Why hasn’t an operator been named for the hotel being constructed above Halifax’s new convention centre? That’s the question I asked last week of Jan deRoos, a professor of Hotel Finance and Real Estate at the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. A specialist in hotel management and franchising, deRoos has created a software program for […]
The government paid for Steve Murphy’s news coverage: Friday, November 18, 2016
November Subscription Drive Several readers have pointed me to Dan Rather’s recent Facebook post. Although written in response to the American election results, the same issues hold in Canada: A lot of you have asked me on this page, what can you do in the wake of this election. It’s a question that seems to […]
Cutting off your nose to spite your face: Morning File, Tuesday, October 11, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Glyphosate and the Politics of Safety A few weeks ago, I asked Linda Pannozzo if she could turn her attention to the glyphosate issue. On Friday, she returned with an astoundingly thorough piece of research. There’s much information in her article, but I think it’s […]
Wait a minute… you clowns are on dope! Morning File, Thursday, October 6, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Fish collapse “A new federal audit report warns another fish species collapse could happen again under the watch of Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans,” reports Paul Withers for the CBC: “From my perspective, we are still at risk of having another stock […]