News 1. Northern Pulp Mill wins temporary injunction “A setback for the ‘No Pipe’ movement and a victory for the Pictou County pulp mill yesterday,” reports Jennifer Henderson. “Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge Denise Boudreau granted Northern Pulp a temporary injunction to prevent local fishermen from continuing with blockades she ruled interfered with a vessel […]
Did Stephen McNeil even read the audit he reacted so badly to? Morning File, Tuesday, December 19, 2017
1. The Pickup-McNeil war I was supposed to interview Auditor General Michael Pickup yesterday for this week’s Examineradio podcast, but Pickup cancelled for personal reasons. Shit happens, so it goes. We’ll get back to him in the new year. But in preparation for the interview, I read Pickup’s audit of Family Doctor Resourcing, and I came […]
The Chronicle Herald continues to suck on the government teat: Morning File, Friday, August 18, 2017
News 1. Union wins half-million dollar judgment agains Stavco On Wednesday, I mentioned the case of Jamie Grant against Stavco Construction: Grant says he was hired in May 2016 as a labourer to work on the construction of an apartment building at 29 Abbington Avenue in Bedford; he was paid $17 an hour plus the […]
How ACOA could save $79,900: Morning File, Friday, November 4, 2016
November Subscription Drive Graham Steele writes: I’ve subscribed to the Halifax Examiner since it started for one simple reason: Halifax needs it. Somebody has to watch. I’ve been there. I know. In the back rooms of government, it was the reporters and columnists we cared about. It scares me to think what would happen if there was nobody to […]