News 1. Crane A fire department release from yesterday: Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) Chief Ken Stuebing this evening exercised his authority to execute an evacuation order on several properties in the vicinity of South Park Street. The evacuation order is necessary to protect the safety of residents living near a construction crane that […]
Power outages are costing Nova Scotia businesses millions of dollars, but Stephen McNeil, Mike Savage, Ray Ivany, and the economic development agencies are silent
Morning File, Friday, November 30, 2018
November Subscription drive The last day! Tomorrow we’ll go back to less intrusive measures to extract your money from you. But seriously, this operation doesn’t work without your subscriptions. We’re trying to do something important here: produce journalism without relying on advertising, advertorial, government money, selling your data, Jeff Bezo’s money, or any other hare-brained […]
Don’t say that again: Morning File, Thursday, March 8, 2018
Hi folks. Erica Butler here again, filling in for Tim while he’s off preparing the next edition of Examineradio. News 1. Abdi deportation proceeding paused until March 21 Abdoul Abdi is one step closer to having a Federal Court consider his future instead of the Immigration and Refugee Review Board (IRB), reports the CBC’s Anjuli Patil. […]
The Cornwallis statue and our missing history museum: Morning File, Tuesday, January 30, 2018
News 1. Weather There’s weather today, with associated closures and delays. 2. The Cornwallis statue and our missing history museum “Halifax regional council will debate taking down the Cornwallis statue and putting it in storage after a last-minute addition to Tuesday’s agenda,” reports Zane Woodford for Metro: HRM staff is recommending the statue be taken […]