News 1. NSCAD board fires president Aoife Mac Namara Yesterday, I learned that the Board of Governors at NSCAD University had removed president Aoife Mac Namara. I’ve since spoken with people with knowledge of the situation, and here’s what I’ve pieced together. After a successful career as an arts educator in London, and then in British Columbia, […]

News 1. Bad weather isn’t a good excuse for power outages “The Utilities and Review Board has ordered Nova Scotia Power to refund customers $250,000 for failing to live up to performance standards around service and reliability last year,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The fine is largely symbolic — the UARB has the authority to demand […]

Halifax council has adopted the ambitious HalifACT 2050 climate change plan. The plan meets the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommendation to limit overall global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2050. Under the plan, city government operations themselves will be carbon neutral by 2030, and the entire municipality, including […]

News 1. The politics of coronavirus The good news on the coronavirus front: As of Sunday, Nova Scotia has gone 12 straight days with no new cases of COVID-19, and there is only one known active case in the province, someone in hospital. A second person is in hospital suffering from the effects of the […]