Councillors expressed their disappointment with a mealy-mouthed social procurement policy presented on Tuesday, but it will be months before they can add any teeth to requirements for a living wage or diversity in the city’s contracting. The policy — which passed on Tuesday as part of a rewritten procurement policy with only Coun. Matt Whitman voting […]
Anniversaries and remembrance: Morning File, Wednesday, December 6, 2017
News 1. Montreal Massacre There’s another anniversary today that seems to be overlooked in Halifax: the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. Barbara Darby writes of learning of the massacre — her sister was then a student at the Université du Québec à Montréal— and of how it prompted her to identify as a feminist. She […]
Ten-thousand dollars in cash between the truck seats: Morning File, Tuesday, August 8, 2017
News 1. Downeast and Harold MacKay “Harold MacKay is using the Downeast Beer Factory to bilk investors, alleges lawsuit,” the Halifax Examiner reported yesterday: Harold MacKay, the founder and president of the Downeast Beer Factory, is using the brewery and restaurant to bilk investors, one of those investors claims in a lawsuit filed Friday with the Nova […]