About a year and a half ago, a couple of people contacted the Halifax Examiner about a telephone survey they had participated in. The survey concerned them because it seemed designed to convince respondents that they should support open pit gold mining in the province, something they emphatically did not support. On February 5, 2020, […]
A white dude writes about cultural appropriation: Morning File, Monday, May 15, 2017
News 1. Health care Michael Tutton, writing for the Canadian Press, has an election analysis piece headlined “How health care became key issue in N.S. election campaign“: David Johnson, a political scientist at Cape Breton University, said Stephen McNeil’s government is paying a price for failing to keep 2013 election promises such as ensuring all citizens have access to family physicians, and for […]
Marine File, Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Seafood, NAFTA, legal weed and space
I’m Katie and today is Tuesday. News 1. The Lyle Howe hearing comes to a close…sort of Closing arguments over accusations that Lyle Howe engaged in professional misconduct are taking place this week. Yesterday, Howe reiterated his claims that the Barristers Society is putting unfair pressure on him because of his race. He will speak again […]
Bullshitter of the day: Martha Crago. Morning File, Wednesday, March 15, 2017
News 1. Update: Bassam Al-Rawi has been found and served Monday, the Examiner reported that over a week of trying, police had not been able to locate taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi to serve documents notifying him his case would be brought before the Court of Appeal. There had been multiple, but unconfirmed reports that Al-Rawi had left […]