News 1. Mass Casualty Commission: letter to RCMP Commissioner critical of political pressure during investigation Jennifer Henderson has the latest story from the Mass Casualty Commission. Last week, Henderson and the Halifax Examiner broke a story that suggested the head of the national RCMP, at the behest of the federal Liberal Party, potentially compromised an […]
Last Hope camp wraps up time at Beals Brook after province scales back planned cut
On Tuesday, a group of citizens who set up camp off a remote dirt road near Highway 10 in Annapolis County back in December declared partial victory, believing enough of the area was now under provincial protection. The group, which had spent 202 days at the site, enduring the elements, including blizzards and knee-deep snow, […]
Taking the first steps on the drastic plastic problem
Morning File, Wednesday, June 22, 2022
News 1. RCMP Commissioner tried to “jeopardize” mass murder investigation to advance federal gun control efforts The latest string of shootings south of the border, Uvalde and Buffalo chief among them, has stirred up the same debates in the United States this past month. More gun control versus freedom to live (and die) as Americans […]
ArriveCAN app: little health benefit, big costs for Canadian travellers
Morning File, Wednesday, June 15, 2022
News 1. Halifax approves plan for designated tent sites; police will handle situations as last resort “The last thing that we want to do, the very last thing that we want to do, is physically remove anyone from their site,” Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella told the municipality’s councillors Tuesday. “I think we’ve all […]
Dear diary: honest notes from a journaling journalist
Morning File, Thursday, June 9, 2022
News 1. MCC: RCMP communications and a costly 27 minutes From Tim Bousquet’s latest report on the Mass Casualty Commission: By 7:30am on Sunday morning, the RCMP were aware that the killer had not been found and the he might have a car that looked exactly like an RCMP cruiser. At 8am, Halifax police obtained […]
Overexposed: put down the camera and enjoy the experience
Morning File, Tuesday, June 7, 2022
News 1. The burning question: why did police fail to alert the public about the killer’s fake cop car? From Jennifer Henderson this morning: Two years ago last April, health care workers Heather O’Brien and Kristen Beaton were killed in their cars on the Plains Road near Debert by a gunman posing as a police […]
Losing their religion: Newfoundland’s Catholic churches face atonement
Morning File, Thursday, June 2, 2022
News 1. More Nova Scotians are leaning on food banks to get by As grocery bills keep climbing, more Nova Scotians than ever are going to food banks, reports Yvette d’Entremont. Speaking before the provincial public accounts committee Wednesday, Feed Nova Scotia’s executive director, Nick Jennery, said inflated food prices aren’t causing the spike. “The […]
Should we be betting on gambling advertising in sports?
Morning File, Tuesday, May 31, 2022
News 1. Residents: Dartmouth Cove shouldn’t be turned into a “dump” Earlier this month, Zane Woodford reported on an application from 4197847 Nova Scotia Ltd. and owner Bruce Wood to use a piece of property off the shore of Dartmouth — a water lot in Halifax Harbour — as a dumping ground for rock from […]
Public importance of private woodlots
Morning File, Wednesday, May 25, 2022
News 1. Public importance of private woodlots This item was written by Ethan Lycan-Lang. There’s been a lot of discussion about how we manage our forests in this province; forests that are both disappearing and deteriorating in health. Ask most biologists, environmentalists, and non-industry foresters and they’ll tell you “discussion” is all there’s been when […]
Royal flush: the monarchy’s role in reconciliation and Canada today
Morning File, Thursday, May 19, 2022
News 1. Halifax CAO Jacques Dubé to resign Halifax’s highest paid employee will be stepping down at year’s end. As Zane Woodford reports, Jacques Dubé, Halifax Regional Municipality’s chief administrative officer for nearly six years, will resign at the end of 2022. The news was shared in a release from the HRM. “Since September 2016, […]
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