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UARB submission raises safety concerns about Alton Gas project

January 14, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

A retired geologist who worked for the province of Nova Scotia as well as the mining giant INCO says he has safety concerns about the proposed Alton Natural Gas Storage Project. Robert Grantham’s letter to the Utility and Review Board (UARB) states not enough information has been made public about the rock formation near Alton...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Alton Natural Gas Storage Project, BGC Engineering Inc, Danielle Stewart, Environment Minister Margaret Miller, Heritage Gas, Justice Suzanne Hood, Lori MacLean, Maritimes Energy Association, MLA Larry Harrison, Paul Allen, Ray Ritcey, Robert Grantham, Shubenacadie River, Sipek’natik First Nation, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

Morning File: look at all those white people near the new Y

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

March 14, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Health Authority craps on healthy transportation “The Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) has taken a surprise position on the expansion and improvement of the South Park street bike lane: they’re against it,” reports Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: At least they are against the disruption to available on-street parking that it might cause. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Bridge, ambulances, Amy Wax, architects' rendering of The Curve, Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), Canadian Sea Turtle Network (CSTN), Christopher Taggart, Craig Macinnis, Dartmouth General Hospital, Elizabeth McMillan, HRM By Design, Justice Suzanne Hood, Kathleen Martin, Marvin Hudson, Michael James, Penn Law School Dean Ted Ruger, Tara Tapics, The clean industries of the future: fracking and clearcutting, The Curve, the new Y

How a mom got caught up in the Ivany Report’s contradictions: Morning File, Wednesday, February 28, 2018

February 28, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 21 Comments

News 1. Spaceport I’ve been fascinated by the proposal to launch rockets from Canso. A spaceport is of the ilk of flashy megaprojects that through the decades have been sold to Nova Scotians as the route out of their economic malaise and into riches, but which oh so often have just dragged the province further […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Canso spaceport, Claude Thompson's convictions quashed, Emma Smith, jetsetting McNeil, Justice Suzanne Hood, Kelly-Sue O'Connor, Lunenburg and Ivany Report, Macdonald Bridge Bikeway, Marieke Walsh, Maritime Launch Services, Matt Whitman's punishment, Mayor Mike Savage, Waye Mason's apology, Zane Woodford

Calvin Clarke wins his constructive dismissal suit against the Chronicle Herald

Justice Suzanne Hood rules that the 18-year "Herald man" was improperly pushed out of his job.

January 12, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

Calvin Clarke has won his constructive dismissal suit against the Chronicle Herald. Justice Suzanne Hood has ruled that the Herald must pay Clarke $77,761.87, which is the equivalent of  16 months’ pay ($103,616) minus money Clarke owed the the Herald and income Clarke earned at other jobs after he quit the Herald. Additionally, Hood ordered […]

Filed Under: Featured, Journalism, News Tagged With: Alex Liot, Aubrey Graham, Bounty, Calvin Clarke, Chronicle Herald, Headline Promotions, Justice Suzanne Hood, Nancy Cook, SaltWire

Dawn Sloane says her parking spot is worth $25,000: Morning File, Friday, November 10, 2017

November 10, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 26 Comments

News 1. Constructive dismissal The trial of Calvin Clarke’s suit against the Halifax Herald Ltd. continued in Supreme Court yesterday, with testimony from Nancy Cook, who holds the ridiculous title of “chief people officer” at Saltwire, the Herald’s parent company, followed by Alex Liot, the VP of Sales. Clarke is claiming “constructive dismissal,” which basically means […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Liot, Amazon bid, Calvin Clarke vs Halifax Herald, Chris Enns, Colin Bryson, Cory Funk, Creighton Gerrish Development Association (CGDA), Darrell Cooke, Dawn Sloane parking spot, Grant Wanzel, Greater Halifax Partnership, Julia-Simone Rutgers, Justice Suzanne Hood, Nancy Cook, Ross Cantwell, SaltWire

Vexatious litigant Roger Callow storms Nova Scotia courts: Morning File, Friday, November 3, 2017

November 3, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

Annual subscription Drive I’ve always been a soft sell on the subscription front. Shilling for subscriptions annoys me more than it annoys you, probably. But this is how we pay for the Examiner. I’m committed to paying contributors and employees decently, and that requires a steady income from subscribers. My hope is that this year’s drive […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Duffy, Angela Conrad, Bobcat in Beaver Bank, Emma Davie, Eric McCarthy, Halloween treat tampering, Justice Suzanne Hood, Leslie Robinson, Little shits PEI division, mumps at Dalhousie, Ontario Justice C. McKinnon, Randy Jones, razor in candy hoax, subscription drive, Vexatious litigant Roger Callow, Wayne Cross

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