News 1. Hospital parking garage Councillor Waye Mason says he’s “optimistic” that a “win-win” compromise over the parking garage for the new QEII hospital is possible after the city and province met on Friday afternoon. Yesterday, council voted to start the process of closing a part of the west side of Summer Street to co-locate […]
Cecil Clarke feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China: Morning File, Thursday, December 14, 2017
News 1. Of Citizens and Taxpayers “I can’t tell you how many times people have told me they dislike being addressed by governments as ‘taxpayers.’ They’re citizens,” writes Shirley Tillotson: But “citizen” in that sense — the broad thinker who sees taxes as the seed of all good things social — is a newish kind […]
Mayor Mike Savage to shill for Shaw Communications: Morning File, Tuesday, October 3, 2017
News 1. Cornwallis panelists to be discussed in secret Halifax council will today appoint the “special advisory committee” to determine what to do with the Cornwallis statue. The panel will comprise: • Co-chairs from indigenous and non-indigenous community with leadership and chairing experience • An even number of members with experience and expertise in the […]
The Slippery Slope! Morning File, Saturday, August 19, 2017
1. Welcome to the Bond Building Some time last week, lawyers at the Legal Aid office on Spring Garden Road noticed that the signs in the building had been quietly changed. The building, which also houses the National Film Board and other businesses, was formerly named Cornwallis House. Now, the property has been renamed the […]
Wankers disrupt indigenous ceremony: Morning File, Tuesday, July 4, 2017
News 1. Wankers disrupt indigenous ceremony On Canada Day, some indigenous people and supporters held a ceremony at Cornwallis Park, where, as Adina Bresge reports for the Canadian Press: Organizer Rebecca Moore said dozens of people were gathered around the statue of Edward Cornwallis as British Columbia-native Chief Grizzly Mamma shaved her head in a […]