News 1. City budget “They flirted with the idea of dipping into the savings account to lower the number, but in the end Halifax regional councillors approved the municipality’s budget for the year ahead with an increase of nearly 2 per cent to the average property tax bill,” reports Zane Woodford for Metro: Councillor Tim Outhit […]
Bullshitter of the day: Martha Crago. Morning File, Wednesday, March 15, 2017
News 1. Update: Bassam Al-Rawi has been found and served Monday, the Examiner reported that over a week of trying, police had not been able to locate taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi to serve documents notifying him his case would be brought before the Court of Appeal. There had been multiple, but unconfirmed reports that Al-Rawi had left […]
The “elites” justify themselves: Morning File, Tuesday, September 27, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The “elites” justify themselves I attended the Dalhousie Senate meeting yesterday so I could hear president Richard Florizone justify the $300,000 trip by self-styled “elites” to MIT. In a response to questions by Senator Françoise Baylis, Florizone said the “REAP” trip was justified […]