Today, BP has reported a small spill of synthetic lubricating mud at its West Aquarius drill site on the Scotia Shelf drill site, and the government regulator has ordered drilling suspended until an investigation is complete. News of the spill is posted to the incident page of the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board website. The incident report reads: Unauthorized … [Read More...]
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Cannabis and child endangerment
News 1. PC Leadership candidates The five PC Leadership candidates held a debate at Alderney Landing last night, and Jennifer Henderson went to see what they … [Read More...]
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Meet the PC Leadership candidates
More than 200 Progressive Conservatives turned out at Dartmouth’s Alderney Theatre last night to hear from the five people competing to become the next leader of … [Read More...]
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Longest day of the year blues
News 1. Offshore research Yesterday, the province announced $11.8-million in spending over four years for the second phase of its Offshore Growth Strategy. According to a press release, the money will go towards: • collecting core samples and … [Read More...]
Immigration lawyers used a Sesame Street reference to argue that Abdoul Abdi should be deported to Somalia
Abdoul Abdi's sister Fatuma once told me that the reason she and Abdoul do not speak Somali is because when they would speak to each other in their language, the workers would put them on time out and isolate them in their rooms, accusing them of … [Read More...]
Looks like we’re getting a stadium, whether we want it or not
News 1. Stadium Yesterday, I went to Halifax City Hall expecting to hear councillors discuss cannabis legalization; I was preparing for a hilarious debate about the evils of smoking the ganja. But before that conversation could get going, … [Read More...]
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The Halifax Examiner is four years (and one day) old
News 1. The Halifax Examiner is four years (and one day) old I missed it yesterday, but Monday was the fourth … [Read More...]
Researchers who help the oil industry are funded, while researchers trying to better regulate the oil industry are frustrated
News 1. Cannabis "Talk about buzz kill," writes Stephen Kimber: At its meeting Tuesday, Halifax city councilors will … [Read More...]
Cannabis will soon be legal. Just don’t smoke it, or grow it, or enjoy it
Talk about buzz kill. At its meeting Tuesday, Halifax city councilors will consider a staff report recommending ever more … [Read More...]
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 … [Read More...]
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 … [Read More...]
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" … [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 … [Read More...]
Fool’s Gold
A Halifax Examiner / Cape Breton Spectator investigation. This is the fourth and final instalment in a series of articles … [Read More...]
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...]