The Canadian Football League (CFL) announced on Monday a new program aimed at training football referees and former athletes to officiate at a professional level for the CFL. Nine participants have already been selected. The program begins at CFL training camp on May 13. “Each participant will take part in the program for a maximum […]
Halifax council has declared a climate emergency, so why is it preparing to increase transit fares?
Morning File, Wednesday, July 24, 2019
News 1. Mark Furey is free to speak, but won’t Conflict of Interest Commissioner Joe Kennedy has cleared Nova Scotia Justice Minister Mark Furey to speak to the Glen Assoun wrongful conviction. In a letter released yesterday, Kennedy reviewed the Assoun case, the RCMP’s involvement in the case, and Furey’s worry that he had a […]
Halifax parents allege that coaches of a U16 football team that went to Texas were “out drinking every night” and there was “no supervision” of the children
Morning File, Friday, August 3, 2018
News 1. Oil leak From a Nova Scotia Power press release: Late this afternoon (THURSDAY), Nova Scotia Power’s Tufts Cove Generating Station had a limited oil leak from an exterior pipe at Tufts Cove that runs from onsite storage tanks along the harbour-side of the facility into the plant. Plant staff immediately activated environmental response protocols […]