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The most interesting races, as returns are coming in Saturday night– District 2– Incumbent Krista Snow looks to be losing to challenger Barry Dalrymple. District 11– Incumbent Patrick Murphy probably won’t be able to catch up with challenger (and former councillor) Jerry Blumenthal. District 12– With 8 of 22 tables reporting, Dawn Sloane is just […]

Peter Kelly handedly defeated Sheila Fougere for HRM mayor. The count as of 9:30pm, with 486 out of 570 ballot boxes counted, is 48,034 votes for Kelly, 35,447 for Fougere.

Don’t forget to vote! Lots of helpful info at The Coast’s election centre. Also, I’ll be on CBC Radio One after the polls close, sometime after 7:30pm, for commentary about what it all means. And I’ll be blogging results here Saturday night and into Sunday.

Sensibly, we’re all tightening all belts—only people who really need one would rush out to buy a car or a refrigerator or other big-ticket item right now, given the economic uncertainty. But governments are following course: Nova Scotia’s response to dealing with the potential effects of a downturn in the world economy will not include […]

Cops, cops, cops! Nova Scotia is boosting the number of police officers that are being hired in the next year. Justice Minister Cecil Clarke says 45 new officers will be hired in the next year, which is 25 more than it originally planned to recruit during that period. Clarke says people want to see more […]

Just asking the question: is Elizabeth May the Canadian version of Ralph Nader?

No surprise: A trio of Victorian homes in Halifax met with the wrecking ball this weekend after a developer was unable to find someone to relocate them. The homes at 1441, 1455 and 1467 South Park St. were scheduled to be demolished to make room for the 19-storey Trillium condominium project W.M. Fares Group will […]

The quality-control technician should have moved the bucket off the wet floor and taken the nail out of the pallet: A quality-control technician died this week after inhaling a chemical at a pharmaceutical plant in Nova Scotia. The 46-year-old man worked at the Sepracor Canada Ltd. facility in Windsor. Provincial labour department spokeswoman Jacqueline May […]

I noted Wednesday that Nova Scotia’s access to information laws are basically a joke. Today, I have a demonstration of the fact. You’ll recall that Rodney MacDonald recently approved a “long combination vehicle pilot program”—basically, the provincial government legalized “truck trains,” those two-trailer rigs, on Highways 102 and 104 and various connecting roads. The public […]

In today’s print version of The Coast I make reference to the politics of division that has come to characterize the municipal election, and ask readers to come here to see an expanded essay on the subject. That essay is a few posts down, or you can get there directly through this link.