Several months have passed since Halifax Regional Council voted down a sprawling development proposal for the Birch Cove Lakes. That near-unanimous decision to save the future regional park was an important moment for the city. The mayor and councillors chose to listen to the public (1,420 letters were submitted, nearly all in favour of the […]
Archives for January 2017
Hooray for our side: Morning File, Tuesday, January 31, 2017
News 1. Hooray for our side “Hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil Monday evening in Halifax’s Grand Parade in front of city hall to mourn those killed in a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque,” reports the Canadian Press. As with last week’s Women’s Marches and the widespread political demonstrations at US airports and town […]
Judge rules for Sipekne’katik First Nation in Alton Gas case
But Justice Suzanne Hood's decision doesn't halt work on the project.
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has quashed a decision made by Environment Minister Margaret Miller last April. The Minister rejected a First Nations appeal of her department’s decision to proceed with the controversial $320 million dollar Alton Natural Gas Storage project near Stewiacke. The Sipekne’katik First Nation is concerned about the potential impact on...
A Chronicle of errors
Is the Chronicle Herald, in fact, the shittiest daily newspaper in Canada?
So here we are, one year into what may become the longest newspaper strike in Canadian history. The real reporters, editors, and photographers walking the picket line — those that haven’t accepted jobs elsewhere — may be demoralized, but it hasn’t translated into their content. You can still find excellent journalism at the Local XPress. Because that’s what […]
How will you respond to fascism? Morning File, Monday, January 30, 2017
News 1. Fascism If you use the F-word, inevitably some people respond by saying “this isn’t fascism because unlike Hitler…” or whatever. But of course fascism in the 1930s was expressed in its own time; 80 years later, it will be expressed differently. Trump is a fascist, his government fits the dictionary definition of fascism, and […]
Another Monday in Chaos
It’s Monday. So it must be time for the latest zig in the zig-zaggy, twisty-turny, tortured tale of Stephen McNeil and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union.
It’s Monday. So it must be time for the latest zig in the zig-zaggy, twisty-turny, tortured tale of Stephen McNeil and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union. On Friday afternoon, the union announced its 9,300 members would resume their work-to-rule job action today because — in the words of union president Liette Doucet — “we don’t...
Cyber warfare is here to stay
“We don’t even know what cyber sovereignty is," says cyber security expert Gary Brown.
When he addresses military audiences, Gary Brown often fields questions from soldiers who can’t see how cyber warfare is relevant to their lives. They’ll tell Brown, a professor of cyber security at Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, that they aren’t involved in cyber operations and can’t see why they should care about cyber warfare....
Death, Monopoly, and Taxes: Morning File, Saturday, January 28, 2017
News 1. Death in Prison Last year at this time, I wrote about the Bell Let’s Talk campaign, and how Bell has multi-million dollar contracts on federal prison phones that allow them to charge predatory rates to prisoners and their families. I pointed out in that article that we criminalize mental illness and use incarceration instead […]
Chronicle Herald death spiral: Examineradio, episode #98
On what is one of the longest episodes in Examineradio’s history, we devote almost the entire show to marking the auspicious occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Chronicle Herald strike. First we speak with veteran arts reporter Stephen Cooke about the cautious optimism surrounding the current round of negotiations between the union and management and […]
The parking violation death sentence: Morning File, Friday, January 27, 2017
News 1. HST hit to Nova Scotia Yesterday, I linked to Charlottetown Guardian reporter Teresa Wright’s bombshell that Atlantic provinces are being told to return “hundreds of millions” of dollars of miscalculated HST payments back to Ottawa. I wrote: Wright doesn’t put a dollar figure on the amount Nova Scotia owes, but assuming that the […]
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