News 1. Union wins half-million dollar judgment agains Stavco On Wednesday, I mentioned the case of Jamie Grant against Stavco Construction: Grant says he was hired in May 2016 as a labourer to work on the construction of an apartment building at 29 Abbington Avenue in Bedford; he was paid $17 an hour plus the […]

News 1. Are we going to give Annie Leibovitz millions of dollars? “Nova Scotia taxpayers will have to wait a little longer to find out whether they’re on the hook for $2.3 million — about half the purchase price of the Annie Leibovitz collection of photographs donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS),” reports […]

1. Rural ride-sharing Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler discusses the demise of Halifax Transit’s route #402: The 402, which ran a Monday to Friday one-way loop from Spryfield to Sambro and Ketch Harbour, fell victim to new standards for ridership on Halifax Transit routes, which set a minimum of 25 passengers per hour during peak […]

News 1. Abortion “Nova Scotia is the only province in Canada where women must obtain a physician’s referral before making an abortion appointment,” reports Brett Bundale for the Canadian Press: Advocates say Nova Scotia is now one of the most difficult provinces in the country in which to access abortion, with women requiring a referral for […]

News 1. Post-strike Chronicle Herald Stephen Kimber: Now that the strike is over, Herald management desperately needs to rebuild — or perhaps simply build — its newsroom capacity, which is the only “value-added” that will really matter if it is to have a journalistic future. The question is: can this management do that? Click here […]

News 1. The Chronicle Herald strike is over Unionized newsroom employees at the Chronicle Herald have voted to accept a new contract with management. Anticipating being locked out of their jobs, 61 Halifax Typographical Union (HTU) members went on a defensive strike on January 22, 2016. Over the intervening 19 months, eight of those found […]

News 1. Chronicle Herald vote today Striking Chronicle Herald newsroom employees will today vote on whether to accept a proposed deal with the company. Yesterday, Jacob Boon at The Coast published details of the agreement: While a media blackout prevents the Herald and HTU from detailing the tentative agreement until it’s ratified, several sources with […]

News 1. Failed “investments” Yesterday, I noted that Nova Scotia Business Inc. had written off more than $26 million in “investments” it held in businesses that the crown corporation promised were going to bring prosperity forever, amen. There might be a case for government investment in industry. At least, I’m not necessarily against it on […]

News 1. Downeast and Harold MacKay “Harold MacKay is using the Downeast Beer Factory to bilk investors, alleges lawsuit,” the Halifax Examiner reported yesterday: Harold MacKay, the founder and president of the Downeast Beer Factory, is using the brewery and restaurant to bilk investors, one of those investors claims in a lawsuit filed Friday with the Nova […]