Archives for July 2014

News 1. Northern Pulp Mill is a stinking mess The Chronicle Herald reports that mill emissions have become unbearable for residents of Pictou this year, and no technical solution will be implemented until May. And while Environment Minister concedes the mill is malfunctioning, “he has no intention of forcing it to shut down despite public complaints about the emissions […]

News 1. The Forum is saved I’ll have more on this in a council recap later today, but the short of it is that Halifax council yesterday rejected a staff proposal to “dispose of” the Forum and build a new four-pad arena at CFB. Instead, council agreed with the Halifax Forum Community Association’s proposal to build a […]

News 1. The CBC publishes a weasely, unfair, untrue, and sensationalist attack on workers CBC filed a Freedom of Information request for details about provincial employees’ sick days, which is fair enough: a thorough look at employee health is a proper journalistic subject. But the resulting article is framed unfairly. “Nova Scotia government workers some of the […]

News 1. Africville and Pride The Africville reunion and the Pride parade came on the same weekend this year, and both were big successes. See Africville coverage here, here, and here, and Pride coverage here, here, and here. Stoo Metz, a professional photographer, was on the last float in the Pride parade, and as it turned […]

News 1. Review of Holly Bartlett death investigation released Holly Bartlett is the 31-year-old woman who was found severely injured under the MacKay Bridge on the morning of March 27, 2010. She died two days later in hospital. The circumstances around Bartlett’s death are perplexing, and Bartlett’s friends and family have called into question the Halifax […]

News 1. Province subsidizes transportation In the past couple of days, the province has made two announcements concerning transportation spending: the government will give $2.1 million towards the operation of the Yarmouth ferry, and it will give $2 million to Halifax Transit dedicated to capital expenditures—buying new buses, installing smart meters, building new terminals, etc. One of the […]