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Hi Tim, I was looking for a contact number or email for general inquiries or comments that wouldn’t be associated with general comments. I cannot find contact information to contact the website and would like to. Am I missing something? Earl
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I am rural resident in Nova Scotia,and have been enjoying Mr. Beswick`s recent articles on life in rural NS. As a former HRM resident, I didn`t realize how metro-centred most news coverage usually is until I moved to the country but continue to listen to the daily commuting woes of HRM residents twice a day on the radio. Living in the country has opened my eyes to how lucky I am to not have to put up with city problems, but it has also given me a greater understanding of how tenuous the economy is in most rural areas. Mr. Beswick`s article took a risk giving voice to what seems to be a generally unpopular side of the Mill issue – i.e. the economic advantage of having an industry in NS that has also caused terrible environmental problems in the area. But it also gave me pause to try and understand how much more complex the situation is as it identifies an economic reality of providing good jobs that support many rural residents, apparently throughout both NS and NB. Surely we need to understand both sides of this story in order to move forward with solutions.
Good on you, Mr. Beswick.
One final comment, advertorial sections of the newspapers are on the rise and need to be better identified as such. I’ve gotten sucked into to a number of stories only to eventually realize that I`m reading a commercial. It is annoying and unnerving.
Re: Halifax’s “entire neighbourhood of streets named after murdering imperialist dudes” … I live on Hennessey Place and I’ve often wondered who the heck Hennessey was. After reading your sweeping proclamation, I got really curious and started asking neighbours. According to Bill up the street, Hennessey was a fireman who served at the time of the explosion. And my friend who lives on Merkel says, “Haha, I think Merkel is the name of the farmer who originally owned the land in the north end.” Can’t swear either is the final word, just passing on the local chatter….
I know it’s a small matter in the big schemes going on today, but both here in your paper and on radio yesterday, you made light of Halloween tampering. My son actually did get a fish hook in a small box of Smarties, years ago. I was with him as he dug in to eat some and yelped as he came out with the little fish hook dug into his finger. I immediately relayed this to the group he was out with (my husband was peace-keeping in Europe, so a friend had taken my kids out). It happened that three incidents had taken place that night in Halifax West (not Cole Harbour). Granted, this was a ages ago, but it did happen. Kids didn’t lie, nobody was mutilated for life, police checked a bit. A small bone to pick, sorry. Because I appreciate your honest accurate news reporting most of the time. Thanks..
So, if someone in dark clothing steps out at night with head down, reading a cell phone and wearing head phones crossing against a ‘Do not walk’ pedestrian sign, would we still count that as a “driver – pedestrian” collision ? The implication being that the driver would assume all the blame? Just asking.
So an engineering firm in Maine estimates the cost of renovating the Bar Harbour ferry terminal to be 5 million. That was several months ago. The NS Liberals are the funding partner and are responsible for the total cost. ( That’s us taxpayers by the way) Today, we learn the estimates are only 70% off! The actual cost is now estimated at 8.5 million. And the Liberal government has committed our taxpayer dollars to cover the full amount! Unbelievable- not with this government! And to add insult to injury, the minister of Infrastructure and Renewal, Lloyd Hines, insults taxpayers intelligence when he tells CBC news that the salaries paid to US Customs officials, paid once more by guess who? ( you and me ), is “proprietary” information. Well, it is NOT. Nova Scotians have a right to know how much of their tax dollar is funding this entire Yarmouth to Bar Harbour Bay Ferry. This is just another blatant example of the non accountability of this government when it comes to how it spends our tax dollars. Transparency? A joke. The Public Accounts Committee? A joke! And we have two years of this government remaining. It will only get worse!
Paul Fitzgerald
I’m confused. Doesn’t The Halifax Examiner stand for free speech. Shouldn’t we be defending the right to discuss the implications of ” mass migration ” and condemning those who want to supress the discussion? The movement of large numbers of displaced people could become a large issue in the future. There will be those who oppose it ( I guess we should at least discuss how many we could entertain )
Let’s not be afraid to discuss issues. Let’s not blindly label those who we don’t like or label as ” right wing extremists ” as not entitled to a different opinion. What are we afraid of?
Gary Ward
The right to free speech is not the right to used privatized platforms. I have people contact me all the time thinking I have some obligation to give them space for their pet project — their “raising money for X” scheme by pogo-sticking across Canada, the release of their new app, one guy thinks he’s truly the second coming of Christ, you name it. I’m under no obligation to give their speech my platform, nor to normalize what I think are crappy ideas by giving them the time of day.
The right to free speech merely means that *government* will not restrict speech. No one is prohibiting the anti-immigration people from starting their own newspapers or putting up their own billboards to say whatever they want. Even then, no one else is under any obligation to engage with them.
We should, as Canadians, for our own good, explore and confront the issues around immigration, which is going to become a larger issue in the future. That’s all I’m saying- there is a pro argument and an anti argument. The Halifax Examiner could facilitate the discussion as a public service.
Gary Ward
Oh, don’t think you can play that game unchallenged, Bousquet. You & I both know a Free Press can only operate if the regime at hand continues to stand behind Freedom of Expression. If you’re going to open up commenting on articles, then hiding behind that silly, short-sighted technicality as if it absolves you from the philosophical duty to extend that right to others has no truck with me.
Otherwise you’re no better than just another blogger on a power trip.
…and that policy of demanding real names instead of pseudonyms makes you no better than spitting in the face of that which allows your cute lil’upstart startup to operate.
Now don’t forget to delete this comment, crypto-fascist.
Signed,
Just kill the comment section like the Herald.
Good on you, whoever’s moderating, for not succumbing to my vitriol. Maybe there’s still some spine left in the Fourth Estate yet.
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ― George Orwell
Hi, I’m Pat Whitman and I grew up in Birch Cove, that area along the Bedford Highway between Rockingham and Prince’s Lodge and played around the yacht club which became Chinatown and is now for sale. In the summer evenings as kids we would row out to the barge and take treats to the security staff of chips and pop bought at the Cove Grocery. We were told this was one of the deepest parts of the Basin. These days we often get coffee at the Bedford Basin Market which overlooks the area where the barge is anchored and noticed earlier this year that the barge had been removed. This is not the first time it has been taken away for an upgrade. Used to love it when they decorated it for Christmas. Hope they bring it back soon.
Your info on Covid-19 gives me great relief. It’s concise, well organized and clear. Thank heaven! Thank you. Sort of like putting a handrail along a steep flight of stairs.
I am really concerned that our police are spending their time in provincial parks tracking lone hikers, fining them and towing their vehicles to “send a message”. Meanwhile people who need to the bus are often packed in closer than the ideal two meters and everyone is OK with this. It makes no sense yet most people think this is an appropriate response. How fear can change our values overnight.
I think you want to make this comment on an article. As is, you’ve commented on the “commenting policy” page, which no one reads.
Could somebody explain clearly what proportion of lobster traps or lobster pounds “mined” are in the hands of native fishers, non-native and mega companies, who I understand can fish year round? Please explain so that we can judge for ourselves. I think the allocation of rights and licences should be reviewed, because it looks obsolete and vulnerable to abuse..
In reply to Colin May and Bruce Wark about the lack of artifacts and ‘culture’ in Canada, just a reminder that western art and culture is not the only art and culture worthy of study or collection. The many cultures of the Americas created artifacts easily as exquisite. The cultures of Mi’kmaki created beautiful artifacts and grew a language and world view we would do well to study. They hold the secret to living in the world without destroying it.