Energy East, the gargantuan, $16-billion pipeline project that would have transported over one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to New Brunswick, has died. It was four-years-old. Parent company TransCanada announced the death of its 4,500-kilometre pipeline baby on Thursday morning. Chief executive officer Russ Girling offered his thanks to the businesses, Irvings and […]
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Update: Matt Whitman all-lives-matters Cornwallis panel
Update: Mason clarifies his since-deleted tweet was agreeing only that Whitman, Adams and Hendsbee need public shaming, not that they are shitheads. The councillor previously told The Coast he stood by his comment when asked about “shitheads” Tuesday evening, but today says he thought we were referencing a different comment. “Sorry, totally my bad,” Mason tweets. […]
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Eight-person expert panel proposed to determine the fate of Cornwallis
Eight people will help decide Edward Cornwallis’ place in history, but it’ll be up to the 16 members of Halifax Regional Council to follow through on the expert panel’s advice. The municipality has released its tentative terms of reference for the special advisory committee it hopes to task with examining Halifax’s commemoration of its controversial […]
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Amy Goodman isn’t giving up hope
Amy Goodman has been called “as close to the ideal of what it means to be a journalist as one can get in this business.” And for good reason. The host and executive producer of the acclaimed Democracy Now! news-hour has been lauded with dozens of prestigious journalism awards for her dogged reporting. Goodman has been […]
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Sidney Crosby praises Donald Trump’s invitation as a “great honour”
Cole Harbour’s Sidney Crosby is backing his team in accepting president Donald Trump’s invitation to the White House. The Pittsburgh Penguins defended their upcoming trip to Washington in a press release Sunday, stating the team respects the office of the president. “Any agreement or disagreement with a president’s politics, policies or agenda can be expressed […]
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Few surprises on Liberal’s to-do list
Now that the fall sitting is officially underway, the McNeil Liberals can start crossing off some items on their legislative to-do list. The government’s top priorities were released Friday as part of its ministerial mandate letters, outlining the duties and responsibilities the premier expects from his cabinet. Most of the tasks are copy-and-pasted straight from […]
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Police board to discuss new services for First Nations communities
Halifax’s police oversight board wants to help serve and protect the municipality’s First Nations-owned lands. Councillor Waye Mason will put forward a motion at the next Board of Police Commissioners meeting looking to establish a more formal relationship between Halifax Regional Police and the city’s First Nations. Three Indigenous bands currently own addition-to-reserve lands that fall […]
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Nova Scotia announces big changes in access to abortions
Doctor referrals will no longer be needed for surgical abortions and pharmacies across Nova Scotia will begin offering free access to the abortion pill, Mifegymiso. The announcement was made Friday by Kelly Regan, minister for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women. “We’re supporting more choice for women when it comes to their reproductive […]
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A second opinion on tax reforms
Breaking from the dominant position of their colleagues, this week over 300 doctors across the country sent a letter to finance minister Bill Morneau voicing support for proposed tax changes that will eliminate several money-saving mechanisms used by many Canadian physicians. Monika Dutt, a family physician in Cape Breton, is one of the signatories. Dutt […]
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Local Xpress spins-off into HalifaxToday
The Chronicle Herald’s newsroom strike may have laid the groundwork for the paper’s newest competitor. Ontario’s Village Media is looking to hire an online community editor for its new HalifaxToday website. “HalifaxToday.com is coming soon and Village Media is looking for a full-time community editor to help launch our latest online-only news site,” reads an […]
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10 things that happened at city council
ACCESSIBILITY INACCESSIBLE Steve Craig is fed up with the lack of accessible transportation options in HRM. It’s been three years since the Lower Sackville councillor tried to expand the city’s door-to-door paratransit service, and now he’ll have to wait at least a few more months for an outside consultant’s strategic review of Access-a-Bus service. “I’m […]
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Party’s over at the IWK
Nova Scotia’s auditor general will conduct financial and performance audits on the IWK hospital’s books and turn over all the information to police “for their consideration on any possible legal matters.” The announcement from AG Michael Pickup was made Tuesday afternoon. It’s the latest chapter in a growing expense scandal that’s been plaguing the Halifax hospital […]