News 1. Court Watch: Barenaked Ladies, murders, and a toothless victory for credit customers The week, Examiner court watcher Christina Macdonald goes to Toronto for something called the Moots and catches a glimpse of the BNL’s Ed Robertson in the courthouse. Macdonald also discusses Christopher Garnier’s alleged breach of conditions, George Hubley’s conviction of accessory to murder after […]
Lionel Desmond, his tortured soul, and his guns: Morning File, Friday, January 6, 2017
News 1. Lionel Desmond “A clearer picture is emerging of the former soldier involved in an apparent murder-suicide in Nova Scotia, with his own words on social media revealing a man struggling with PTSD who was trying to get his life back,” report Kevin Bissett and Michael MacDonald for the Canadian Press: “I’m truly sorry for freaking out at my wife/daughter […]
The return of Mother Canada™: Morning File, Friday, December 23, 2016
News 1. Road death “A woman is dead after a crash involving a fire truck on icy roads in Timberlea, N.S., Thursday night,” reports Cassie Williams for the CBC: RCMP say the crash happened around 9 p.m. The fire truck was on route to another accident call, of which there were many last night, a fire official told […]
Blame Joe Ramia for everything that goes wrong: Morning File, Friday, December 16, 2016
News 1. Province blames Joe Ramia for budget shortfall Yesterday, Finance Minister Randy Delorey issued the year-end fiscal update, noting that: Relative to Budget 2016-17, the forecasted net position is projected to decline slightly. The Province of Nova Scotia is forecasting a surplus and net position of $12.1 million for 2016-17, a decrease of $5.0 million from the […]
How Halifax city council screws working people: Morning File, Wednesday, December 14, 2016
News How Halifax city council screws working people Two issues of note were discussed by city council yesterday. The first was a plan to award “density bonusing” to developers who include a few units of “affordable housing” in their new buildings. I’ll return to that momentarily, but first I want to speak about the second issue […]
Military Madness: Morning File, Monday, September 12, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Examineradio, episode #78 John Wesley Chisholm is a successful television producer and Juno Award-winning musician. Now he’s throwing his hat into the ring as the Progressive Conservative candidate for Halifax Chebucto in the next provincial election. Find out what Front Line Fever means and […]
The wilderness park is saved: Morning File, Wednesday, September 7, 2016
I’m back in Halifax. Many thanks to the guest writers of Morning File over the past two weeks: Lewis Rendell, Katie Toth, Erica Butler, Selena Ross, and Russell Gragg. Russell and bookkeeper extraordinaire Iris also kept the shop running in my absence — no small feat — and for that I’m eternally grateful. I enjoyed […]
The paranormal investigators totally missed the zombies: Morning File: Monday, August 15, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The Irving “deal”: Graham Steele responds On Friday, I linked to an article Paul Withers wrote for the CBC, which reported that: Nova Scotia’s Liberal government revealed Thursday it refused to honour a $200-million loan guarantee offered to Irving Shipbuilding in a secret 2012 […]