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7.29.10 - 6:15 AM
Nova Scotians spend less for local farm produce than 11 years ago. A report by the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture and the Ecology Action Centre says local farmers earned only about 13 per cent of a food dollar spent in Nova Scotia in 2008. HERALD
Local food intake declines: Study. METRO
Local food no green panacea: professor. CBC
Lawsuit claims would exceed $35.5 million immigration fund. Money left in a fund from the province’s failed immigration program may be insufficient to cover claims by a proposed class action suit filed last December. HERALD
Chicago Blackhawks official bringing Stanley Cup home to Antigonish Aug. 31. Al MacIsaac, an official with the team says the cup will be at the Keating Centre Aug. 31 from 1 - 5 p.m., and at Piper's Pub from 8 - 11 p.m. HERALD
Debate heats up on future of downtown Halifax. Proposal to build a convention centre has triggered a heated debate about the city's downtown, which some say has had years of neglect. METRO
Antigonish diocese begins property sales. The diocese has identified the properties to be sold to raise about $15 million to pay victims of sexual abuse by priests. CBC
Work underway on Grand Parade monument honouring peace officers. Work on the four-metre-tall, triumphal-arch-designed monument is expected to take six weeks. HERALD
Father of Truro soldier disputes Wikileaks friendly-fire claims. Barry Mellish does not believe documents that suggest his son died because of friendly fire from US forces because his son's comrades told him he died in a firefight with insurgents. NEWS 95.7
Low use of MRI scans due to 'specialists only rule' and few operators. Province has the second-highest number of the machines per capita but only 28 certified MRI technologists. HERALD
No storms on horizon but feds warn of hurricane season. Chris Fogarty, program manager at the Canadian Hurricane Centre, says the storm season runs from August to late October. METRO
Halifax welcomes more Bhutanese refugees. There are 23 refugee families from Nepal adjusting to life in Halifax and another family is expected to arrive on Wednesday. CBC
Biker Federation meets this weekend in Dartmouth. The defunct Halifax Hells Angels chapter created the federation in 2000 and RCMP Const. Stephen MacQueen says "it’s simply an event where they get together and party." HERALD
Stroke victim's family bolstered by Cape Breton generosity. The family of Francis Mason, who suffered a stroke in his apartment in Japan on May 31, are raising funds to pay for him to return home. HERALD
Beaches open and city says it’s safe to go back into the water. The beaches in Point Pleasant Park, the Dingle in Fleming Park, Albro Lake beach in Dartmouth and Oakfield Beach in Grand Lake are open. HERALD
Prenatal tours cancelled at IWK. Tours through the IWK Health Centre’s maternity wards are ending Friday but a video tour of the wards is available on the hospital’s website. METRO
Scientists on expedition to map debris of Titanic wreck. The group will assess the deteriorating condition of the famous shipwreck and create a three-dimensional map. CBC
New Glasgow charity says stop donating garbage. Co-ordinator Pearl Joyce says the Salvation Army spent $1,200 this month hauling garbage people left on its front steps. HERALD
POLICE STORIES
Boy unharmed after a goat charged him in Lower Sackville. The goat escaped from its cage at a neighbouring home and also charged the mother who got control of the animal and called police. METRO
Man arrested after policeman assaulted with a skateboard. A 24-year-old man faces several charges after police were called to a disturbance at the Pavilion on Cogswell Street about 1 p.m. Tuesday. HERALD
Vandals hit First South United Church in Lunenburg County. In the latest act of vandalism someone repeatedly threw a knife at the front of First South United Church. HERALD
Train hits propane tank put on tracks outside New Glasgow. A Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway train hit the nine-kilogram tank at 5:30 p.m. Monday but it did not explode. HERALD
Dalhousie University fire rulled an accident; sparked by embers. Fire officials say the fire started when workers used a torch to soften a membrane around an access hatch at the Life Sciences Centre. CBC
LOCAL BUSINESS
Energy consultant says NSP hasn’t done its homework on biomass. Consultant Barry Sheingold told the Utility board sNSPI should have conducted competitive bidding for other renewable energy proposals. HERALD
Bell Aliant focused on building TV subscribers. Chief executive Karen Sheriff says its 39,000 subscribers are not enough and says TV services are key to keeping customers. HERALD
Dan Christmas joins 13-member board of Nova Scotia Business Inc. Caribbean Twist occupied the space left by Toulany’s Lunch Box and has until the end of August to get occupancy paperwork in order. HERALD
Sale of Parrsboro Metal Fabricators Ltd.closes. Granby Industries, a Clarke Inc. subsidiary bought the company that makes oil, pellet and wood-fired furnaces and boilers. HERALD
Farmers Dairy cuts ginger ice cream from its product line. Farmers spokeswoman Andrea Hickey says, "basically, there was not enough sales volume." HERALD
Weymouth manufacturer picks up business from Quebec closures. Digby manufacturer Lewis Mouldings says it has picked up business from Quebec firms that have closed in the recession. HERALD
Councillor says Sobey's ECL Properties cut 11-storey north-end tower. Jerry Blumenthal says residents want the 11-storey building closer in size to the neighbourhood's six and seven storey buildings. HERALD
ROGER TAYLOR Dartmouth wind turbine manufacturer has momentum.
