Welcome to Weekend File, where you’ll find links to all the articles you might have missed last week. Jump to sections in this article: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Saturday, July 31 1. Liberals unveil plans for affordable housing, anti-racism, and inclusion Jennifer Henderson reported on the Liberal Party’s social policy platform, […]
Black in nature
Morning File, Thursday, August 5, 2021
News 1. Party leaders debate economic policy Jennifer Henderson reports on yesterday’s leaders’ debate hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. Not surprisingly, the focus was economic issues, although health care and mental health care (why are we still making this distinction?) figured in the debate as well. Henderson writes: So which party should you […]
Writers cancel talks at Halifax Public Libraries, activists continue calls for removal of “transphobic” book from collection
Several Nova Scotia writers have cancelled upcoming readings at Halifax Public Libraries, to express their objection to the library’s decision to keep a recently purchased book on the shelves. On Friday, Halifax Pride announced it had also severed ties with the library over the issue. The book, by freelance journalist Abigail Shrier, is called Irreversible […]
The public wifi switcheroo: Morning File, Tuesday, February 7, 2017
News 1. “Public” wifi Today, Halifax council will consider a proposal for “Public” wifi in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth (the purple-ish areas shown on the map above). Let me first put out there that I am not the intended target of the proposal. I have a super-duper business account, and pay about $150 a month for […]
A heavenly wedding: Morning File, Friday, October 7, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The Coup at the Pride Meeting El Jones attended Wednesday night’s contentious meeting of Halifax Pride, and reports back: The short version of what happened at the Halifax Pride Society’s AGM is that cisgendered straight people organized to vote down motions by LGBTQ+ […]
Wait a minute… you clowns are on dope! Morning File, Thursday, October 6, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Fish collapse “A new federal audit report warns another fish species collapse could happen again under the watch of Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans,” reports Paul Withers for the CBC: “From my perspective, we are still at risk of having another stock […]
SWATting on steroids: Morning File, Thursday, September 22, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. SWATting Yesterday at about 8am, police responded to a bomb threat made via a fax to Nova Scotia Community College’s north end Halifax campus, and the school was soon evacuated. At roughly the same time, fax-sent threats were made to NSCC’s Sydney and Annapolis Valley campuses, […]