This is Tim again; I’m back in the Morning File saddle. I’d very much like to thank Joan Baxter, Philip Moscovitch, and Erica Butler for filling in for me last week. I enjoy the fresh voices and perspectives, and they bring attention to issues that I lack the skill to properly address or that have […]
Dispensary raids: protecting the government monopoly on cannabis
Morning File, Friday, October 26, 2018
News 1. Halifax cop accused of using police database to investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband I reported yesterday: A Halifax police officer used a police computer database to improperly investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband, alleges a lawsuit filed in Supreme Court Wednesday. The details of the allegations are at the link, but the oddest part of the story […]
Nova Scotia jails are increasing the use of torture
Morning File, Thursday, September 6, 2018
News 1. “Expert panel” is toothless Reports Jennifer Henderson: After the deaths of three former nursing home residents linked to badly infected bedsores, months of mounting complaints through the Protection of Persons in Care Act, and published news stories from family members alleging nursing home staff are overworked and residents’ care is often neglected, Health […]