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Vandalizing the census – cont.
Submitted by Contrarian on 07.29.10 at 6:18am.
Gus Reed really hates the long census questionnaire:
I admit to some disappointment that you have so totally and uncritically capitulated to the Forces of Social Planning on the census issue.
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Karma and Carla.
Submitted by Paris a la Mode blog on 07.28.10 at 7:19am.
Recently I had the opportunity to meet with an exceptional person while staying at a hotel in Atlantic Canada. Not the hotel manager, not the restaurant server, not the bartender...but the individual in housekeeping. On my recent travels within Nova Scotia, I met Carla who was responsible for o...
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Results and “Changes” Keep the Broken Record Playing
Submitted by AIMS blog on 07.28.10 at 7:11am.
Another day, another expectation out the window. The province has decided to reform its elementary mathematics curriculum in light of increasingly poor student performance. Almost 4 in 10 Grade 6 students in English-predominant schools do not meet expectations outlined within provincial math as...
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So, if nothing is secret anymore...
Submitted by The Other Side of Truth on 07.28.10 at 7:07am.
The story that has broken over the past two days about Wikileaks and the Afghan war raises the following question - if the government is really holding all those UFO / alien secrets that "Disclosure" types have told us about, then surely we can expect to see "Disclosure" any day now.
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Census: a mistake in the long form
Submitted by Contrarian on 07.28.10 at 6:39am.
Contrarian reader Gus Reed has found a mistake in Census Canada’s long form questionnaire — or at least in the sample that appears on the agency’s website.
It seems to me that at the top of page 5 the columns should be labeled “Person 3,” “Person 4,” and “Person 5″ – continuing the logic o...
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Big Day Downtown Launch Party
Submitted by Fashionable People, Questionable Things on 07.28.10 at 6:34am.
Last night, we attended the Big Day Downtown launch party at Pipa on Argyle Street (excellent food and sangria!). The launch was in celebration of Downtown Halifax Business Commission’s new campaign created in collaboration with Extreme Group, which will see 30 bloggers from Halifax receive $100 ...
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Big Day Downtown Halifax: Part 1
Submitted by East Coast By Choice on 07.27.10 at 6:23am.
Tonight I’ll be heading out to a launch party at Pipa for a fun venture put on by the Downtown Halifax Business Commission.
The Big Day Downtown program is meant to highlight downtown Halifax as a destination for shopping, dining, doing business, working and living. Participating bloggers, colum...
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cool idea
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 07.27.10 at 6:22am.
This is John Doull's Bookstore on Barrington Street. One of the spots I plan to pop into on my "Big Day Downtown" adventure. A few weeks ago I got an email asking me if I would be interested in participating in a cool promotional event for our downtown area.
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Kimball and Dolan - American fascism & The Society of the Spectacle
Submitted by The Other Side of Truth on 07.27.10 at 6:14am.
This is an excerpt from the 25 July, 2010 episode of The Paracast (www.theparacast.com) where fellow co-host Nick Redfern and I joined Gene Steinberg to interview author and historian Rich Dolan (www.keyholepublishing.com).
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Great glass hope could be white elephant | the Herald
Submitted by Halifax Politics blog on 07.27.10 at 6:07am.
Better said than most, certainly sums up what I have been thinking, I turn this space over to Laura Penny and her article from the Herald.
I LIVE ON Argyle Street, between two of Halifax’s most talked-about vacant lots.
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Is the boy better off?
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 07.26.10 at 7:08am.
Forget dueling interviews, competing psychologists, contradictory studies, even the difference between physically assaulted and “placed in a position of control.”
Ask yourself one question: is the 15-year-old Cole Harbour boy at the centre of the controversy over his care better off now than whe...
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I prefer my data raw, not cooked and skewered
Submitted by AIMS blog on 07.26.10 at 7:02am.
It was a good news week for Nova Scotia’s tourism industry, or so the numbers would suggest.
The tourism department has been spreading the news that the province has welcomed more visitors this year in comparison to this time last year.
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Fire one, hire one
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.26.10 at 6:07am.
The employee who worked with the WBDC has been let go. But not to save money, because the town is hiring. Here is a j0b posting spotted ina number of places [and on the Town website - although it displays horribly in Firefox.]
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Talking about cock.
Submitted by Paris a la Mode blog on 07.23.10 at 7:03am.
Ok, so this is a fashion and lifestyle blog right? I've written some pretty opinionated posts in the past but this one is where this bitch is going to shine. I'm about to go ornithological...literally. So let's talk about going green for a minute. I live in Northend Halifax. I love my city a...
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Early Christmas in Wolfville
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.23.10 at 6:06am.
Christmas will be coming to Wolfville early this year. Really early.
Folks at Town Hall must have been disappointed that Wolfville wasn’t mentioned in the CH article entitled “Movie Stars Light up Halifax“. After all the film folk have been busy sprucing up the old Mr. B’s on the corner of Main ...
