News Views Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Flight 624 The Transportation Safety Board of Canada yesterday issued a media release giving more details of the crash — euphemistically called a “ground contact prior to runway” — of Flight 624 at Stanfield International on March 29: During the approach, the engines of the aircraft […]
Archives for September 2015
Danger! Danger! Morning File, Tuesday, September 29, 2015
News Views Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Hospitals and P3s In the wake of the Victoria General flood and resulting delayed and cancelled surgeries, there’s been renewed talk of replacing the hospital. But a reader reminds me that plans for upgrading Capital Health’s facilities — including “decommissioning” the VG — have […]
The politics of pigeon poop: Morning File, Monday, September 28, 2015
News Views Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Flood That flood at the Victoria General is turning into a huge mess, and both opposition parties are calling for the building to be replaced. Eric Theriault took the above photo and commented: Yesterday I was leaving the Victoria General Hospital when a “Code […]
Orcanized Religion: Morning File, Saturday, September 26, 2015
News Views Footnotes News 1. If Fox News were covering this story… I like whale news. This is like my fourth whale in the harbour news story since I started doing the Saturday Examiner. But since coming to the US, now I see I’ve been covering these seemingly innocent stories ALL WRONG. SHOCKING NEWS THAT […]
Who’s stuffing money into Halifax candidates’ pockets? Examineradio, episode #28
This week, we speak with planner Sam Austin about his recent study of who’s funding Halifax civic election campaigns and what they get in return. Also, the magical, mystical Merlin Nunn casts an incantation and declares no conflict-of-interest in the lobbying for privatization of Service Nova Scotia’s registries. Plus, the Liberal government starts looking for a new […]
Christmas kittens and other jokes on children: Morning File, Friday, September 25, 2015
News Views Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Barry Dalrymple Councillor Barry Dalrymple told the CBC yesterday that, like Jennifer Watts, he will not seek reelection next year. Dalrymple represents the sprawling first district, which stretches from Waverley through Fall River and out to the end of the Musquodoboit Valley. Dalrymple, a former RCMP […]
Cletus Spuckler ponders about bicycles: Morning File, Thursday, September 24, 2015
News Views Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Jennifer Watts Jennifer Watts, who represents the north and west ends of the peninsula at Halifax council, has always said she would only be a councillor for two terms. So it was no surprise when Watts yesterday reiterated that that position, and encouraged others to […]
Nickel and diming us to death: Morning File, Wednesday, September 23, 2015
News Views Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Privatization The province yesterday issued a “Request for Supplier Qualification for Alternative Service Delivery for Nova Scotia Registry of Motor Vehicles, Land Registry and Registry of Joint Stock Companies” — that is, the first step in privatizing the registries at Service Nova Scotia. A […]
Seagull shit, toll roads, and LSD: Morning File, Tuesday, September 22, 2015
News Views Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Yarmouth ferry “Friday, Sept. 25. is the deadline for potential service providers to let the province know why they would be best suited to operate the ferry service between Yarmouth, N.S. and Portland, Maine,” writes the Yarmouth Vanguard’s Tina Comeau: The province issued a […]
Blue talk and love: Morning File, Monday, September 21, 2015
News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Baby A Halifax police release from yesterday: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on September 20, Halifax Regional Police responded to the area of College and Summer Streets in Halifax for a report of a baby locked in a unattended minivan. Officers located the vehicle […]