Friday’s announcement that eligible parents and caregivers will save 25% on child care fees retroactive from Jan. 1, and 50% by year’s end, was greeted with cautious optimism by advocates. “It is historic. It is hard not to stand back sometimes and go ‘Oh God. They’re doing this. They’re investing and they are investing in […]
A record number of Black MLAs heading to the legislature
Duale, Ince, Simmonds, Hansen win their ridings. What, if any, effect will it have on Black issues moving forward?
A record number of four Black MLAs have been elected to the Nova Scotia legislature. For the Liberals, incumbent Tony Ince and newcomers Angela Simmonds and Ali Duale were elected in the 41st provincial election that saw Tim Houston’s PC’s win a majority government. NDP newcomer Suzy Hansen won in the riding of Halifax Needham. […]
Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer
Activists says the online tool where Nova Scotians can submit feedback on what happens to the forests on public lands is inaccessible and lacks historical data.
In December 2020, Mike Lancaster was invited to attend an online meeting of the Western Region Stakeholder Interaction Committee, which he describes as a venue for those holding forestry licences on Crown land and “other key stakeholders to engage with the Department of Lands and Forestry on forestry and planning issues for the western region […]
The 1971 plan to destroy Dartmouth: Morning File, Tuesday, November 28, 2017
We want your money November is almost over. Please subscribe! And if you’re already a subscriber, please consider spreading the word about the Examiner and asking your social media contacts to likewise subscribe. Thanks! News 1. NDP “Nova Scotia NDP president Bill Matheson and vice-president Judy Swift have both stepped down from their positions with […]
End this unpleasant mixture of austerity and divisiveness: David Wheeler
There is no question that three years of an overly-simplistic, 1980s-style focus on "balancing the books" in the province has failed, with a flatlining economy and stagnating wages.
This morning, it was announced that I will be standing for the NDP at the forthcoming provincial election. I am standing in the riding of Halifax Armdale close by where I lived when I was Dean of Management at Dalhousie University. Armdale is a beautiful and culturally diverse riding which — like the rest of the province […]
David Hendsbee, Shadow Chaser: Morning File, Wednesday, March 22, 2017
News 1. Liberals double-down on IBM deal they criticized four years ago as a “huge clusterfuck” Back in 2012, I reported on the then-NDP government’s decision to outsource the province’s SAP operations to IBM: By handing 73 union jobs to the notoriously anti-union IBM, Nova Scotia’s NDP has turned its back on its core support in […]