A developer from Newfoundland wants to include an “Aboriginal” art gallery in its new downtown Halifax hotel as a public benefit in exchange for permission to construct a bigger building. But it’s unclear whether Steele Hotels even talked to any Indigenous people in Halifax about the plan — never mind the kind of broad and […]
Auditor General finds Lands & Forestry and Health Departments slow to enact changes
All governments are doing a wonderful job at everything, according to all governments. For a more objective assessment of performance, citizens depend on the work of the Auditor General. The “exit” report of an Auditor General — one who’s spent six years researching promises kept and promises broken by government — is of special interest....
How many different ways can you say “short term gain for long term pain”?
Morning File, Wednesday, February 5, 2020
News 1. How can we convince you that gold mining is golden? “It looks as if someone is getting a little nervous about the growing backlash to the latest gold rush in the province,” writes Joan Baxter today in the Examiner. So far, two people have contacted me with concerns about a phone survey being […]
Here’s a tip: Don’t take your staff’s gratuities
Morning File, Friday, April 12, 2019
I’m Suzanne Rent and I’m filling in for Tim today. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent. News 1. Two women could be in running for police chief job Halifax will likely get a new police chief in May and rumour has it there are two women in the running for the job, reports Francis […]