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The strange history of Halifax’s streetlight selection and the apparent demise of LED Roadway Lighting

Morning File, Monday, July 30, 2018

July 30, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Yarmouth ferry “I could say I told them so — and I did, way back when ‘them’ was still Rodney Macdonald and his Tories, and from then on forward through Darrell Dexter and Stephen McNeil to whatever same-old-same-old will come next — but I’d have to stand in a too-long line behind all […]

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