News 1. Partners for Care closes up shops Jennifer Henderson reports for the Halifax Examiner: Partners for Care, the non-profit group which ran half a dozen gift shops at the QE2 Health Sciences Centre for 25 years, abruptly closed the doors at its remaining four locations Tuesday. A charity without charitable activities to operate raises […]
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 […]
More police needed to monitor police, and more turbines needed to pay for turbines
Morning File, Tuesday, December 17, 2019
News 1. Northern Pulp “Yesterday, four days before his announcement was due on the Northern Pulp effluent treatment proposal, and less than 24 hours before the deadline for the provincial environment minister to announce his decision, federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson released a statement saying that he had ‘decided not to designate […]
Stories of the dead at Camp Hill Cemetery
Morning File, Tuesday, October 8, 2019
News 1. Seven councillors voting against Austin’s motion Councillor Sam Austin will put a motion before council today to ditch a staff review into the stadium proposal, but at least seven other councillors won’t support it, reports Anjuli Patil with CBC. Steve Streatch, David Hendsbee, Tony Mancini, Russell Walker, Matt Whitman, Steve Adams and Lisa […]
Why are you running for city council?
Morning File, Wednesday, August 7, 2019
News 1. Lower Sackville byelection “Three women have declared as candidates for this fall’s special election in Lower Sackville,” reports Zane Woodford for Star Metro: The election to replace former District 15 councillor Steve Craig, who was elected in June to the Nova Scotia Legislature, is set for Oct. 5. Council set the date at […]