaths nearly double in Nova Scotia Yesterday, the Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia released numbers on work-related injuries or deaths. The big item: the number of people who either died at work or from work-related illnesses nearly doubled last year, from 21 to 40. Some of these deaths are the result of conditions workers faced years … [Read More...]
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Telling the story of Glen Assoun’s wrongful conviction: we need your help
1. Armoured vehicle This is a short Morning File today because I was busy at court most of the day yesterday (see below) and because I'm kind of riled up about … [Read More...]
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How to value 27 newspapers spread across three provinces: the Ford Falcon test
News 1. Police Commission I have left this item for last to write about today, simply because it's so dispiriting. I spent a couple of hours watching the police … [Read More...]
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An armoured vehicle won’t protect people during a mall shooting, but it will protect institutional racism in the police department
News 1. Gerald Regan Writes Stephen Kimber: More than 20 years after former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan was acquitted of sexually assaulting multiple women, other women are still coming forward with still more stories of what he did to … [Read More...]
Hanna Garson: a young lawyer dedicated to the long, slow fight for prison justice
It's a Tuesday morning, and I'm sitting in courtroom 302 of the Halifax Supreme Court watching two prisoners, Geevan Nagendran and Tyquan Downey, face the lawyer for the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (Burnside). I text Hanna Garson, … [Read More...]
Verdict without end
I shouldn’t be surprised. Not after Me-too. But I am. Still. It happens more often than you might suppose. I’ll be attending a public event, and someone will come up to me. “Aren’t you the guy who wrote that book, the one about…?” Yes, I am, … [Read More...]
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Forest Confidential
A few months ago I reviewed a film that has been circulating the province about the growing use of forest biomass as a form … [Read More...]
Extinction Rebellion: we must take urgent action on climate change
“Heading for Extinction and What to Do About It” was the focus of a public presentation at the Halifax Central Library … [Read More...]
Here’s a tip: Don’t take your staff’s gratuities
I'm Suzanne Rent and I'm filling in for Tim today. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent. News 1. Two women could be … [Read More...]
Water, water everywhere
News 1. Feds announce environmental assessment for Boat Harbour plan Jennifer Henderson has the latest on the Boat … [Read More...]
Boat Harbour cleanup to be subjected to environmental review
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency announced yesterday it was launching an environmental assessment of the proposed … [Read More...]
A mega development on Lake Banook shows that the Centre Plan is a cruel joke
News 1. Mercury, Canso Chemicals, Northern Pulp Mill Facilities associated with Northern Pulp Mill's proposed … [Read More...]
The plan to improve Herring Cove Road, eventually
NOTE TO READERS: I've updated this story to reflect the cost of the 500 block project, estimated at $2.4 million. My earlier … [Read More...]
Nova Scotia has a mercury problem
Cover photo: A Mad Tea-Party by Lewis Carroll with the Hatter, March Hare and Alice. It turns out that using a lot of … [Read More...]
The Oak Island effect: how Nova Scotia can profit by selling a nonsense tale to the Chinese
News 1. Tidal turbine "Energy and Mines Minister Derek Mombourquette announced last week the province intends to … [Read More...]
Tidal recall: the province says it will pay the estimated $5 million to remove the tidal turbine abandoned on the floor of the Minas Basin, but doesn’t say when
Energy and Mines Minister Derek Mombourquette announced last week the province intends to “eventually retrieve” the abandoned … [Read More...]
The Donner Prize is part of a larger effort to reimagine Canada as a right-wing American Libertarian fantasy
1. Donner Prize "Peter MacKinnon’s book, University Commons Divided: Exploring Debate and Dissent on Campus, has been … [Read More...]
“We are down to our last month’s rent”: naturalists say clearcutting is accelerating
“I worked at the Bowater-Mersey mill for 38 years, and our provincial government makes Bowater look like an … [Read More...]
Wilson-Raybould, Churchill? Evidence our legislative committee systems don’t work
Quick now, what does Judy Wilson-Raybould v Justin Trudeau, Gerald Butts, Michael Wernick et al have in common with Zach … [Read More...]
All-white Donner Prize jury shortlists book by white man defending blackface
Peter MacKinnon’s book, University Commons Divided: Exploring Debate and Dissent on Campus, has been shortlisted for the … [Read More...]
How the Tracy Kitch expense scandal went down
Highlights of this article: • The IWK Board of Directors seemed complacent about problems with expense accounting until … [Read More...]
PC lawsuit seeking Yarmouth ferry financial numbers advances; judge rules against Bay Ferries’ attempt to get lawsuit thrown out on technicality
Progressive Conservative caucus: 1. Bay Ferries: 0. In a court decision released today, Justice Peter Rosinski has … [Read More...]
Making the right choice in addressing period poverty
I'm Suzanne Rent and I'm filling in for Tim today. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Dartmouth pharmacies … [Read More...]
“8 is NOT Enough”: Disabled adults and their supporters demand more action on community housing from McNeil government
A letter signed by dozens of groups on behalf of more than 1,300 disabled adults waiting for housing called on the McNeil … [Read More...]
Let’s read the street check report together
It's been a week since the street check report was released. Despite all the politicians and police board members and … [Read More...]
How many pink shirts will it take to fix this?
News 1. How many pink shirts will it take to fix this? A few days ago, the news broke that two former NDP cabinet … [Read More...]