There are more people in Halifax without housing than ever before, and the municipality would need thousands of new apartments to fix the problem. A new point-in-time count, conducted by the Navigator Street Outreach Program, found that on April 7, there were 586 people in the municipality without a safe, permanent home. “There’s so many […]
Even when things are going well, the “nice” Canadian society is a myth
Morning File, Wednesday, February 16, 2022
News 1. Mass murder inquiry This item is written by Tim Bousquet. Yesterday, the families of the victims of the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020 issued a statement through their lawyers, objecting to how the Mass Casualty Commission is proceeding next week. You can read the statement here. The families make an important point: […]
Province amps up its unwise and discredited biofuel efforts
Morning File, Thursday, December 13, 2018
News 1. Biofuel Last year, in her article “Life After Pulp,” Linda Pannozzo showed how as the old pulp industry is collapsing, the government is chasing two other forest dreams — biomass and biofuel. On the latter, she wrote: In 2012, when the Dexter government announced the defunct paper mill would become a business hub […]
There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! Morning File, Thursday, October 20, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Dartmouth Crossing expansion in dispute The developer of Dartmouth Crossing is appealing the city’s rejection of an application to expand the sprawling complex. The appeal is made to the provincial Utility and Review Board. The conflict revolves around land designated for parks that the developer is required […]