Talk about buzz kill. At its meeting Tuesday, Halifax city councilors will consider a staff report recommending ever more stringent controls around the cultivation and consumption of cannabis to make sure no one gets the notion there is anything remotely recreational or fun — certainly, definitively not fun— in the air because of the looming legalization of recreational … [Read More...]
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Daddy’s in jail: men in prison talk about the struggles of maintaining a relationship with their children
I feel like a failure. Because I haven't been able to break the cycle for my kids, which I intended to. C.’s second child was born when he was already behind bars. … [Read More...]
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The people lobbying the province for a stadium aren’t registered as lobbyists
News 1. Stadium lobbyists aren't registered as lobbyists Canadian Press reporter Judy Owen caught up with CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie at the … [Read More...]
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A terribly depressing read from start to finish
News 1. Fool's Gold, Part 4 We've published the fourth and final instalment of Joan Baxter's "Fool's Gold" series. Part 4 looks at how the mining lobby is working to undermine environmental protection in Nova Scotia. In particular, the … [Read More...]
McNeil government refuses to release VG replacement report
The McNeil government continues to keep the advice it receives on its biggest and most expensive decisions carefully out of public sight. Yesterday the Minister of Transportation, Infrastructure and Renewal (TIR) refused to release a preliminary … [Read More...]
Fool’s Gold
A Halifax Examiner / Cape Breton Spectator investigation. This is the fourth and final instalment in a series of articles on the push for mines and quarries in Nova Scotia. You can find Part I here. How the mining lobby is working to undermine … [Read More...]
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Nova Scotia’s problematic family court judge
News 1. Court of Appeal lambasts custody ruling In November 2017, I reported that: In August [2017], Lawrence O’Neil, … [Read More...]
Court of Appeal overturns Justice Lawrence O’Neil’s ruling giving custody of a child to man with a history of domestic abuse
In November 2017, the Halifax Examiner reported that: In August [2017], Lawrence O’Neil, the Associate Chief Justice of the … [Read More...]
The Chronicle Herald is terrible
News 1. Cruise ship "smoke and mirrors" "Cruise tourism has grown rapidly in Maine over the past decade, with ship … [Read More...]
A flock of giant monster birds is attacking a Halifax highrise
News 1. Pamela Yates Stephen Kimber looks at the case of Pamela Yates, a forensic psychologist who in 2014 was hired by … [Read More...]
The Yates case: professional self-regulation or plain old self-protection?
Start with this: a July 11, 2017, CBC news story entitled “Lack of Psychologists Delays Youth Sentencing More than 6 … [Read More...]
It can happen here
1. It can happen here President Donald Trump. Premier Doug Ford. Two years ago this would have been unthinkable. Now … [Read More...]
Werewolf, naloxone, and education: Nova Scotia addresses opioid deaths
According to folklore (and Wikipedia) a werewolf is a human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf-like creature after … [Read More...]
The justice system is destroying an innocent man
News 1. Injustice in Nova Scotia As I reported Tuesday, three Germans got drunk on a flight from Germany to Cuba and caused … [Read More...]
Quackery and dog whistles: all in a day’s work for the Halifax Examiner
News 1. Cogswell Halifax council yesterday gave its OK to the process for the Cogswell interchange redevelopment … [Read More...]
Yarmouth ferry operator Bay Ferries wants to stop going to Portland and instead go to Bar Harbor
News 1. Stop the Cogswell misfire! Today, writes Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: ...city councillors … [Read More...]
Stop the Cogswell misfire!
On Tuesday morning at 10am, city councillors will convene to decide on what will take the place of the Cogswell Interchange. … [Read More...]
We could have given every person in Inverness $12,000 in financing; instead we gave $17 million in financing to one rich guy
News 1. Public Accounts Writes Stephen Kimber: The Gormless Gang of the Fang-less Five Liberal members of the Public … [Read More...]
Ask no questions, get no answers… Mission accomplished
HOUSTON: The motion is that the Public Accounts Committee meet on June 13th, June 20th, and June 27thto address these three … [Read More...]
“Losing our fucking minds”
This week, the auditor general's office released a review of "close confinement" practices in Nova Scotia jails. The … [Read More...]
BREAKING: Transport Canada detains French cable repair ship after suspected oil spill in Halifax Harbour
Responding to an inquiry by the Halifax Examiner, Transport Canada confirms that it has detained the French cable repair ship … [Read More...]
Bill Spurr has a terrible boss, so a puppy had to die
News 1. Discrimination A firefighter who says her 18-year career was plagued by sexual harassment is demanding that … [Read More...]
We’re watching Mark Lever destroy journalism in Nova Scotia
News 1. Fool's Gold, Part 3 We've published the third instalment of Joan Baxter's "Fool's Gold" series. Part 3 looks … [Read More...]
BREAKING: Saltwire announces consolidations and layoffs at its Nova Scotian papers
The following email was sent by Saltwire (owner of the Chronicle Herald and all the former Transcon papers in Nova Scotia, … [Read More...]
Fool’s Gold
A Halifax Examiner / Cape Breton Spectator investigation. This is the third in a series of articles on the push for mines … [Read More...]
How Randy Symonds experienced racism at Halifax Transit
News 1. Randy Symonds The Human Rights Commission yesterday released a decision of its Board of Inquiry, which was … [Read More...]