News 1. Vaccine website crashes, phone lines overwhelmed Yvette d’Entremont reports on what happened yesterday when Nova Scotians tried to sign up for vaccines for people over 80. She writes: A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Wellness said in an email that CanImmunize (the third party platform overseeing the booking) alerted them earlier […]
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A sidewalk runs through it
Morning File, Thursday, February 25, 2020
News 1. Small communities an ocean apart are polluted by the same corporate behemoth Joan Baxter brings us the story of the Flamants Roses de Trébon, a group of activists in the south of France fighting pollution from a pulp mill. Stop me if any of this sounds familiar. The mill is owned by Paper […]
Cascading conflict
Nova Scotia's waterfalls are attracting lots of people, and some of those people are making a mess and causing trouble. So property owners are putting up No Trespassing signs. The author of a book about the falls gives some advice to hikers: Don't be an asshole.
For years, Evan Hansen had welcomed hikers crossing his South Rawdon property to see the Wood Brook and Greenhill waterfalls. But now, he says, the falls have just become too popular, and he can’t take the disruption anymore. So he’s posted “no trespassing” signs. Wood Brook falls are on Hansen’s land (“probably within 100 yards […]
What do you mean, defund the police?
Morning File, Thursday, February 18, 2021
News 1. Council committee recommends increase to RCMP and HRP budgets Last week, Zane Woodford reported that Halifax Regional Police lied to the Board of Police Commissioners about steps taken to fix the police department’s IT security failings. Yesterday, councillors on the city’s budget committee recommended in favour of increasing the police budget. Under their […]
Wrongheaded approaches to Black History Month: talk to a Black employee about how you’re a shitty boss
Morning File, Thursday, February 11, 2021
News 1. Councillors consider property tax rebate for non-profits providing affordable housing Zane Woodford reports on yesterday’s meeting of the Council Budget Committee, where one of the key issues discussed was increasing property tax relief for non-profits that provide affordable housing. Staff recommended that council “increase non-profit tax rebate for affordable housing from 25% to […]
Wayne Hankey, a founding director of King’s College’s Foundation Year Program, is charged with sexual assault
Morning File, Tuesday, February 2, 2021
News 1. Eating disorders in the pandemic The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Eating Disorders Nova Scotia says demand for its services is up 400% since the start of the pandemic. So the organization is rolling out a new service: nutritional counselling with a […]
From dark kitchens to more garbage: meal delivery changes everything
Morning File, Thursday, January 28, 2021
News 1. Councillors dismiss Oxford/North development appeal Zane Woodford reports on last night’s Regional Centre Community Council meeting, at which councillors dismissed an appeal from several local residents upset about a seven-storey building approved for the location. The story has quite the lead: Halifax’s regional centre councillors called the developer’s behaviour “deplorable” and questioned how […]
A heritage property in Sir Sandford Fleming Park is falling apart. Will the city do anything about it?
When I saw an online petition to save Sir Sandford Fleming Cottage in the Dingle Park, I tried to picture the building. I’ve been in the park plenty of times, and as I traced the routes of the park’s roads in my mind, I could see various other buildings in my mind’s eye, but not […]
Radio will rot your brain
Morning File, Thursday, January 21, 2021
News 1. Council approves debt increase to fund major improvements City finance staff have recommended in a report that the municipality take on more debt to pay for major projects. And council agrees. Over the last couple of years, Halifax councillors have voted in favour of some pretty major projects: a climate change plan, bus […]
Free food and the failure of neo-liberalism
Morning File, Thursday, January 14, 2021
News 1. Council budget committee recommends 1.9% average property tax increase Zane Woodford reports on yesterday’s meeting of council’s budget committee. The short version is that the committee agrees with a staff report that would see commercial and residential property taxes rise by an average of 1.9% next year. Any change would have to be […]
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