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MCN updates
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 02.2.12 at 6:46am.
Updates from David Daniels and the MUD Creek News.
POLICE COMMITTEE MINUTES (UPDATE)
In the last issue of the MCN I pointed out that there were “missing” minutes from the Town’s website of the RCMP Advisory Board. Were the minutes not taken, not posted, or were meetings not held?
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A tale of two shipwrecks
Submitted by Contrarian on 01.25.12 at 7:02am.
One in Brittany, France, the other in Cape Breton, Canada. One cleaned up in a month, the other untouched after four, with no cleanup in sight.
Here’s the TK Bremen shortly after it grounded on Kerminihy Beach, near Erdeven, Brittany, France, on December 11. 2011.
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Why can’t we have Viola Desmond day and…?
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 01.23.12 at 7:06am.
As Canada Post prepares issue a new stamp next month to celebrate the life of Viola Desmond, our own government seems about to quietly take a pass on the opportunity to honour the Halifax woman whose personal courage remains a symbolic inspiration in the fight for human rights in Canada.
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From the Mud Creek News
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 01.23.12 at 6:24am.
A submission from David Daniels, also available in the Mud Creek News which may, or may not be, at the Post Office.
LEADERSHIP BY OMISSION OR HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE BY DOING NOTHING
The RCMP’S long term contract under which it provides policing services to the Town is set to expire in March, 20...
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nova scotia's unmasked crusader strikes again
Submitted by Pay Per Hack Writer on 01.19.12 at 7:37am.
a good time to revisit my halifax magazine profile of jacques lapointe:
The inside man
By Jon Tattrie | Jan 18, 2012
Tags: Jacques Lapointe
Auditor General Jacques Lapointe isn’t trying to score political points—he just wants clean government.
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Submission re Gaspereau Ave Development
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 01.16.12 at 6:06am.
Here is a letter from David Daniels to Council concerning the plans for Gaspereau Ave. He has asked us to post here and we are happy to oblige.
January 9, 2012
Dear Council Members:
Please accept the following comments concerning the Gaspereau Avenue apartment project.
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Vandals strike again
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 12.20.11 at 6:29am.
We wonder how and why these vandals choose their targets, or is it just random idiocy?
From the Police Briefs , Dec. 16th
Vandalism under investigation
Three incidents of vandalism took place in Wolfville during the weekend.
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SPCA bosslady defends Kathy
Submitted by Frank Magazine blog on 12.15.11 at 7:52am.
Yesterday I blogged about Susan Conway of Dartmouth's alleged interactions with employees of the Provincial SPCA shelter located in Dartmouth. As of blog posting time, I had not heard back from Kathy Thomas who I had called for comment.
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Lounge issues
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 12.13.11 at 6:51am.
Lounge issues
The last in the series of submissions from David Daniels .We wish to thank Mr. Daniels for keeping his eye on Council and Town doings and sharing his observations with townsfolk via this blog and The Mud Creek News.
LOUNGE HOURS
The issue of amending the Town’s Municipal Planning...
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Cape Breton Post editorial takes on Mayor John Morgan
Submitted by Contrarian on 12.9.11 at 7:11am.
In a rare instance of a local voice taking on Sydney’s popular but incessantly negative mayor, a Cape Breton Post editorial criticized two recent tweets by His Worship: It was typical Morgan stuff:
… there is no evidence that our region can survive under the current governance structure in Nova...
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Gaspereau Ave Appeal
Submitted by Wolfville Watch on 12.9.11 at 6:48am.
David Daniels has submitted this to pass on. It is from the latest issue of the Mud Creek News. Watch for more items in the next few days.
THE GASPEREAU AVE. APT. APPEAL
The developer appealed the decision by Council to reject the proposed 4-storey apartment building along Gaspereau Ave to the ...
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First-contract arbitration: the sky is(n’t) falling
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 12.5.11 at 7:07am.
Eric Durnford says if working conditions in Nova Scotia now were the same as in 1984, he too would support first-contract arbitration. Durnford, a prominent labour lawyer who represents employers, was responding last week to a union presentation on why we need the law.
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Church abuse settlement too much for the Diocese, not enough for the victims
Submitted by Frank Magazine blog on 12.5.11 at 7:23am.
Of the roughly $13 million dollars on its way to former victims of child abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Antigonish, the Chronicle Herald reported this week that about $8.5 million has been paid out thus far to the claimants - who now number in the range of 140 - with ...
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How CUPE turned me against first contract legislation
Submitted by Contrarian on 12.5.11 at 6:33am.
I might have been in favor of the NDP Government’s first-contract legislation if I hadn’t seen what the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) did to a progressive non-profit organization in New Glasgow this fall.
Founded in 1968 by volunteers and family members, New Glasgow’s Summer Street I...
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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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