A spokesperson for Davie Shipbuilding strongly takes issue with comments that the Quebec company is stealing work from Halifax. “It’s being portrayed as if Quebec will steal jobs, contracts from Irving,” says Fred Boisvert, vice-president of public affairs for Davie. “Where if you look properly, closely, there’s nothing like it happening at all.” Federal procurement officials […]
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City council refuses to voice offshore drilling opposition
It was a largely symbolic gesture about the future of the planet. And Halifax Regional Council shot it down. Before the city’s elected leaders on Tuesday was a motion from councillor Richard Zurawski in opposition to offshore drilling and oil exploration in Nova Scotia. Zurawski wanted council to write a letter to the province voicing […]
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25 for 25: episode 2010
Filmmaker and Africville Museum general manager Juanita Peters is with us in the studio talking about the day Halifax finally apologized for its biggest mistake—the razing of Africville and forced displacement of its community members. Tara and Jacob also dig into the infamous MLA expense scandal, then we expose some drunk city councillors and wade […]
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Council calls on feds to keep shipbuilding work in Halifax
Those jobs were always meant to be in Halifax, says HRM’s chief administrative officer, Jacques Dubé. “Always were.” Regional Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to voice its opposition to a proposal for splitting up naval maintenance work between shipyards here and in Quebec—calling on the federal government to keep shipbuilding jobs in Halifax. Councillor Stephen Adams put […]
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“We owe an apology to the public”
“I feel like we have let the public down,” deputy mayor Waye Mason says about the launch of Halifax’s new smoking ban. With hours to go until cannabis is legal across the country, Halifax is admitting that its complicated, city-wide ban on smoking needs some fine-tuning. “I think we owe an apology to the public […]
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Dartmouth 4-pad named after bank
Surprise! It’s a bank. It was announced today that RBC will dump $1 million over the next decade into Halifax’s Dartmouth four-pad arena. As a result, the facility will now be formally known as the RBC Centre. The bank purchased the right to stick its branding all over municipal property by offering up $100,000 per […]
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Nova Scotia approves tire burning just in time for the end of the world
Urgent changes at an unprecedented level never before seen in human history are needed to save the planet from environmental collapse. Nova Scotia has responded to this clarion call from the world’s leading scientists by paying a company to burn old tires. The Department of Environment announced today it’s awarded industrial approval for Lafarge Canada […]
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Secret access codes needed to buy NSLC weed online
Here’s a fun way to pretend you’re some kind of hacker man. The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation announced today how it’s going to keep recreational cannabis that’s sold online out of the hands of those under 19. An online access code will be required to visit and make purchases at the province’s new online cannabis […]
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25 for 25: episode 2009
Former Coast news editor Tim Bousquet joins us to talk about the day the sewage treatment plant failed and what lessons were learned at city hall. Then we get into HRM By Design and Tim’s early days live-tweeting council. Plus Paul McCartney comes to town for what’s sure to be a successful concert, chef Ray […]
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Dal researcher says shark-tagging group a risk to swimmers, sharks
A Dalhousie University ocean research scientist says that the organization tagging and tracking sharks these past several weeks in Nova Scotian waters is posing a danger to both sharks and swimmers. The American non-profit Ocearch has been on an expedition to study sharks off the coast of Nova Scotia since mid-September. The group finds and […]
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Gus didn’t get an Order of Nova Scotia 😞
Well, at least we tried. Gus, the Museum of Natural History’s gopher tortoise, Halifax’s beloved mascot, living monument of history, multi-generational icon, will not be receiving an Order of Nova Scotia award this year. As announced today by lieutenant governor Arthur LeBlanc, five other extraordinary Nova Scotians and also John Bragg have been awarded the […]
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The inevitability of Uber
Ask anyone and they’ll tell you it’s the way of the future. Mayor Mike Savage tells the newspapers “it’s the way the world is moving.” Deputy mayor Waye Mason says in a radio interview that Halifax can’t call itself a high-tech city without it. A recent survey from Corporate Research Associates found over two-thirds of […]