November subscription drive Today, I could write a long thing telling you about how important your subscription is, or you could read what I wrote yesterday and today I’ll just post a picture of a cute dog: Your dog can also wear a Halifax Examiner T-shirt, but only if your dog buys an annual subscription. […]
Peter Kelly is back in the news
Morning File, Thursday, October 25, 2018
1. OPOR “This is a story about a potential half-billion-dollar health-care services contract, alleged cozy dinners between bidders and bureaucrats, an unusual legal letter and accusations the government’s tender process was unfair,” writes Chronicle Herald reporter Paul Schneidereit: The planned purchase of a new provincewide electronic health record (EHR) system — expected to cost in the hundreds […]
Physics-defying transport has incident: Morning File, Monday, February 27, 2017
News 1. Physics-defying transport has incident “The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after an Air Canada plane briefly left the runway while landing at Toronto Pearson Airport,” reports the Canadian Press. “Briefly left the runway”????? What the hell does that mean? Paul Varian of Burlington, Ont., says he was one of the 112 passengers aboard the flight when the […]
The Port of Sydney grift continues: Morning File, Tuesday, December 13, 2016
News 1. Prison violence Michael Tutton reports for the Canadian Press: It’s 26 seconds of brutality — and lays bare the emerging reality of a growing number of beatings in Canada’s jails. Inmate Dwayne Wright, watching television with his feet up, is suddenly sucker-punched from behind by another inmate. A video of the attack shows […]