News 1. Premier vs teachers, round 27 Premier Stephen McNeil returned from his latest trip to Europe and China yesterday, and pretty much immediately started in on the teachers’ union — this time, accusing them of spreading misinformation about cuts. A CP story in The Star Halifax says McNeil criticized the union Thursday for alleging […]
Dal Interim President Peter MacKinnon responds
Morning File, Tuesday, January 29, 2019
News 1. “Near miss” offshore This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. For the second time in three months, there’s been a potentially fatal incident involving a dropped object aboard the rig plugging 22 abandoned wells near Sable Island. Fortunately, no one was injured in this incident, which happened Thursday January 24 aboard the Noble Regina […]
Examineradio, episode #138: Are you an effective citizen?
Graham Steele has a new book, The Effective Citizen: How to Make Politicians Work for You. “It’s actually an optimistic book because what it says to people is you can get things done.” Tim sits down with Steele to find out how that really works. (Pro tip: record your conversation the next time you meet […]