News 1. SIRT is not equipped to investigate rape by cops The Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is tasked with investigating police, but it has no written policies for preserving rape kit evidence and its investigators have no specialized training in dealing with victims of sexual assault. Reporter Maggie Rahr brings us the case of […]
Is privatization of Nova Scotia Power responsible for an increase in power outages or does Nova Scotia Power just suck? Morning File, Friday, January 5, 2018
News 1. Weather and power outages Everything is opening late, or should be. It’s a mess out there. As of 7:30am, across the province there were 1,918 power outages affecting 113,849 customers. Here’s the power outage map for the Halifax area: Those big brown splotches are larger, area-wide outages. My power in Central Dartmouth was out […]
The Herald steps on journalism ethics by publishing government propagandist Peter Moreira: Morning File, Tuesday, September 19, 2017
News 1. Northern Pulp “Nova Scotia’s Environment Department has begun an investigation into Northern Pulp operations after the Pictou County mill exceeded air contaminant emissions limits by nearly 50 per cent in June,” reports Paul Withers for the CBC: This is the third year in a row emissions from the power boiler at the Northern Pulp mill exceeded the […]