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Cheap transit: low fares, high returns

Morning File, Thursday, May 5, 2022

May 5, 2022 By Ethan Lycan-Lang 4 Comments

News 1. Advocates: access to gender-affirming health care in Nova Scotia is getting worse “Nova Scotia may have the highest proportion of trans and gender diverse individuals in Canada,” writes Yvette d’Entremont, “but advocates say those who need to access gender-affirming health care are facing increased barriers and lives are at risk.” As d’Entremont reports, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: abortion, Buck a ride, Canadian Institute for Health Information, electric vehicles, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax Transit, health care, Jessica Bruder, Martha Paynter, Nova Scotia Power, Ontario, reproductive rights, Roe vs Wade, Stephen Del Duca, Toronto, Toronto Star, transit, US Supreme Court

Northern Pulp says it is ‘insolvent’ and can’t pay its pension obligations, but it’s got plenty of cash to bankroll legal assaults on Nova Scotia’s government and laws

April 20, 2022 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

At the end of this month, Northern Pulp and six of its affiliates will be back in the British Columbia Supreme Court, and odds are they will ask for and get yet another extension ⁠— the seventh to date ⁠— of the creditor relief they’ve been afforded under the federal Companies Creditor Arrangement Act. Northern […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Province House Tagged With: Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), BC Supreme Court, Biodiversity Act, Boat Harbour, Boat Harbour Act, boycott, British Columbia Supreme Court, Bruce Chapman, China, Companies Creditor Arrangement Act (CCAA), court monitor, creditor protection, creditor relief, Dartmouth East, default, Emera, environmental assessment, Ernst & Young, Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), France, Friends of a New Northern Pulp, Greenpeace, Hervey Investment B.V., Hong Kong, insolvent, John Hamm, judicial review, Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick, lawsuit, Mattell, Maurice Chiasson, mediation, Netherlands, Northern Pulp, Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation, Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change, Nova Scotia government, Nova Scotia Law Amendments Committee, Nova Scotia Power, Nova Scotia Superintendent of Pensions, nova scotia supreme court, NS Supreme Court, Pacific Harbour Resources Limited, Paper Excellence, Paper Excellence B.V., Paper Excellence Canada Holdings, Paper Excellence Corporation, Pictou, PR campaign, Public Affairs Atlantic, public relations, pulp mill, Robert Grant, Rodney MacDonald, Saint Gaudens, Sasha Irving, Shanghai, Sinar Mas Group, Statistics Canada’s Inter-corporate Ownership, Tarascon, tax haven, Terms of Reference, Thomas Cromwell, Tim Houston, Timothy Halman, Widjaja family

Critics say PC government’s Nova Scotia Power accountability bill lacks teeth

April 14, 2022 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Houston government’s bill aimed at making Nova Scotia Power (NSP) more accountable to ratepayers and establish a program to help low-income ratepayers is poorly drafted and does not have the teeth to deliver on those promises. That’s the assessment of three speakers who appeared before the Law Amendments Committee Wednesday after the Progressive Conservatives […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics, Province House Tagged With: Bill 135, Bill 147, Ecology Action Centre, electricity, Electricity Act, Gurprasad Gurumurthy, Jennifer Henderson, Larry Hughes, Nova Scotia Power, Premier Tim Houston, solar power

Missteps, Mistakes, and Miscommunications

Morning File, Monday, April 4, 2022

April 4, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

News 1. How a series of failures likely led to murders on the morning of April 19, 2020 In the days following the murders of April 18 and 19, 2020, we saw people outraged at what seemed like police inaction or incompetence, and those who had no patience for that view, arguing that it was […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: baseball, baseball cards, Brad Balukjian, Brendan Haley, Claudia Chender, Cs. Nathan Forrest, Cst. Adam MacDonald, Cst. Dave Melanson, Cst. Rodney Peterson, Cst. Terry Brown, Efficiency Canada, Fast Food Nation, Iain Rankin, Ikea, Jamie Blair, Jennifer Henderson, John Demont, Kristen Beaton, Mass Casualty Commission, McDonald's, Michaella Scott, murder spree, Nick Beaton, Nova Scotia Power, Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade, Philip Moscovitch, Popeyes, Portapique, RCMP shooting Lower Onslow, Richard Ellison, Stephen Kimber, The Wax Pack, Tim Bousquet, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

Nova Scotia Power one of three companies facing charges in Andrew Gnazdowsky’s workplace death

March 29, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

Nicole Gnazdowsky’s emotions were mixed Tuesday when she learned that Nova Scotia Power was one of three companies facing charges in connection with her brother’s 2020 workplace death. “I’m happy that we’re finally getting somewhere, but we’re not there yet,” Gnazdowsky said in an interview. “I’m super glad that all three companies are now charged […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: andrew gnazdowsky, Brunswick Engineering and Consulting Inc., Department of Labour, GEMTEC Consulting, Marshall Falls, nicole gnazdowsky, Nova Scotia Power, Sheet Harbour, workplace death, Yvette d'Entremont

What would you do with Emera CEO Scott Balfour’s $8.28 million compensation package?