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Choice words
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.22.10 at 6:06am.
Choices, choices, choices. Take the choice of words for example.
The Town has engaged Landscape Architect, Angela Morin, to develop a Conceptual Plan for the Town parkland at the corner of Main Street and Elm Avenue
Hired is such a crass word isn’t it? It seems to imply MONEY which the town is ...
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If the Fraser Institute operated park benches
Submitted by Contrarian on 07.21.10 at 6:51am.
The only voice I’ve heard in support of the Harper government’s census vandalism is that of the libertarian Fraser Institute, which believes data of the kind produced by the mandatory long form should be available only to those who can afford to pay to gather it.
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Draft anyone?
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.20.10 at 6:18am.
See the up-date at end of post.
This submission by Mr. Daniels was received via e-mail. It may be in recent issue of the Mud Creek News. Haven’t been to the PO lately to pick one up. In any case, we copy it here for our readers. [Our comment on this issue is that we'd be happier if at least fin...
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Mayor Kelly’s Moses moment
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 07.19.10 at 6:55am.
What to make of Peter Kelly’s Moses memo to members of HRM Council? Thou shalt not drink to excess… Thou shalt not drive drunk… Thou shalt call 9-1-1 if a fellow councilor violates #2… Thou shalt pause and reflect…
Mayor Kelly issued his I-regret-I-have-to-write-this-however-circumstances-deman...
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Annals of climate change: June, 2010
Submitted by Contrarian on 07.19.10 at 6:22am.
The deniers have some explaining to do:
The Weather Underground reports that the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Climatic Data Center rates last month as the warmest June since record keeping began in 1880, while NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies ...
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Weather not climate, remember?
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.19.10 at 6:02am.
We are getting used to this. Reports of record warmth and dire predictions.
Of course when there is record cold we are reminded that this is weather not climate.
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The Local 071910
7.19.10 - 8:30 AM
Dexter, Graham to make announcement about two power utilities. No details have been released about the announcement tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. but it will be broadcast live over the Internet. METRO
Provincial government looking at changes to emissions standards. NEWS 95.7
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Response to Paul from DBTC on WTCC2
Submitted by Halifax Politics on 07.16.10 at 5:56am.
Downtownpaul just posted a pro wtcc2 article, linking resistance to WTCC2 to some kind of malaise and downtown death spiral. Here is my comment, spell corrected (paint fumes overcame me.. :) We shall see if this gets published on the DBTC site:
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They aren’t experts
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.16.10 at 5:50am.
We read a disturbing item in the Advertiser today. It reads in part -
Kings County Council has voted in favour of sending correspondence expressing concern over the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities , the...
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They’ve got the power
Submitted by Halifax Magazine blog on 07.15.10 at 8:03am.
If you’re a long-time reader of my blog, you know that few organizations annoy me quite as much as Nova Scotia Power does. Like all monopolies, it’s focused exclusively on squeezing profit out of the province. It’s not terribly concerned about what’s best for Nova Scotians because, quite simply, ...
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Harper’s Reformers vandalize the census
Submitted by Contrarian on 07.15.10 at 6:43am.
In an interview with CBC Radio’s Jim Brown, Ivan Fellegi, who served as Canada’s Chief Statistician from 1985 to 2008, set forth five ill-effects of the Harper Government’s surprise decision to make a crucial part of the 2011 census voluntary.
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Do the farm markets know?
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.15.10 at 6:28am.
That those labels have to be bilingual, etc, etc?
Ms. Reynolds says the two inspectors removed 108 items from her shelves at Home Grow-In Grocer, a 14-month-old shop that carries only food grown or produced in B.C., including by micro-farmers in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and the Okanaga...
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Anchor Zine Archive in the Roberts Street Social Centre celebrates five prolific years
Submitted by Spacing Atlantic on 07.13.10 at 8:26am.
The Roberts Street Social Centre is here for you. It's true.
The little red shingled house near the corner of Roberts and James has quietly been there for anyone with something to say the long way for five years now.
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No, they didn’t…did they?
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 07.12.10 at 8:13am.
A couple of crazy Bedfordites jump off the jetty at the Bedford Waterfront on a hot and humid Friday afternoon.
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Our new governor general and the greasy Airbus affair
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 07.12.10 at 7:21am.
David Lloyd Johnston, our soon-to-be governor general of all we survey, is, I’m sure, a fine fellow. Even if he does fit—right up to his blue button-down—every stereotype known to boring, old white guy governors general of the pre-Adrienne Clarkson, pre-Michaelle Jean era.
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Ciao CAO
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.12.10 at 6:25am.
They are saying good bye to another CAO in HRM. And the severance is $300,00 according to reports.
English was making $190,000 it says. [Consider that Wolfville's CAO makes more than half of that for our little town of 4,000!] The payout is staggering. But it is easy to spend other people’s mon...
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The Local 071210
7.12.10 - 8:45 AM
Council told not to discuss secret vote on city manager's future. The Herald says council held a secret ballot at a private session Tuesday on the future of chief administrative officer Dan English but councillors were not told the results of the vote, only that English would...
