Northwest Arm ferry

Atlantic Gold meeting fallout continues

Morning File, Thursday, May 30, 2019

May 30, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Straight Outta Spryfield “After a month of waiting with boat ready to go, a new ferry service across the Northwest Arm is set to begin service sometime this week, or early next,” reports Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: David Backman will be running his new 22-foot saltwater pontoon boat from the dock near […]

Northwest Arm ferry to launch on Tuesday

May 30, 2019 By Erica Butler

UPDATED to include actual launch times: Tuesday, June 4, 7am After a month of waiting with boat ready to go, a new ferry service across the Northwest Arm is set to begin service on Tuesday, June 4th, at 7am. David Backman will be running his new 22-foot saltwater pontoon boat from the dock near the...

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16 random people in my hotel room

Morning File, Tuesday, April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 4 Comments

News 1. Social Policy Framework report comes to council Tim has posted this “Will Work for Living Wage” image countless times, often while wondering what the heck ever happened to the staff report on social policy that council called for back in 2017. Well, that report finally comes to council today. On December 12, 2017, […]

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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