Tim Bousquet

The provincial PCs have dropped to third place in recent polling. So here’s Rodney MacDonald’s stretegy for winning back the hearts and minds of Nova Scotians: will now focus on giving the “average Joe” what he wants—better roads, tax cuts and jobs. “This time of year, they want to see more pavement in their constituenices,” […]

AllNovaScotia (paid subscription required) is reporting that the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp is looking to combine the small Clyde Street liquor store with the Port of Wine outlet on Doyle Street into a new 15,000 sq. ft. “flagship store” somewhere along the Spring Garden corridor. The prime locale for the new store? The old infirmary […]

Mayor Peter Kelly made a splash last week when he told the Chamber of Commerce that thanks to the Harbour Solutions project, people will soon be swimming in the now-clean waters of Halifax Harbour.The good folks at CBC doubted Kelly, and so had water from three locations—The Dingle on the Northwest Arm, Black Rock Beach […]

I don’t know that I have anything more to say about Alexa McDonough’s forthcoming retirement that hasn’t already been said: she’s a remarkable person who, against all odds, rebuilt the NDP here in Nova Scotia and then across the nation. The media attention has rightly been focused on McDonough’s many accomplishments, but the press release […]

I’m on vacation, down in the states, so forgive me if this is already all over the news in Halifax— but I don’t see it on any of the media web sites. I just got off the phone with Rick Howe, the talk show host for CJCH, 92 AM. Howe says that tomorrow (Friday) will […]

Whoever said that democracy was supposed to be genteel? There are competing desires among the populace, and our society has decided the best way to resolve the resulting conflicts is through democratic representation. Worst system on earth, aside from all the others, as someone once said. Of course democracy leads to discord and open disagreement […]

Peter Kelly: Is Mayor Peter Kelly ready to don his swimming trunks for a dip in Halifax Harbour? Reporters were keen to pose the question after the mayor referred to recent strides made with the city’s harbour cleanup project during a Thursday speech to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. “For decades we have wanted to […]