Nova Scotia taxpayers will have to wait a little longer to find out whether they’re on the hook for $2.3 million — about half the purchase price of the Annie Leibovitz collection of photographs donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS). The 2,070 iconic images feature some of the world’s biggest celebrities (Mick...
How the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia participated in an attempted tax scam: Morning File, Wednesday, July 12, 2017
News 1. Annie Leibovitz In October 2015, I wrote the following about the Annie Leibovitz collection: In 2013, it was announced that the Annie Leibovitz collection would be donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, but the photographs still haven’t been put on display, and there’s no hope that the collection will be displayed before […]
People are fallible, and that’s why internet voting is a horrible idea: Morning File, Tuesday, June 6, 2017
News 1. Recounts Denise Peterson-Rafuse, the NDP candidate in the Chester–St. Margaret’s riding, has filed for a recount, I reported yesterday: Peterson-Rafuse, the incumbent, lost to Liberal challenger Hugh MacKay by just 90 votes, 3,112 to 3,022 total votes. PC candidate Julie Chiasson received 2,229 votes, and Green candidate Harry Ward received 413 votes. Thirty-four ballots were […]