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Police seek public’s help locating missing teen
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 07.9.10 at 8:10am.
Halifax Regional Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing Dartmouth female.
Fourteen-year-old Samantha Leger was last seen on Friday, July 2 in the early morning hours. Her parents reported her missing just before noon that day after a note was found saying she was leaving.
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Just read this in THE COAST and it makes me feel ill....
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 07.9.10 at 6:46am.
Birch Cove Lakes-Blue Mountain wilderness area threatened by development
-Posted by Tim Bousquet on Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 7:32 AM
A high-powered and high-dollared political battle in City Hall is playing out largely unnoticed by local media. At stake are potentially hundreds of millions of dollar...
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Should MLAs be allowed to hand out the candy?
Submitted by Andrew Krystal's blog on 07.9.10 at 6:42am.
An old practice in NS politics is to go to the MLA if you’re in need. Most people correctly presuppose that the MLAs are some of the best looked after people in the Province. And they keep getting their gold-plated pension cheques (unlike the rest of us) long after they serve.
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Real cases, real people
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.9.10 at 6:22am.
Here’s a real case in the courts with real people we have been following since it began - the case of Bob Gee and Mader’s tobacco store. We sympathise and side with Mr. Gee not because we smoke or encourage smoking but because he is absolutely correct in defending his rights , and in so doing he ...
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The farm fight
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.8.10 at 6:25am.
The pitchforks are out. It is a pretty uneven battle. On one side are those of influence who want to preserve the bucolic landscape we love (some of us after making our livelihoods and fortunes elsewhere – probably somewhere urban).
On the other side are the farmers (at least some of them) who...
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Bike Lanes in HRM?
Submitted by Waye Mason's blog on 07.7.10 at 6:14am.
The Coast HRM council twitter is reporting that city hall just voted for paving, but against bike lane extensions. Aparently 13 councillors all feel bike lanes are un-needed.
Anyone who follows me on Facebook or Twitter knows I just spent two weeks in Tuscany with my family, and being the nerd ...
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The Local 070710
7.07.10 - 8:35 AM
Staff tells council city’s main 'wealth generator' is at risk. Andy Fillmore, the city’s urban design manager, says the urban core can create much of the wealth required for services to all of HRM’s communities but it is being undermined by lack of investment. HERALD
Council...
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A Re-Awakening of Sorts
Submitted by RGM Unlimited on 07.6.10 at 6:21am.
This blog has been glaringly quiet lately on the international relations front. For anybody that enjoyed reading my thoughts on global politics, IR, and the advance of liberty and democracy throughout the world, I do apologize. I hope to make that change in the not-too-distant future.
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The Local 070610
7.06.10 - 8:30 AM
Bridge corporation wants to hike cash fare by 25 cents to $1. The bridge commission wants to raise the Macpass price to 80 cents, from 60 cents to pay for maintainance of the bridges. HERALD
Province considers Antigonish, Colchester and Pictou counties for new jail. The jail...
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Video from 2010 Canada Day fireworks in Bedford
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 07.5.10 at 7:52am.
A collection of videos posted on YouTube from the 2010 Canada Day fireworks at DeWolf Park in Bedford, Nova Scotia.
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We want answers; they offer hype
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 07.5.10 at 6:51am.
I don’t necessarily oppose the new convention centre proposed for that gaping hole in the heart of downtown Halifax.
And I don’t completely subscribe to the too-tall, edge-of-the-wedge principal objections raised by the Save the View Coalition.
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Faith in Freedom
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 07.5.10 at 5:57am.
From one who knows what not having it feels like.
We are still on Holiday.
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The Local 070510
7.05.10 - 8:30 AM
City staff warn of 'hollowing out' of downtown Halifax. Staff is recommending that council form a committee to address the declining urban core that has a third of the population and half of the city’s jobs. METRO
Metro beaches declared safe on Friday but swimmers still caut...
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Canada Day 2010: It was a blast
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 07.2.10 at 8:40am.
Thousands of area residents were at DeWolf Park to take in some live entertainment and witness a spectacular fireworks show. To see photos, click on thumbnails below.
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The Local 070210
7.02.10 - 8:50 AM
Funeral today in Glace Bay for Sgt. James MacNeil. The service will be held at Immaculate Conception Church in Bridgeport for the 28-year-old who died on his fourth and final tour of duty. HERALD
Families dream of citizenship as immigrants take oath on Canada Day. 68 new Can...
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A veteran speaks out against grief porn
Submitted by Contrarian on 06.30.10 at 6:50am.
One particularly noisome aspect of modern journalism is its fixation with grief porn: those maudlin public displays of grief over tragic events by people otherwise uninvolved in the lives of those actually afflicted. Grief porn is wholly a product of media pandering.
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G8 debate
Submitted by Andrew Krystal's blog on 06.30.10 at 6:40am.
When President Lyndon Johnson looked over the White House balcony in April 1968 and saw Washington burning he was sad, but he understood. He was reported as telling aides “if somebody had their boot on my neck for 300 years, I’d break a window too”.