Emera's board decided to give it to its CEO. But at the same time, Emera's subsidiary, Nova Scotia Power, is asking the rest of us to pay a 10% rate hike so it can run what it calls a 'reliable business.' Something does not compute.

March 20, 2022 By Stephen Kimber

On Thursday, March 17 — a day that is all about the green and the blarney — we learned that Scott Balfour, the president and chief executive officer of Emera, took home $8.28 million last year in salary, bonuses, and other benefits. For comparative purposes, as a CBC report helpfully noted, that’s nearly $500,000 more...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Economy, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: executive compensation, Nova Scotia Power, Scott Balfour

Accidents don’t happen by accident

Morning File, Wednesday, February 23, 2022

February 23, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch 7 Comments

News 1. Bullshitter of the week: Mass Casualty Commission “Effects on Wellness” panel Tim Bousquet reports on the first day of the Mass Casualty Commission hearings, which included an “inexcusably condescending” panel on “Human Impact — Broad Reach and Effects on Wellness.” Keith Dobson, a Psychology prof at the University of Calgary, gave us advice […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: Alex Ross, Angela Simmonds, coal, Elizabeth McMillan, Family Over Fame, Jessie Singer, Jim Sponagle, Mass Casualty Commission, Matthewy Byard, Nova Scotia Power, Pink Shirt Day, Portapique, RCMP, Scott Skinner, The War on Cars, There Are No Accidents, Tim Bousquet, Zane Woodford

10,000 steps and other persistent bullshit

Morning File, Tuesday, February 15, 2022

February 15, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch 3 Comments

News 1. Seven more Nova Scotians have died of COVID-19 Yesterday, Nova Scotia reported seven COVID-19 deaths over three days. More than a third of Nova Scotia’s COVID deaths have occurred since December 3. Welcome to the next phase of our re-opening plan. In his roundup, Tim Bousquet writes: The 68 people now hospitalized because […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, Morning File Tagged With: Afghanistan, Albert Mehrabian, Black in the Maritimes, British Medical Journal, Cape Breton Spectator, Charlie Warzel, Community Services Minister Karla MacFarlane, COVID-19, Disability Rights Coalition, Emera, Fidel Franco, Galaxy Brain, health care, Jennifer Henderson, Mary Campbell, Matthew Byard, Matthieu Aikins, Milena Khazanavicius, New York Times, Nova Scotia Power, Philip Moscovitch, refugees, scams, ScripTalk, Supreme Court of Canada, Suzanne Rent, Tim Bousquet, Tim Houston, Vicky Levack, water, Wordle

Nova Scotia Power: the Houston government says ‘no option is off the table’

The best option would be to make the private utility public again. But don't bet that will be on the table.

February 6, 2022 By Stephen Kimber 5 Comments

Blame Donnie Cameron. During the early 1990s, Donald William Cameron became the unelected, less than one-term premier of Nova Scotia. In 1991, Cameron replaced disgraced Progressive Conservative Premier John Buchanan, who abruptly quit in the middle of more simultaneous scandals than I can even remember to take a Senate sinecure in Ottawa. In his first […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Province House Tagged With: electricity rates, Nova Scotia Power, Premier Tim Houston, solar energy

Breaking out of the algorithmic box

Morning File, Thursday, February 3, 2022

February 3, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

News 1. Is a “climate action tax” different from any other tax? Halifax has a climate action plan that Zane Woodford has previously described as “woefully underfunded.” Council is thinking of changing that, by earmarking a special tax of 0.023 cents on every $100 of taxable assessed residential property value for climate-related capital projects. But, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: algorithm, Aquakultre, Atlantic salmon, Cathy Deagle Gammon, Cheryl Simon, City Hall, climate change, Clive Thompson, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Dalhousie University, eating disorders, Eating Disorders Nova Scotia (EDNS), Euphoria, HBO, Jeffrey Hutchings, Joan Baxter, John Last, Kathryn Morse, Kay Sark, Laurel Hell, Mary E. Black Gallery, Matues Revisited, Melissa Peter-Paul, Mitski, Mo Kenney, Neil Young, Nova Scotia Power, Padua, Premier Tim Houston, Quill Sisters, Rania ElSouri, Reader's Digest, recommendation, sea lice, Shaleen Jones, Spotify, system access fee, Tara Thorne, Terra Spencer, Tideline, Tim Bousquet, Utilities and Review Board (UARB), W. Kamau Bell, We Need to Talk About Cosby, Weird Old Book Finder, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

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2020 mass murders

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All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

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