Happy “Right to Know Week!” It starts today in case you hadn’t noticed. Why would you? And, oh yes, in case you’re counting, this Friday, Sept. 28, will mark the 16th annual “International Right to Know Day,” a day set aside in 40 countries around the world, including Canada, “to raise global awareness of individuals’...
Leo Glavine won’t say if the province is going to buy out Annie Leibovitz
Nova Scotia taxpayers will have to wait a little longer to find out whether they’re on the hook for $2.3 million — about half the purchase price of the Annie Leibovitz collection of photographs donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS). The 2,070 iconic images feature some of the world’s biggest celebrities (Mick...
What indigenous oral histories can teach us: Morning File, Thursday, July 13, 2017
News 1. Leibovitz collection “The minister responsible [for] culture in the province is standing behind the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and its repeated attempts to convince a federal body to certify as ‘cultural property’ hundreds of images produced by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz,” reports Jean Laroche for the CBC: As far as Culture Minister Leo Glavine is […]
Turkey File, Thursday, November 24, 2016
Hi all — Katie Toth, your frequent Morning File guest writer, cold brew connoisseur, and dog fan. Tim’s jetting to Old Country for American Thanksgiving, so I’m bringing you the news. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter!!!!!!!!! November Subscription Drive Click here to purchase a subscription to the Halifax Examiner. News 1. Stephen McNeil says […]
Will the Victoria General be replaced with a P3 hospital? The McNeil government isn’t ruling it out
“Private Deals, Public Failures” is the slogan of a campaign running on TV and social media this week launched by the Nova Scotia Health Coalition. The non-profit group which defends public health care is worried the McNeil government may choose a private company to handover the financing, building, and ownership of health-care facilities to replace...
Planning for replacing the Victoria General hospital stumbles along
The biggest healthcare infrastructure project in the province is off to a slow and lethargic start.
They’re known as “The Floods.” In September and December of 2015, water from leaks in the aged plumbing of the Victoria General site of the QE2 Health Sciences Centre poured into the floors below. The floods disrupted hundreds of surgeries, closed an ICU, and forced 50 patients out of their rooms. Today, the pipes remain...
The downward trend in walking to school
Halifax’s kids head back to school this week, but sadly too many of them will be taking the least healthy option to get there. Walking and biking to school have been on the decline across North America for decades. Check out these numbers from the US, showing the drop since 1969. Note that while bussing […]
Justin Trudeau and Sidney Crosby’s stolen dignity: Morning File, Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Today’s Morning File is written by Selena Ross. I used to be a reporter at the Chronicle Herald, and sometimes (often) get Nova Scotia news nostalgia, so here I am helping Tim take time off. News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Northwood serves prison food, but worse — supposedly. […]