News 1. Weather and power outages Everything is opening late, or should be. It’s a mess out there. As of 7:30am, across the province there were 1,918 power outages affecting 113,849 customers. Here’s the power outage map for the Halifax area: Those big brown splotches are larger, area-wide outages. My power in Central Dartmouth was out […]
The Herald steps on journalism ethics by publishing government propagandist Peter Moreira: Morning File, Tuesday, September 19, 2017
News 1. Northern Pulp “Nova Scotia’s Environment Department has begun an investigation into Northern Pulp operations after the Pictou County mill exceeded air contaminant emissions limits by nearly 50 per cent in June,” reports Paul Withers for the CBC: This is the third year in a row emissions from the power boiler at the Northern Pulp mill exceeded the […]
Government investment and social good: Morning File, Wednesday, August 9, 2017
News 1. Failed “investments” Yesterday, I noted that Nova Scotia Business Inc. had written off more than $26 million in “investments” it held in businesses that the crown corporation promised were going to bring prosperity forever, amen. There might be a case for government investment in industry. At least, I’m not necessarily against it on […]
Nova Scotian taxpayers funded technology being used by US tech startup: Morning File, Wednesday, February 22, 2017
News 1. Teachers The Liberal government passed the third and final reading of Bill 75 yesterday afternoon. All 33 Liberal MLAs voted for the bill, and all 17 opposition MLAs voted against. Once proclaimed (no doubt this morning), a new contract will be imposed on the province’s teachers. As Michael Gorman reports for the CBC: […]
There is a crack in everything, including Antarctica: Morning File, Wednesday, February 8, 2017
News 1. School board to close Dartmouth and Bedford classrooms for refugees and immigrants learning English “Nearly 200 adult immigrant students are taking a democratic action that many people born in this country never have,” reports Jennifer Henderson for the Halifax Examiner: They’ve have signed petitions addressed to local Liberal Members of Parliament, Nova Scotia Immigration […]
I’m only a dolphin, ma’am: Morning File, Monday, August 8, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Death “Police investigators on Monday morning were dealing with the aftermath of a house fire at 25 MacKay Lane in Eastern Passage,” reports Local Xpress. “RCMP were called to the scene overnight after a report shots were fired. A body has reportedly been found […]
Halifax-Needham heads to the polls: Examineradio, episode #73
This week we feature a roundtable between Halifax Examiner editor Tim Bousquet and candidates Lisa Roberts and Andy Arsenault. In it, they discuss seniors’ issues, housing, the Film Tax Credit and the future of the Bloomfield site. Also in the news, lawyers representing Westlock County, AB, have detailed no fewer than 12 breaches of contract/breaches of county rules […]
Unique Solutions is kaput and taxpayers have lost $5.6 million: Morning File, Wednesday, August 3, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Unique Solutions is kaput The board of directors of MeID, which is the rebranded name for Unique Solutions Ltd, voted to cease operations yesterday, and all employees were given termination notices, effective immediately. The move came after secured creditors initiated foreclosure proceedings. Unique Solutions was […]
Halifax Transit – Boldly Moving People Somewhere They’ve Never Gone Before: Examineradio, episode #54
We welcome Halifax Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler to the show this week to talk about the recently released Moving Forward Together report. Will this plan to revamp Halifax Transit better serve transit users, or just piss people off? Also, the Yarmouth Ferry was officially greenlit this week. Almost $33-million has been set aside by the […]
Dartmouth body scan company on the verge of going belly-up
Unique Solutions needs to raise $4 million in six weeks, and $10 million in all. If it can't, it will cease operations, and Nova Scotia Business Inc. will lose its entire $5.6 million investment.
Unique Solutions Design Ltd will cease operations if it doesn’t find $10 million in new investment. In fact, if the company doesn’t raise $4 million in the next six weeks, “assets will likely be liquidated to satisfy secured creditors and it is unlikely that there will be any residual value for shareholders.” That’s the bleak assessment of the...