1. Tim Bousquet discovers new day in the year According to the Morning File template, opened by contributor El Jones on Friday, September 30th, Tim Bousquet has discovered a new day of the year, September 31st. The Examiner wants to congratulate Mr. Bousquet on this exciting new contribution to horology. The new “leap September” will […]
Balancing budgets on the backs of the working poor isn’t fiscal responsibility; it’s exploitation. Morning File, Friday, September 30, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. George Tsimiklis is the worst landlord in town Halifax landlord and developer George Tsimiklis preys on poor people. That’s his business model: renting out substandard housing to people on social assistance who have few options in life. Yesterday, I detailed the dozens and dozens of […]
Bad attitude: Morning File, Friday, September 23, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Matthew Hines “Correctional Service Canada has fired one staff member and disciplined three others after an inmate was beaten and repeatedly pepper-sprayed at a New Brunswick prison before his death,” report Karissa Donkin and Joan Weeks for the CBC: The top correctional official in […]
The Last Good Day Of The Year: Morning File, Wednesday, September 21, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The Shaw Group Wilderness™ Yesterday, Halifax council voted to direct staff to continue negotiating a purchase of a part of the Purcells Cove Backlands from The Shaw Group. Gloria McCluskey was the only dissenting vote. Shaw made an offer to the city, and […]
The Ministry of Thought: Morning File, Thursday, September 15, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Engage, or else Halifax council’s Community Planning & Economic Development Committee meets this morning. I have in the past given this committee a bit of grief, but I take it all back; to its great credit, the committee demanded some accounting from the provincial […]
Term limits for dolphins: Morning File, Wednesday, September 14, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Forest tragedy Linda Pannozzo continues her look at the Department of Natural Resources and the development of forest policy in Nova Scotia. Pannozzo documents how over the last eight years the public demand for a sustainable forest policy has been hijacked for short-term […]
The airport wants people working there to get paid shit: Morning File, Friday, September 9, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Victoria General Jennifer Henderson reports that planning for replacing the Victoria General is bogged down and “off to a slow and lethargic start.” Click here to read “Planning for a new Victoria General Hospital stumbles along.” This article is behind the Examiner’s pay […]
The wilderness park is saved: Morning File, Wednesday, September 7, 2016
I’m back in Halifax. Many thanks to the guest writers of Morning File over the past two weeks: Lewis Rendell, Katie Toth, Erica Butler, Selena Ross, and Russell Gragg. Russell and bookkeeper extraordinaire Iris also kept the shop running in my absence — no small feat — and for that I’m eternally grateful. I enjoyed […]
No swear words or profanity: Morning File, Tuesday, August 9, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Energy East “Anti-pipeline protestors outside a Liberal fundraiser in Halifax got some face time with the event’s guest of honour on Monday night,” reports Zane Woodford for Metro: More than 30 people joined the demonstration in front of Seven Bays Café on Gottingen […]
Why Winston Churchill is surrounded by rats: Morning File, Thursday, August 4, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. That crappy old office building on Argyle Street “The Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre is still for sale and the city has decided not to purchase it for now,” reports Sherri Borden Colley for the CBC. As I reported in April 2015: The WTCC […]
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