News 1. Discrimination A firefighter who says her 18-year career was plagued by sexual harassment is demanding that Halifax Regional Municipality step up to resolve discrimination cases like hers that drag on for years,” reports the CBC: Kathy Symington has collected 1,400 pages documenting her sexual harassment case against Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency. She said […]
Why you shouldn’t use the Halifax airport’s wifi: Morning File, Thursday, November 17, 2016
November Subscription Drive Yesterday’s article by Chris Lambie on the filling in of Halifax Harbour (linked to below) is an example of what the Halifax Examiner does best, I think. I’ve long been aware that fill has been deposited at the Fairview Cove shipping terminal, but wasn’t really conscious of the extent of the operation until […]
Hooray and up she rises: Morning File, Friday, October 14, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Captive whales may be coming to Nova Scotia “An organization planning to build a $15-million sanctuary for captive whales is scouting locations in Nova Scotia,” reports Chris Lambie: The Whale Sanctuary Project has checked out a dozen sites between Lunenberg and Guysborough that could […]
Captive whales may be coming to Nova Scotia
The Whale Sanctuary Project is looking at the Eastern Shore as a potential home for rescued aquarium whales
An organization planning to build a $15-million sanctuary for captive whales is scouting locations in Nova Scotia. The Whale Sanctuary Project has checked out a dozen sites between Lunenberg and Guysborough that could become a home for between five and eight orcas, belugas and other cold-water cetaceans that spent their lives in the concrete tanks...
They are not the hell “your” whales: Morning File, Wednesday, October 12, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Teachers to hold strike vote “The Nova Scotia Teachers Union will hold a strike vote on Oct. 25, the union said Tuesday,” reports Jon Tattrie for the CBC. 2. Fenwick Tower “Work has been stopped at the Fenwick Tower construction site after debris fell […]