TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyNews 1. Cod “DFO has issued a stark warning linking the demise of codfish in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to an exploding seal population,” reports Paul Withers for the CBC: It’s contained in the most recent stock assessment of Atlantic cod in the southern gulf, which was released earlier this month. “At the […]
A bunch of uninspired glass schlock may soon clutter up Wyse Road in Dartmouth
Morning File, Wednesday, August 21, 2019
TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyNews 1. Compensation for Glen Assoun “Nova Scotia’s justice minister says officials in his department and at the federal level are working on ‘early’ compensation for Glen Assoun,” reports Michael Gorman for the CBC: In an interview Tuesday, Justice Minister Mark Furey said no decision has been made yet about an inquiry or […]
The province spent $4 million to replace the Halfway River aboiteau, and just months later it is already failing
Morning File, Tuesday, August 20, 2019
TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyNews 1. Halfway River aboiteau In 2017, the Halfway River aboiteau collapsed. The aboiteau was essentially a dike or dam that at low tide allowed water to flow out to the Bay of Fundy but restricted the flow of water back into the river at high tide. It was an ancient construction — I […]
The cruise ship industry disses the Yarmouth ferry
Morning File, Monday, August 19, 2019
TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyNews 1. Health care photo ops “So last week, 10 out of 37 hospital emergency departments in Nova Scotia were closed for at least some part of the week,” writes Stephen Kimber: While our healthcare crises multiply, our leaders stage photo opportunities that resemble trying to slap Band-Aids on the backsides of rampaging […]
When a healthcare crisis is an opportunity… for an “important milestone” moment photo-op
While our healthcare crises multiply, our leaders stage photo opportunities that resemble trying to slap Band-Aids on the backsides of rampaging elephants. Whatever happened to political leadership?
TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyTwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this story So last week, 10 out of 37 hospital emergency departments in Nova Scotia were closed for at least some part of the week. The Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital won in the best-in-worst category: its emergency department was scheduled to be closed for a total of five days last week, only...
A look at who’s paying less than a living wage
Morning File, Friday, August 16, 2019
TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyNews 1. Indigenous employee talks about harassment at CFB Halifax Ashley Burke with CBC talks with Steve Morrisey who’s now on sick leave from his job at DND from the harassment he says he suffered from a superior on the job. Morrisey tells Burke “it was hell.” It’s been just one complete disaster. […]
There’s good water news, but mostly there’s bad water news
Morning File, Thursday, August 15, 2019
TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyNews 1. There’s Something in the Water “It was a Saturday morning and Ellen Page was giving up some of what could have been a bit of down time to do a telephone interview about her forthcoming film on environmental racism in Nova Scotia, which will have its world debut this September at […]
“There’s something in the water”
Ellen Page speaks to the Halifax Examiner about her forthcoming feature film and what she hopes it will accomplish
TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyIt was a Saturday morning and Ellen Page was giving up some of what could have been a bit of down time to do a telephone interview about her forthcoming film on environmental racism in Nova Scotia, which will have its world debut this September at the Toronto International Film Festival. I was […]
Licensing bicycles won’t help
Morning File, Wednesday, August 14, 2019
TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyNews 1. John Perkins sues “Sixty-eight-year-old John Perkins of Earltown is striking a blow for democracy after he says he was forcibly hauled out of a public meeting by an RCMP officer last May,” reports Jennifer Henderson: Perkins held a news conference in Halifax yesterday to explain why he is filing a lawsuit […]
ExxonMobil Canada paid $40,000 fine for incident that nearly cost a man his life
TwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyTwitterFacebookLinkedinTumblremailShare this storyExxonMobil Canada has paid a fine of $40,000 for failing to comply with an offshore regulation that nearly cost a man his life. The fine was issued July 12 by the Canada Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) after a lengthy investigation into a reported incident last November 5, 2018. On...
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