Quick now. Who’s the real Tory candidate in the Cape Breton Northside-Westmount provincial byelection? Yes, it is a trick question. And, yes, the answer is complicated. Best to start chronologically. Earlier this year, the Progressive Conservative Party recruited Sydney Mines musician Andrew Doyle to seek its nomination in the traditionally Tory riding for the next...
With Jamie Baillie off the stage, PCs hear from leadership hopefuls
Hundreds of Progressive Conservatives came to town for the party’s annual meeting in the ballroom of the Westin Hotel last night looking for a leader. The “Tory Proud” slide shows playing at top volume on the big screens bookending a humongous Nova Scotia flag kept coming back to reassuring images of former Premier John Hamm...