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The Local 063010
6.30.10 - 6:25 AM
Queen reviews flotilla of international warships. The Queen reviewed a flotilla of ships from Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom to mark the Canadian navy’s 100th birthday. HERALD
Queen unveils plaque honouring HMCS Sackville. ...
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Waste oil spill reaches Bedford Highway and Sackville River
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 06.29.10 at 7:47am.
At around 10 a.m. today police responded to a waste oil spill which resulted from an insecure cap on a hauling truck on Dartmouth Road.
The spill eventually reached the Bedford Highway and the Sackville River.
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The Local 062910
6.29.10 - 8:30 AM
A soggy arrival, salute for the Queen. A downpour that that soaked the city all day suddenly stopped as Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Halifax Monday to kick off her 22nd Canadian visit. HERALD
Royals arrive to enthusiastic welcome. METRO
Cost of Queen’s visit a royal secret...
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Self-indulgent lefties let Harper off the hook – updated
Submitted by Contrarian on 06.28.10 at 6:39am.
Pinto Pony Productions, a small Toronto video production house specializing in non-invasive filming techniques, took to the streets of Toronto this weekend and shot the best roundup of demonstrator-vs.-police violence I could find on YouTube. The protesters did not impress the filmmakers.
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Native Pride
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 06.28.10 at 6:33am.
Last night I went downtown to the Halifax Commons where a huge celebration of Aboriginal culture is taking place over the next few days. It is a Mawiomi-Powwow. I was tired after a busy day and was half thinking I wouldn't go BUT I am so glad I did!
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Transparency?
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.28.10 at 6:18am.
Perhaps everyone is watching the rioting in Toronto or the latest football match but for posterity here is the last of the series from the Mud Creek News.
PARTICIPATION AND TRANSPARENCY
David A. Daniels
The fifth Core Principle in the 2009 Corporate Strategic Plan is “Transparency and Particip...
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The Local 062810
6.28.10 - 8:55 AM
Queen arrives in Halifax today. the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive at the airport at 2:20 p.m. and go to the Garrison Grounds at 3 p.m. for the official welcome. CBC
Expect large crowds to greet Queen, Duke. METRO
Royals staying two nights at fixed-up Government Hou...
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All the beauty in the world...
Submitted by Kirsten's Kitchen on 06.25.10 at 7:20am.
All the beauty in the world is disappearing...
our Oceans.
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Drink the convention centre Kool Aid
Submitted by Stephen Kimber blog on 06.25.10 at 7:09am.
Last Friday, a group calling itself the Coalition to the Save the View held a press conference to release its analysis of four reports on the financial viability of a new convention centre for downtown Halifax. Promoters want the province to ante up one third of its $300-million cost.
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Blogging the MCN
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.25.10 at 6:11am.
Here is the second in the series of 3 articles from the latest Mud Creek News. We know they are so popular at the post office that often they are gone before you know it but you can count on seeing the articles here at Ww. This one is from Herr Becker and we copy as it was sent to us.
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The Local 062510
6.25.10 - 9:45 AM
Three months after furniture maker gets $4.7m loan, 35 laid off. Scanwood Canada received a $4.7-million provincial government loan in March to modernize its Burnside facility. HERALD
British PM stops in Halifax to visit British air craft carrier. David Cameron stopped on hi...
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Council ok’s Community Access Plan for new arena
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 06.24.10 at 7:43am.
The $39-million, HRM 4 Pad Arena has moved another step closer to relieving some of the pressure on the many existing arenas across the region.
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General fallout
Submitted by Andrew Krystal's blog on 06.24.10 at 6:41am.
Intemperate remarks by General Stanley McChrystal (no relation) in a Rolling Stone article have created a firestorm not seen since the days of McArthur and President Harry Truman.
But both the Afghan war and the Korea war share something: frustration.
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The Local 062410
6.24.10 - 8:50 AM
Two dozen vessels, 5,000 sailors arriving in Halifax this week. Nato ships are arriving for the Centenniel of the Canadioan Navy and most will be open for tours at HMC Dockyard where navy has set up a Centennial Village. The air force’s aerobatic team, the Snowbirds, will do ...
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Editorial: Why I’m running the 5k to Beat Lung Cancer
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 06.23.10 at 7:41am.
Even though it still feels like yesterday, it has been two years since I lost my dad to lung cancer. A few days after I came home from the funeral and the many weeks spent in Ontario leading up to my father’s death, I read about Jean St-Amand organizing the first annual 5k Run to Beat Lung Cancer.
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Legal Matters- a response
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.23.10 at 6:35am.
A submission from Mr. Daniels, also published in the June issue of the Mud Creek News.
COMMENTS ON “legal matters” IN THE MAYOR’S NEWSLETTER
David A. Daniels
Finally, here is the blacked-out part of the Mayor’s letter:
“On behalf of Council, I express the confidence and satisfaction we have w...
