The convention centre’s COVID-19 deficit is getting deeper. In year-end financial statements released on Thursday, Events East, the Crown corporation that runs the Halifax Convention Centre, reported that it lost $11,295,905 in fiscal 2020-2021. That’s about $200,000 more than forecast in Events East’s 2020-2021 budget, released months late in November 2020. The convention centre was...
The RCMP’s ‘no apology’ speaks louder than words
What the Mounties are saying is simply this: Yes, street checks do disproportionately affect African Nova Scotians. But no, that’s not our fault. If you get street checked because you’re Black, well... that’s your problem. You're Black.
So, on the one hand, the RCMP “acknowledges the disproportionate harm that street checks have caused to marginalized communities, particularly African Nova Scotians.” But then, sticking its other ceremonial boot firmly and deeply down its throat, an official Mounties’ statement of August 27 went on add: “However, we are also part of the broader RCMP, […]
Does Tim Houston need to press reset on his resets?
Houston began his first week in office pressing (the latest) reset on our health care mess. He ended it needing to press reset on his relations with the province's African Nova Scotian community.
So, let’s begin this history lesson somewhere in the murky middle muddle, way back in 1994 when a fresh-faced Liberal government led by Dr. John Savage began the process of regionalizing Nova Scotia’s local health authorities because… well, because everyone else was doing it, and because some experts said it would save money. Then fast...
Black community reacts to the appointment of a white Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs
And the winner is… In the days following the Nova Scotia provincial election last month, where the Progressive Conservatives (PCs) won a majority government but failed to elect any Black MLAs, the Halifax Examiner was the first to pose the question: Who will be the next minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs? On Tuesday, that […]
Houston fires Nova Scotia Health Authority CEO, dissolves board
Premier Tim Houston today fired Dr. Brendan Carr, CEO of the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), and dissolved the board of directors of the Authority. The move comes as Houston is seeking to “streamline” governance at NSHA. Instead of having what he deemed a cumbersome board, Houston is installing a four person “leadership team” on […]
How 27 units of affordable co-op housing in Halifax were sold off for cheap
More than two dozen units of affordable co-operative housing in Spryfield were quietly sold off last year in the midst of the city’s housing crisis. And the government approved the sale. New Armdale Westside Housing Co-operative Limited sold 19 properties to 3340837 Nova Scotia Limited in November 2020 for $1,220,000. The properties are mostly one- […]
New government installed
Premier Tim Houston announces new cabinet ministers, evades questions on housing crisis.
Premier Tim Houston was sworn in as Nova Scotia’s 27th premier this afternoon, and new cabinet ministers were announced. New ministers and other assignments are: The premier [Houston] will also serve as President of the Executive Council, the Minister of Trade and the Minister responsible for Intergovernmental Affairs and the Office of Regulatory Affairs and […]
Nova Scotia fighting to evict 63-year-old man with terminal cancer from public housing
Blair Raoul likes to say he’s living one day at a time. The truth is that the crusty 63-year-old, originally from Cape Breton and now living in public housing in Dartmouth, is dying. He has terminal liver cancer, along with a myriad of other health issues, many related to a history of drinking. Raoul is […]
Updated: Photos suggest that there is a tailings leak at Atlantic Gold’s Moose River gold mine
Latest update: On Monday morning (Aug. 30), we published an update (below) with a statement from Dustin O’Leary, spokesperson for Atlantic Gold and Atlantic Mining NS, subsidiaries of the Australian company St Barbara that owns the open pit Touquoy gold mine in Moose River, HRM. O’Leary stated that “there is no leak of any kind […]
When developers and landlords speak, Tim Houston listens
Consider: "I have calls from people who have lost their rental [investments] because of rent control...” And “what does [rent control] do to those that were thinking about building?” Do you hear the voices of tenants or the homeless or those being priced out of their accommodations in those comments? Didn't think so...
The Examiner asked [Premier-Designate Tim] Houston the following question: As a prominent developer of major commercial and residential buildings, [Scott] McCrea’s Armour Group stands to benefit from PC government decisions around business, taxation, and housing. Does the Premier-designate acknowledge there may be the potential for conflict of interest in allowing Mr. McCrea to influence decisions […]
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