It’s gray and cold in the city today, and there’s not much activity on the streets. Which is basically the situation for the city’s virtual identity. We made the oil industry trades again, and a local hockey team is on the verge of making good. Full links to these stories below.
PS: Sorry I skipped yesterday. I’d blame it on technical problems, but that would be wrong.
HOCKEY KNIGHT
from Brantford, Ontario
One of the guys playing for the Halifax team at a national hockey tournament is Rob Sneath, origially from Brantford, and he’s got a heroic story that might appeal to a small-town newspaper. Two plus two equals a glowing piece about Sneath in the Brantford Expositor:
At 41, Brantford native Rob Sneath is making his Allan Cup debut this year at the Canadian Senior AAA Hockey Championships in Stony Plain, Alta.
If he and his Halifax Molson Canadians are lucky enough to win the title during the tournament, which concludes Saturday, he’ll become a Canadian champion.
If they don’t, it won’t change the fact that Sneath is still a champion of another sort.
Sneath has served with the Canadian Forces since he was 18 and he now enjoys the rank of master corporal. (full story here)
That’s nice to say he’ll still be a champion if Halifax loses, but c’mon dudes, we’re rooting for the win.
FOSSIL FOOLS
from Calgary
The energy trade magazine/site Oilweek pops up relatively often in Burning Ears, and I wince every time. When the oil industry takes time to celebrate something we’re doing something, you know it’s something we really shouldn’t be doing. Case in point is today’s news that we’re giving a sweetheart deal to companies to encourage expoitation:
Nova Scotia‘s offshore petroleum regulator is changing the rules to make it easier for energy companies to obtain exploration licences.
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board says it will introduce a new category of licence that will cost less and expire quicker.
Board chairwoman Diana Dalton introduced the more flexible terms at a business breakfast meeting today in Halifax. (full story here)
Did I say exploitation? I’m sure I meant exploration.
Explore the web, exploit the emai. Send links to Halifax mentions here.
This article appears in Apr 19-25, 2007.