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I’ve been breached!

Morning File, Friday, April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

1. Privacy “breach” I got the letter. I hadn’t checked my PO box for a few days, but yesterday I finally got the registered letter telling me my personal information was “breached” via the province’s Freedom of Information webpage screw-up. It was pouring down rain, like cats and dogs and goats and other small animals, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Gunn, David Fraser, David Patriquin, East Coast Forensic Hospital, FOIPOP security failure, Freedom of Information webpage screw-up, Liv Colley, Maritime Beer Accord, Michael Tutton, Northern Pulp Mill's "sponsored content" in the Chronicle Herald, NSGEU president Jason MacLean, pregnant nurse attacked, privacy "breach", Stephen Archibald went to Washington

Dave’s not here: Morning File, Friday, December 8, 2017

December 8, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Cannabis in liquor stores The McNeil government yesterday released its cannabis policy: These decisions follow the federal government’s decision to legalize recreational cannabis by July 2018. The key policy decisions on cannabis are: — a legal age of 19 for use, purchase and possession — distribution and sales will be online and in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill 148, Black in Halifax, Cannabis in liquor stores, Chris Enns, Civil servant salaries, Convention Centre lease, Douglas Addison Neil, energy minister Michel Samson, Environmentalist threatens a bunch of people, Film plastics, Infrastructure Minister Lloyd Hines, Jayde Tynes, Josh Creighton, Kardeisha Provo, Michael Gorman, Michael Tutton, Moira Donovan, Nina Corfu, North-End Community Action Committee, NSGEU, NSGEU president Jason MacLean, NSLC, Paul Withers, plastic bag recycling, Steve Bruce, Yvette d'Entremont

Examineradio 126: MacLean vs McNeil

August 25, 2017 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week, we speak with NSGEU president Jason MacLean about the McNeil government’s proclamation on Bill 148, which forces a contract on public servants. Halifax poet laureate Rebecca Thomas co-hosts this week’s show. (<a href=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/halifaxexaminer/Examiner_Radio_-_126_-_Herald_Strike_Ends.mp3″>direct download</a>) (<a href=”http://halifaxexaminer.libsyn.com/rss”>RSS feed</a>) (<a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/examineradio-halifax-examiner/id5676299″>Subscribe via iTunes)</a>

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: Bill 148, Examineradio, NSGEU president Jason MacLean, podcast, Rebecca Thomas

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