News 1. Transit Priority Lanes on Bayers Road and Gottingen Street “Consulting engineers WSP have proposed three options for Bayers Road, the most ambitious of which calls for road widening to allow for two new dedicated bus lanes running from Windsor Street to just past Romans Avenue,” writes Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: The most surprising […]
You can’t wash that Trump shit off, Sid: Morning File, Tuesday, September 26, 2017
News 1. What’s going on with LED Roadway Lighting? “Sometimes, chasing a story that runs into a brick wall can be revealing,” writes Jennifer Henderson for the Examiner. LED Roadway Lighting has received at least $22 million in public money — “$11 million in equity (converted to common shares in 2014 so LED could borrow money […]
The Ivany Report Drinking Game! Morning File, Monday, September 18, 2017
News 1. The politics of economics Stephen Kimber writes: What price is too much to pay for the Yarmouth ferry, asks Tim? How much is the cost of a vote, responds Stephen… Click here to read “The politics of economics.” This article is behind the Examiner’s paywall. Click here to subscribe. 2. Examineradio, episode #129 […]
The days are getting shorter: Morning File, Thursday, June 22, 2017
News 1. Stadium Just to follow up on Halifax council’s approval of a temporary stadium on the Wanderers Grounds… I’m somewhere on the spectrum from ambivalent to indifferent to the stadium, but for clarification, the city isn’t putting up any money for it. The “stadium” is basically 6,000 or 7,000 moveable seats and some sort of […]