Stephen McNeil insists he knew nothing, his chief of staff did nothing wrong, and it’s all the fault of the author of an email or/and the leader of the opposition for failing to go to the police with information Chester-St. Margaret’s MLA Hugh MacKay might have been driving drunk almost a year before he was...
Let’s play The Game of Halifax!
Morning File, Thursday, February 27, 2020
News 1. Indigenous students at Hants East high school say they face tougher suspensions Aly Thompson at CBC reports on Indigenous students at Hants East Rural High School who say they are being discriminated against when it comes to punishments from staff. Thompson spoke with several students, including 16-year-old Xavier Sack from the Sipekneꞌkatik First […]
The Clown Show: Morning File, Friday, September 22, 2017
News 1. The Clown Show I’ve been to the opening of the legislature a few times, but skipped yesterday’s performance because I had too much catching-up to do. A friend, however, went in my stead. I wasn’t expecting them to write anything, but I got the missive below last night… friend doesn’t want their name […]
The Liberals’ $24.5-million Acadia University funding fandango
While Nova Scotia’s other universities were busy slicing and dicing, Acadia was applying for — and routinely being granted — secret government bailouts for its financial woes. For five years! Why?
Back in the summer and early fall of 2014, I served on an inelegantly named “Faculty Working Group on the Future of the College” at King’s, the small liberal arts and journalism university where I’ve taught since before forever. Our working group was set up in response to a six-months-in-the-making report from a “Long Term...
How to get funding for your university: Morning File, Thursday, August 3, 2017
News 1. Child sexual abuse A Halifax man who has been convicted of sexually abusing three boys was sued Tuesday by three other men who say they were also his victims. Another two alleged victims have already filed suit against the man, and an active police investigation is looking at the possibility he abused dozens […]
Stephen McNeil’s pricey PR people suck at their jobs: Morning File, Monday, November 28, 2016
November Subscription Drive Click here to purchase a subscription. News 1. McNeil’s pricey PR people suck at their jobs Yesterday on Facebook, Graham Steele posted an analysis of the McNeil government’s reaction to the collapse of negotiations with the teachers union. Steele’s entire post is worth reading, but I was most struck by this: The government’s communication strategy […]
Too much news, none of it good: Morning File, Wednesday, November 23, 2016
November Subscription Drive Click here to purchase a subscription to the Halifax Examiner. News 1. Tyler Keizer Police have identified the man killed Monday night on Gottingen Street as 22-year-old Tyler Ronald Joseph Keizer of Halifax. 2. Nihilistic loners’ plot for mass murder “A young Halifax man has been handed a 10-year prison sentence for his role in […]
Stephen McNeil and the folly of false choices
“We believe we’ve delivered what is a fair package [for teachers]. If there is more required to be on the table, people need to explain where they want us to get that. Do they want us to take it out of health care? Do they want us to take it away from vulnerable Nova Scotians?” —...