News 1. Jennifer Henderson One of the great unexpected pleasures I’ve had over the past four years was the day in 2016 when recently retired CBC reporter Jennifer Henderson contacted me to say she wanted to start writing for the Halifax Examiner. Of course I readily agreed, and Henderson has since become an important part […]
What are we going to do with all the “I (heart) Amazon” T-shirts? Morning File, Friday, January 19, 2018
News 1. Smart meters “Are smart meters Nova Scotia Power is proposing to install on every home over the next few years as smart as they should be?” asks Jennifer Henderson: Will ratepayers get the best bang for their buck ($133 million to automate meter-reading and provide them with online read-outs of daily energy consumption), […]
The 1971 plan to destroy Dartmouth: Morning File, Tuesday, November 28, 2017
We want your money November is almost over. Please subscribe! And if you’re already a subscriber, please consider spreading the word about the Examiner and asking your social media contacts to likewise subscribe. Thanks! News 1. NDP “Nova Scotia NDP president Bill Matheson and vice-president Judy Swift have both stepped down from their positions with […]
Another cool thing ruined by someone holding the camera the wrong way: Morning File, Friday, October 20, 2017
News 1. Clayton Miller Back in July, Wagner’s law firm held a press conference to publicize “new evidence” in the Clayton Miller case: the videotaped testimony of Bryan McDonald, a Cape Breton Search & Rescue captain, who said he and his team of 10-15 people searched the area where Clayton’s body was later found, but found nothing. […]
Unnamed bureaucrats have offered to give the city treasury to a female Scythian warrior: Morning File, Thursday, October 19, 2017
News 1. Divest The Atlantic School of Theology has quietly divested from companies that intensively use fossil fuels, according to a press release issued by Divest Dal: A letter from AST President Rev. Neale Bennet states that “Atlantic School of Theology (AST) has already essentially begun the process of divesting from fossil fuel investments.” The […]
Bus ridership numbers are tanking and city council should do something about it: Morning File, Friday, September 29, 2017
News 1. Downeast Beer is kaput It appears the Down East Beer Factory on windmill has closeddoors locked for days, no note, not answering phonenot sure about brewery part pic.twitter.com/cG4Fm1eJv1 — HalifaxReTales (@HalifaxReTales) September 28, 2017 This explains O.H. Armstrong’s Small Claims Court action against Downeast — O.H. Armstrong must have been delivering goods, only to find […]
The folly of chasing Amazon: Morning File, Monday, September 11, 2017
This is Tim Bousquet. I’m still vacationing and on the road, so this is an abbreviated Morning File. I just felt the need to jump in and say hello…. News 1. Chronicle Herald Stephen Kimber writes: It was Day 2 back on the job after an incredibly long, deeply bitter and divisive strike, and many […]