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The Local 062310
6.23.10 - 8:50 AM
Liberals win Yarmouth, Glace Bay byelections by big margins. Zach Churchill, 26, won in Yarmouth. Geoff MacLellan, 31, won Glace Bay. The byelection leaves the NDP with 31 seats in the Legislature, the Liberals 12, the Conservatives with eight, and one Independent. HERALD
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Sanitised Che
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.22.10 at 7:35am.
Because we have a long guns registry in this country and guns (like cigars) are not to be promoted.
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The Local 062210
6.22.10 - 8:40 AM
Glace Bay soldier killed on patrol on his fourth tour in Afghanistan. Sgt. James MacNeil, 28, of Glace Bay and a “proud Cape Bretoner” was killed by an improvised explosive device Monday morning near the village of Nakhonay. HERALD
N.S. community mourns soldier. METRO Strong...
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Teens arrested in Bedford for graffiti, drugs, weapons
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 06.21.10 at 8:34am.
Officers observed four youths putting graffiti on machinery in Lions Park, near 277 Shore Drive. All four were arrested.
Two of the youths were in possession of marijuana. One youth was in possession of a prohibited weapon(brass knuckles).
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Toronto lockup
Submitted by Contrarian on 06.21.10 at 6:55am.
A Toronto police officer enters a defunct film studio lot that has been fortified for use as a detention center for protesters arrested during next week’s G8 and G20 summit meetings.
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How’d they vote?
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.21.10 at 6:35am.
Many may not have heard the Atlantica Party is running candidates in the Glace Bay and Yarmouth by-elections coming up. The leader of the party, Jonathan Dean, is running in Yarmouth. The party barely gets a mention in the press and their platform no ink at all.
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New agencies won’t resolve old case; we need an inquiry now
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 06.18.10 at 7:36am.
The Harper government’s proposal to replace the current, gums-only Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP with a new, baby-toothed civilian watchdog agency is better than nothing.
But not by much.
The new agency will have power to force witnesses to appear and testify, but will need ...
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Halifax Magazine interview: Why pay more?
Submitted by East Coast By Choice on 06.18.10 at 6:52am.
One of the standard complaints about living on the East Coast is that comparatively speaking, we don’t make the same amount of money that peers in other bigger cities do. Alison DeLory interviewed a number of professionals around the city of Halifax, including me, to get our opinions on the matter.
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Nearing the tipping point
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.18.10 at 6:34am.
How long will it be until there are more people who don’t pay tax than those who do? Recently the stats in the US revealed that in 2009 47% of the American population paid no federal income tax, and this figure has increased from 40% only 5 years ago.
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The Gulf Oil Disaster
Submitted by Mark Brennan's blog on 06.17.10 at 8:28am.
This is a link to a film made by Martyn Stewart, a nature recordist, he traveled to the Gulf to document the unfolding disaster of the oil spill. This film is not easy to watch if you have any type of relationship with nature, but we need to bear witness and also take some of the blame.
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A banner day for Bedford
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 06.17.10 at 8:16am.
Crews started mounting floral "Bedford" banners yesterday along the Bedford Highway. The banners will be on every second black lamp post from Hammonds Plains Road to the Dartmouth Road, on the Basin side!
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Canada had one too
Submitted by Contrarian on 06.17.10 at 6:57am.
The US blogosphere is in a lather over a video of US Sen. Bob Ethridge (D-NC), looking tired and emotional, grabbing a student who tried to question him on a DC sidewalk. Glenn Greenwald wants the Senator charged with assault.
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Obama’s oil abyss
Submitted by Andrew Krystal's blog on 06.17.10 at 6:49am.
Obama spoke to America last night … because America is not happy.
People are angry in America. They’re angry because they are tired of being lied to: lied to with a false predicate for the Iraq war and WMD (remember that one?), lied to over Afghanistan, and lied to over the value of their homes ...
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Quote of the day
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.17.10 at 6:44am.
We couldn’t have said it very much better:
“The government is inherently uncoordinated …”
Of course that is Fox so you can just ignore it.
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The Local 061710
6.17.10 - 9:10 AM
Director of corrections says melee at Burnside jail was not a 'major disturbance.' One inmate was stabbed, windows and recreational equipment were smashed and 17 prisoners refused to return to their cells in a commotion lasting about three hours. HERALD
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Submitted by Richard Levangie's blog on 06.16.10 at 7:19am.
The military rulers of Myanmar have jailed thousands of people in their continuing efforts to crush all dissenting views. Most prominent of those detained is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has been the beacon of hope and change for nearly two decades in Myanmar, the Sout...
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Let Them Have the Stones, We Have the History
Submitted by A.I.M.S. blog on 06.16.10 at 7:04am.
So the big mystery has finally been revealed and was, to no surprise, less then shocking. The Chronicle-Herald, for weeks, touted a comparison between Halifax and a “mystery city”, which led to a fair bit of intrigue by the readership who wanted to know just how well their city stacked against a...
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The Local 061610
6.16.10 - 8:50 AM
Inmates seize control of west wing of Burnside jail Tuesday night. Masked and armed inmates broke windows after an alleged assault inside the jail and prompted a response from police, paramedics and firefighters. HERALD
Inmates riot at N.S. jail. CBC
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Bedford Days 2010
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 06.15.10 at 8:04am.
