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As legalization looms, expect province-wide raids on cannabis dispensaries next week
Morning File, Friday, October 12, 2018
News 1. Province to abandon Amanda 7 computer system “The Halifax Examiner has learned the province will replace the Amanda 7 computer system used to access and process requests for government information,” reports Jennifer Henderson: A tender will go out within the next five months, almost a half-year since the online portal used by journalists […]
Who killed Robin Hartrick?
Morning File, Tuesday, September 11, 2018
News 1. “Culture of fear” “A former correctional officer who worked at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (the Burnside jail) is concerned that the lack of attention to conditions in the jail will lead to violence and to people getting hurt,” reports El Jones: The former correctional officer contacted the Halifax Examiner and spoke about […]
Racist rallies and invasive species in Nova Scotia
Morning File, Monday, August 20, 2018
Hi, I’m Erica Butler, your Examiner transportation columnist, filling in for Tim today and tomorrow. News 1. Film industry Writes Stephen Kimber: IATSE Local 849, the union that represents most film technicians in the province, has statistics showing its members worked 40,687 days in 2014, earning $11,120,665 in gross pay and pensions. In 2017, those […]
Which crazy religion is Halifax Mayor Mike Savage promoting this week?
Morning File, Monday, May 7, 2018
News 1. The offshore will make everyone rich Writes Stephen Kimber: “Many international companies believe we have resources off our coast that we have not tapped into,” says Premier Stephen McNeil, “and we want the ability to do so.” Forget the reality. And damn the consequences. Click here to read “Politicians’ snake oil hopes and dreams […]
How corporate funding compromises independent science at Dalhousie
Morning File, Wednesday, April 4, 2018
News 1. Science at Dal Yesterday, I wrote about how part of a $16 million provincial loan to Cooke Aquaculture was forgiven. Specifically, Cooke was able to write down an amount equal to the money the company had paid to establish the Cooke Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture at Dalhousie University. The portion of the […]
The “cultural hub” will be “dynamic and iconic”; that scares the hell out of me
Morning File, Thursday, March 29, 2018
News 1. The lobster monopoly Paul Withers, reporting for the CBC, gets into the details of Clearwater Seafood’s monopoly of the entire offshore lobster fishery, and into its apparent monopoly of exemptions to fishing regulations: … a CBC News investigation reveals the company is poised to achieve a long-sought change to a fisheries rule for its […]
The Suspicious Package road tour continues: Morning File, Thursday, February 15, 2018
1. Bus Rapid Transit “Citizens gathered Monday afternoon and evening to look at preliminary sketches of what a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network might look like for Halifax,” reports Halifax Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler. “Or did they? The citizens were there, but I’m not entirely sure what they were looking at amounts to BRT.” […]
A good day for Halifax: Morning File, Wednesday, January 31, 2018
News 1. Cornwallis statue to come down Halifax council voted 12-4 yesterday to take down the Cornwallis statue. The no votes were councillors Matt Whitman, David Hendsbee, Steve Adams, and Russell Walker. Councillor Lindell Smith was out of the country, but likely would have voted yes. You can read my blow-by-blow live-blog of the discussion […]
Fracking ain’t what it’s cracked up to be: Morning File, Monday, January 15, 2018
News 1. Immigration Writes Stephen Kimber: Reading news accounts of last week’s meeting of the legislature’s committee on economic development, you could be forgiven for assuming the much fooforahed Ivany Report’s call to action on immigration had already become a neatly gift-wrapped fait accompli, topped with a pretty government-tied bow. Not so fast… Click here […]