TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this story November subscription drive I’m really bad at self-promotion, so I’m going to let Trevor Parsons give today’s plug for the November subscription drive: This @HfxExaminer travel mug won't help you survive in #WildNovaScotia, but it will keep your coffee warm on the way to the trail head. More importantly, subscribing to the […]
Catherine Tully’s power to persuade vs government’s power to ignore
If you’re denied access to information even after the information and privacy commissioner has reviewed your request and deemed it legitimate, your only recourse is to take the government to court. At your own expense, of course. It doesn't have to be that way. It is because it's in the government's interest to keep you from knowing.
TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyTwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyNova Scotians deserve modern access and privacy protections including effective oversight of their rights. Our current laws are no longer up to the task. Consistent with my recommendations last year, I once again recommend that the laws be modernized to ensure that Nova Scotia and Nova Scotians are ready and able...
You too can own a cool Halifax Examiner travel mug
Morning File, Friday, November 16, 2018
TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyNovember subscription drive We’ve got travel mugs! They’re too costly to mail, tho, so you can only get them if you come to our subscriber party, Sunday, November 25, 4–7pm at Bearly’s Tavern. The band Museum Pieces will play, and former CBC host and spice merchant Costas Halavrezos will introduce investigative journalist Linden MacIntyre […]
Habitat for Humanity’s Spryfield project snagged by property dispute
TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyTwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyHabitat for Humanity Nova Scotia’s Spryfield project is ambitious, the largest the organization has ever undertaken. The proposed 78-unit development includes a four-storey condo building with 40 units, along with 38 townhouse units. The Halifax & West Community Council held a public hearing about the proposed development on September 12, 2018....
John Risley, owner of a private island and a $30 million yacht, lectures us about thrift
Morning File, Thursday, November 15, 2018
TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyNovember subscription drive Have you subscribed yet? This would be an excellent time, and if you buy an annual subscription this month, we’ll mail you a Halifax Examiner T-shirt. We’ve got lots of them: Also, any subscription gets you into our subscriber party, to be held Sunday, November 25, 4–7pm at Bearly’s Tavern. The […]
Six public policy failures in one morning news recap
Morning File, Wednesday, November 14, 2018
TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyNovember subscription drive Sorry to pester you again, but just a short note to say we’re in the middle of our annual subscription drive. The Halifax Examiner needs your money to make this work possible. Please subscribe. Subscription party details: Reserve Sunday, November 25 on your calendars. We have Bearly’s Tavern, 1269 Barrington Street, […]
Paradise is lost, but no one much cares
Morning File, Tuesday, November 13, 2018
TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storySubscription drive If you haven’t yet, please consider subscribing. 1. Press-conference journalism “I’ve never been a fan of press-conference journalism,” writes Stephen Kimber: It may be a marginal improvement on canned-quotes press-release journalism when it comes to public accountability, but most press conferences I’ve attended are little more than carefully staged theatre pieces […]
The president versus the press. Or should that be the president thanks the press?
The day after the US mid-terms, Donald Trump staged a rambling 90-minute press conference to spin the dross of Republican electoral loss into the gold of never-ending Trumpian triumph, and thus re-establish his personal ownership of the news cycle. The press made it easy for him.
TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyTwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this story I’ve never been a fan of press-conference journalism. It may be a marginal improvement on canned-quotes press-release journalism when it comes to public accountability, but most press conferences I’ve attended are little more than carefully staged theatre pieces designed to control and direct the flow of information and emotion in...
Announcing the Examiner subscriber party, with special guest Linden MacIntyre
Morning File, Friday, November 9, 2018
TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyNews 1. Announcing the Examiner subscriber party, with special guest speaker Linden MacIntyre We’re in the midst of the Halifax Examiner’s subscription drive. We do this every November, and towards the end of the month we have a party to thank our subscribers. This year’s party will be on Sunday, November 25, from […]
Erica Butler’s deep dive into the transportation beat
Morning File, Thursday, November 8, 2018
TwitterFacebookLinkedinGoogle+TumblremailShare this storyNews 1. Erica Butler As the Examiner’s transportation columnist, Erica Butler gets into the nitty gritty of, yep, transportation: she attends the planning meetings, pesters the bureaucrats for more information, and interviews the experts and advocates. The resulting columns are incredibly detailed and thorough. For some readers, this holds little interest. But for […]
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