Bedford Days 2010 takes place from June 25 to July 1.
Come out and enjoy the events. There is something for everyone – food, fireworks, outdoor movies, Beerfest, 5k Run, and much much more. Don’t miss out!
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Crime as altitude – feedback
Submitted by Contrarian on 06.15.10 at 6:44am.
Contrarian friend Gus Reed doesn’t think altitude maps add much to our understanding of complex social issues:
These graphs don’t meet the minimum standard for clarity. Your pal Edward Tufte would be appalled. What is the scale of the z-dimension? Are we to suppose that the high peak for narcoti...
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The party’s over
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.15.10 at 6:18am.
Toronto has got it.
Dark-horse candidate Rob Ford took the lead in Toronto’s mayoral race on Sunday, leaping almost two points ahead of former front-runner George Smitherman. … Mr. Ford, a councillor riding a wave of popular anger over perceived City Hall mismanagement,
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The Local 061510
6.15.10 - 8:45 AM
Cleanup of 14-car New Glasgow train derailment could take a week. Two employees aboard the 72-car train of the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway escaped without injury and no hazardous cargo leaked but about 20 residents within 1.6 kilometres from the wreck were order...
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Naked! Cyclists!
Submitted by The Newcomer on 06.14.10 at 8:22am.
The newcomer family are on Halifax Commons, lounging in the warm friendly sun. It is Saturday afternoon, and they have just picnicked on Indian takeaway (butter chicken, tandoori chicken). The excellent combination of hot curry and warm sun brings peace and serenity.
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A big birthday party on John Street
Submitted by North and Agricola on 06.14.10 at 7:22am.
Eight neighbours celebrated a birthday on or close to Saturday, so birthday cake was the natural thing to take over the John Street street party this weekend. Afternoon festivities — including street hockey, live music and zumba dancing — also got a boost from the unexpected drive-by appearance o...
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Visual data: crime as altitude
Submitted by Contrarian on 06.14.10 at 6:55am.
Doug McCune uses San Francisco Police Dept. crime reports to map crime in that city as altitude. Narcotics:
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Let’s communicate
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.14.10 at 6:30am.
This is a submission from one of our readers. We are posting it as received.
Let’s communicate
On June 7/10, I attended a town council meeting in which the consultant presented the final version of the public participation and engagement plan… (Let’s finally admit we have a communication proble...
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The question that matters goes unanswered
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 06.11.10 at 7:19am.
So what was the money for?
That is the question for which we still have no conclusive answer, despite countless millions of dollars spent on RCMP investigations, legal proceedings, an out-of-court libel settlement and, most recently, Justice Jeffrey Oliphant’s tightly circumscribed (No Airbus pl...
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Berwick’s budget
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.11.10 at 6:42am.
Berwick’s budget process got a lot of print in the Advertiser of June 8th. Our impression is that, if the report is anything near the truth, there was a lot more fight to cut costs there than in Wolfville, where the process seemed to be rushed through and where everyone just rolled over and said ...
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Lighthouses
Submitted by Annapolis Royal Heritage on 06.10.10 at 8:00am.
Some nights I have trouble thinking up a topic for this blog. Invariably I will start flipping through archival images to see if anything jumps out at me. Usually some image out of Annapolis County's history will rise to the surface. This was not my problem tonight. Tonight I have at least four f...
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John Street to celebrate ‘good city life’
Submitted by North and Agricola on 06.10.10 at 7:20am.
Residents on John Street are organizing a street party for Saturday, June 12, that, according to the invitation, will celebrate “the street and the good city life.”
North and Agricola sources confirm that at least two architects and one set of baby twins will be celebrating their birthday at the...
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Darrell Dexter, 'What would MOSES COADY & DAVID LEWIS do?'
Submitted by The Arcadian Recorder on 06.9.10 at 7:17am.
Roll over in their graves, probably.
I can't even begin to imagine what Cala - AJ D'Entremont - must be thinking about his wayward pupil.
But back to Coady and Lewis.
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Peter Stoffer for Mayor?
Submitted by Andrew Krystal's blog on 06.9.10 at 6:40am.
A new poll by our friends at Corporate Research Associates shows NDP MP Peter Stoffer would be a serious contender if he threw his hat into the Mayoral ring.
Would he make a good mayor? What are the qualities that you are looking for?
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Blogging Frank 587
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.9.10 at 6:35am.
We know it’s just out but we are tempted to comment on the article on p. 15 of Atlantic Frank’s latest issue. The one with the title “The Secret City and your Money. “ Here are a few snippets:
…taxpayers are being kept in the dark. Asking for a list of salaries of senior officials is now consid...
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Three classic examples of HGT are a key motif in lifework of Martin Henry Dawson
Submitted by The Arcadian Recorder on 06.8.10 at 7:22am.
From the 1920s till the 1950s, Martin Henry Dawson published more articles and made more public presentations on Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) than any other scientist - in fact more than all of them combined -- quite simply 'No Dawson, No DNA'.
But he died, tragically young, in 1945, though no...
