News 1. Frank Frank Magazine has died. The magazine announced its own death on its website, and then deleted its social media accounts. No explanation was provided for the closure. Frank was started in 1987 by David Bentley, Lyndon Watkins, and Dulcie Conrad. Bentley was the primary operator of Frank, having used the proceeds of […]
Testimony details ‘dysfunction at the management level’ of the Nova Scotia RCMP
Morning File, Monday, September 12, 2022
News 1. Power rate hearing “A 19-day hearing begins today before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) that will decide how much more Nova Scotians will pay on their power bills,” reports Jennifer Henderson: Nova Scotia Power is requesting an average increase of 11.6% over three years that is being driven by higher […]
Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster: minimum wage shouldn’t be increased because inflation is making things more expensive
Morning File, Friday, September 9, 2022
News 1. Nova Scotia Power fined $375,000 This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) has slapped Nova Scotia Power with a $375,000 fine for failing to meet performance standards established more than five years ago. The utility filed its annual report last March and the data show […]
Skunks, of the animal and human sort, are fouling up the Halifax airport
Morning File, Friday, September 2, 2022
News 1. Carbon tax This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. The federal government has rejected an 11th hour request from Premier Tim Houston to extend today’s deadline for submitting alternative proposals to the federal carbon tax, expected to take effect in Nova Scotia this January. Houston signed the letter as chair of the Council […]
Choice words for people who don’t like female politicians swearing and dancing
Morning File, Wednesday, August 31, 2022
News 1. Susie Butlin Tim Bousquet reports on what happened in the weeks before Susie Butlin was murdered by her neighbour, Ernest Ross (Junior) Duggan in 2017. Bousquet writes: In June 2018, RCMP’s H Division [Nova Scotia] Criminal Operations requested an Independent Officer Review of the events leading up to Butlin’s murder. That review was […]
In the weeks before she was murdered, RCMP investigators failed to take seriously the threats against Susie Butlin
Susie Butlin told police her next door neighbour Junior Duggan had sexually assaulted her. But investigators decided the sexual contact was consensual. That decision led to a cascading chain of indifference to Duggan's increasingly erratic and threatening behaviour.
This article includes descriptions of sexual assault and murder. On the night of September 17, 2017, Ernest Ross (Junior) Duggan was alone at his Clarks Road home in Bayhead, drinking a pint of rum. Mid-pint, Duggan left his house, walked over to the yard of his next door neighbour Susie Butlin’s house, and called out her […]
The view from 10,000 feet: RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki must go
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki began her second day of testimony before the Mass Casualty Commission with the stark acknowledgement that she has no understanding of the police response to the events unfolding in Portapique the night of April 18, 2020, as a mass murderer began a killing spree that left 22 people dead. Lawyer Josh […]
The JUNOS: put our money where the music is
Morning File, Thursday, August 25, 2022
News 1. Province says Green Fund rebates will be good til end of 2023 “Nova Scotians who want to take advantage of a provincial rebate to purchase an electric vehicle or a subsidized home energy audit if they heat their homes with oil have until the end of 2023 to get it done,” Jennifer Henderson […]
Those darn kids today. And yesterday. And decades ago
Morning File, Tuesday, August 23, 2022
News 1. RCMP response to mass murders was “awesome” retired assistant commissioner says This item is written by Tim Bousquet. Yesterday, RCMP Assistant Commissioner (retired) Lee Bergerman testified at the proceedings of the Mass Casualty Commission. Bergerman was the highest ranking RCMP officer in Nova Scotia at the time of the mass murders of April […]
Nova Scotia has had two recent mass murders. Are we failing to recognize the warning signs of a third?
Morning File, Monday, August 22, 2022
News 1. Mass Casualty Commission The public proceedings of the Mass Casualty Commission resume this week. Today, RCMP Assistant Commissioner (Retired) Lee Bergerman will testify. If needed, her testimony will continue tomorrow, but when that is complete, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki will take the stand, and testify into Wednesday or Thursday, as needed. Much of […]
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