News 1. Carbon tax This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. The federal government has rejected an 11th hour request from Premier Tim Houston to extend today’s deadline for submitting alternative proposals to the federal carbon tax, expected to take effect in Nova Scotia this January. Houston signed the letter as chair of the Council […]
Mapping the future of Eisner Cove Wetland
Morning File, Monday, August 29, 2022
News 1. Strang: Nova Scotians becoming too lax about COVID If you’ve been out enjoying a summer free of gathering limits and mask mandates, wondering whatever happened to COVID, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer has news for you: it’s still around, and you should still be taking precautions. “I am concerned that over the past […]
Dear diary: honest notes from a journaling journalist
Morning File, Thursday, June 9, 2022
News 1. MCC: RCMP communications and a costly 27 minutes From Tim Bousquet’s latest report on the Mass Casualty Commission: By 7:30am on Sunday morning, the RCMP were aware that the killer had not been found and the he might have a car that looked exactly like an RCMP cruiser. At 8am, Halifax police obtained […]
Mundane and extraordinary mysteries
Morning File, Thursday, May 14, 2020
News 1. Don’t start stressing out over who will be part of your “bubble family” yet Jennifer Henderson covered yesterday’s COVID-19 briefing for the Halifax Examiner, and reports that we shouldn’t expect the province to adopt the bubble family concept anytime soon. (The idea behind bubble families is that you choose one or two other […]
The Transportation Safety Board doesn’t want you to hear the Cockpit Voice Recording of Flight 624
Morning File, Wednesday, January 8, 2020
News 1. Weather There’s weather today. A lot of schools, businesses, and governments are closed. Everyone will complain about stuff. 2. Taxes “It’s early in the budget season, but Halifax regional councillors are hoping to keep next year’s tax increase well below inflation,” reports Zane Woodford: Council’s budget committee met Tuesday to work toward creating […]
Slip slidin’ away at the airport
Morning File, Monday, January 6, 2020
News 1. Plane skids off runway A Westjet 737 slid off the runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport yesterday. No one was injured. Eric Wynne, who’s a photographer for the Chronicle Herald, was on the plane and told reporter Ian Fairclough that if the pilot hadn’t told passengers the plane went off the tarmac, […]
The Ivany Report set a target of a $4 billion tourism industry in Nova Scotia by 2024. We’re nowhere near that. Now what?
Despite making significant progress in attracting more visitors and generating $2.6 billion in revenue last year, the province’s tourism industry is still a long way from the goal of $4 billion by 2024 envisioned by the Ivany Report five years ago. “We’re updating our strategy which we are calling The Second Half,” Judy Saunders told...
Desmond Cole Reads the Local News
Desmond Cole is in Halifax this weekend, keynoting at the Media and the Law conference. At around midnight on Saturday after a long day, I sat down with Desmond and recorded his take on some of our local news stories. Here are the first two stories we spoke about. Some cuts have been made for […]
The airport authority should adopt a living wage policy: Morning File, Wednesday, December 21, 2016
News 1. Train this guy to take your job “The company taking over security from commissionaires at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport is using ‘underhanded’ methods to train new employees, says the president of the union local representing the current guards,” reports Preston Mulligan for the CBC: Gary Toohey, head of Local 85100 of the Public […]