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No laws broken
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.8.10 at 6:30am.
No laws broken. Isn’t that what we heard with the MLA expense scandal? Does that let government staff or elected officials off the hook with the voters or do ethics count? It’s a good question.
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Bedford teen in motor vehicle collision identified
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 06.4.10 at 7:41am.
Blake Neville MacKenzie, a passenger of a vehicle involved in a collision in Bedford, passed away on Thursday morning.
The incident occurred at 1:57 p.m. at the intersection of Duke Street and Damascus Road.
The Volkswagen Jetta, in which Blake was a passenger, turned into the path a Chevrolet...
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NDP Year 1: What went wrong?
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 06.4.10 at 7:00am.
On June 9, 2009—one year ago next week—Nova Scotia voters took a flying leap of faith and fate, sweeping out a tired Tory government, sidelining the faint comeback hopes of a still-recovering Liberal party and handing the keys to office for the first time ever to the New Democrats.
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The strange case of the NDP vs. the AG – ctd.
Submitted by Contrarian on 06.4.10 at 6:33am.
Graham Steele and I had a further email exchange. I suggested he had not answered the question at the heart of my original query:
Why didn’t you (or, if you wish, why didn’t [Cabinet Clerk Greg] Keefe) simply waive solicitor client privilege in these cases?
Canny Mandarins
I added:
A second q...
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How big is too big?
Submitted by Halifax Magazine blog on 06.3.10 at 8:15am.
As I mentioned in my May 20 post, here at Halifax Magazine, we’re pretty concerned with the size of HRM Council. We fear, with a great deal of empirical evidence to back us up, that Council is simply too big and unwieldy to govern effectively.
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The Principal blows his stack! (can you blame him?)
Submitted by Andrew Krystal's blog on 06.3.10 at 6:34am.
What are the limits of educational discipline? Have you seen the security video on Youtube that shows a NS Principal using force to discipline an unruly student? The Principal in question, Ken Fells is a 15-year employee of the Halifax Regional School Board, was dismissed from his post at Graham ...
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Over governed
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 06.3.10 at 6:32am.
Ex-professor Adamson has an article in today’s Advertiser. He makes a number of good points and he asks a number of pointed questions.
In many Nova Scotia municipalities, May 31 was semi-annual tax day; the other shoe will drop in a few months’ time.
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Canadian Navy Celebrates 100 Years With a Lot of Bangs
Submitted by Travel to Nova Scotia blog on 06.2.10 at 8:01am.
Although Canada became independent in 1867 the Royal Navy looked after the Canadian shores until Canada could float its own boats in 1910. This year Halifax joins the rest of Canada in celebrating the centennial of the Canadian Navy.
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Aerial view of Duffus-Novalea roundabout
Submitted by North and Agricola on 06.1.10 at 6:42am.
City traffic planners will host a public meeting on Wednesday to explain their take on roundabouts, specifically the one proposed for the intersection of Duffus, Novalea and Devonshire. The meeting will be held at St. Stephen’s School, 3669 Highland Avenue from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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One ocean
Submitted by Andrew Krystal's blog on 06.1.10 at 6:12am.
Here’s what they’re not telling you …
Another capping attempt, another failure and now Obama’s Whitehouse says the oil well gushing 19,000 barrels per day into the Gulf of Mexico could gush for another two months.
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No evidence, but we’ll keep you locked up anyway
Submitted by Contrarian on 05.31.10 at 6:28am.
Salon’s Glenn Greenwald notes the lead paragraph in a New York Times story Saturday:
WASHINGTON — The 48 Guantánamo Bay detainees whom the Obama administration has decided to keep holding without trial include several for whom there is no evidence of involvement in any specific terrorist plot, a...
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More Shear madness
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 05.31.10 at 6:12am.
The madness continues because you can’t legislate against stupidity.
Shear Wind Inc. has signed a major deal with Enercon Canada Inc. to supply wind turbines for a proposed $150-million wind farm, the company announced Friday night.
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Open Nova Scotia
Submitted by Top Banana on 04.11.10 at 9:28am.
Since returning to Halifax five years ago I have been sickened by the secrecy and lack of public information – and informed discussion – about big, expensive projects such as the Commonwealth Games bid, the sewage treatment catastrophe, and now a proposed $100 million convention center the detail...
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The Local Dish 022309
02.23.09
D’Entremontt takes over from Baker as Nova Scotia's Finance Minister. As the province prepares a new budget Michael Baker, who has been battling cancer since 2006, is stepping aside and Community Services Minister Chris d’Entremont is taking over. Baker, MLA for Lunenburg served as just...
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The Local Dish 021009
02.10.09
Officers sent emails warning of bad pilot training before helicopter crash. A military report into the July 2006 crash confirms there were numerous warnings of poor training before the accident, one of which said, "Prepare for incoming wake-up call!" An air force captain "voiced his dis...
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Faith Evan West left her position as Senior Director for an international consulting firm in the pharmaceutical industry in 2004 and opened her coaching business even before graduating from the Adler School of Coaching in Toronto. Faith says, in life and in bu...
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