Republic of Doyle star Allan Hawco was in Halifax Friday, and was nice enough to grant me an interview. I caught up with him in an otherwise empty lounge in the Marriot. This is our conversation. Bousquet: Welcome to Halifax. This is a PR tour? I see you’re speaking to students. Hawco: So, we do […]
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Nova Scotia Business, Inc sues lumber firm for $430,000
Nova Scotia Business, Inc appears to have thrown good money after bad, compounding one bad loan with a second, and then a third. Now, the province’s economic development arm is out $430,000. Friday, the provincial department of Justice filed suit in the Supreme Court on behalf of NSBI and naming Carolyn Anne Holdright and Neily […]
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In context: What a bus driver’s day looks like
It’s frustrating that for the duration of the transit strike, now in its 24th day, we—the public—are left hearing competing versions of the scheduling and overtime issues that are at the heart of conflict, but haven’t been provided with much information beyond talking points. Fortunately, yesterday a bus driver gave me the actual scheduling documents […]
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Transit union rejects city’s “final offer”
Transit workers have rejected a contract offer from the city by 78 percent, meaning there is no end in sight to Halifax’s 22-day-old transit strike. The offer, billed as the city’s “final offer” contained the controversial rostering proposal, which would fundamentally change the way schedules are set. As well, it had a $1,500 one-time payment […]
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Interview with The Current
I was interviewed this morning by Anna Maria Tremonit, with CBC’s The Current, about mayor Peter Kelly and the Thibeault estate. Here the interview here.
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Peter Kelly won’t re-up
Halifax mayor Peter Kelly announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in the October election. ““I feel that, after 27 years of public service, I have made my contribution to the good of the community to the very best of my ability and it is time to seek new horizons,” wrote Kelly in a […]
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Council approves budget framework
Halifax council Tuesday agreed to a “budget framework”—a set of principles meant to guide discussion through the early April debate leading to adoption of next year’s city budget—that sees no increase in the average residential tax bill. The framework lets councillors in this election year claim they are not raising taxes, but the reality is […]
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Mayor Peter Kelly won’t seek re-election
Press release from the mayor’s office: (February 22, 2012) Halifax – Mayor Peter Kelly announced today that he will not be seeking re-election this October. “I feel that, after 27 years of public service, I have made my contribution to the good of the community to the very best of my ability and it is […]
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Peter Kelly is AWOL
Peter Kelly is Absent Without Leave. Ever since last Thursday’s Coast expose of Kelly’s problems with Mary Thibeault’s probate file (“A Trust Betrayed,” February 16), the Halifax mayor has refused to make himself public or to explain himself. Our article detailed how Kelly is named executor of the estate valued at over a half million […]
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MacIntosh Run is looking good
I’m responsible for The Coast’s “On Patrol” section; you can usually tell how busy I am with other stuff by how great/lame the On Patrol is for that particular week. Last week, I got a call from a Spryfield resident complaining about “the creek at the end of River Road”—that is, MacIntosh Run, a creek […]
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Accident at Ragged Lake bus garage
The city has announced that Access-A-Buses will be on the road Monday, driven by managers. Union members say they have safety concerns about managers driving, but city spokesperson Shaune MacKinlay tells me that the managers have Class 2 licences, which are superior to the Class 4 licence required to drive the Access-A-Buses. MacKinlay says the […]