News 1. More fisheries mismanagement The environmental group Oceana Canada, which describes itself as “an independent charity established to restore Canadian oceans to be as rich, healthy, and abundant as they once were” is slamming the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for its management of fish stocks. Aaron Beswick reports for The Chronicle Herald on […]
Is privatization of Nova Scotia Power responsible for an increase in power outages or does Nova Scotia Power just suck? Morning File, Friday, January 5, 2018
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 […]
World-class chicken racing: Morning File, Thursday, July 20, 2017
News 1. P3 schools The Department of Education issued this release yesterday: Government is exercising its contractual right to buy 10 P-3 schools from developers Nova Learning and Ashford Investment. The price for the schools is $49.3 million and this purchase represents the best value for Nova Scotia taxpayers. It is estimated that purchasing the […]