News 1. McNeil stepping down Stephen McNeil is stepping down as premier. Zane Woodford reports on the surprise announcement, which McNeil made Thursday during a post-cabinet news conference. Says McNeil: Seventeen years is a long time, and it’s long enough. Today I’m announcing I will be stepping down and leaving public office. I have informed […]
COVID-19 and lessons from Southern Ontario’s Basic Income Experience
Morning File, Thursday, April 16, 2020
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. News 1. Graphed: COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, April 15, 2020 Thirty-two more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. That brings the total to 549. Nine people are in hospital with four of those in ICUs. 137 people have fully recovered. Three people […]
Bombs in the Basin
"Thousands and thousands of rounds of ammunition" litter the floor of the Bedford Basin, says John McCallum.
The floor of Bedford Basin is still littered with ammunition scattered by the explosion of a military magazine more than seven decades ago. The July 1945 blast started when a barge at the Bedford Magazine jetty caught fire and blew up. “We know, for sure, that there’s thousands and thousands of rounds of ammunition that...