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“Causing a disturbance”? I guess that’s one way of putting it: Police Officer Faces Criminal Charge RCMP today charged 26-year-old Adam Stewart Whynott of Halifax with causing a disturbance in a public place by fighting in relation to the June 22 incident in Digby. Adam Whynott is a three-year Constable with Halifax Regional Police and […]

Local foodThe local food movement is growing by leaps and bounds, as our news story this week attests. But I want to draw extra attention to the province-wide “Incredible Picnic” mentioned in this week’s Shoptalk, the local version of which will be held this Sunday on the Common from 11am to 3pm. It’s worth stopping by to support a good cause and see the wide range of local food available. Eating local food is very literally the best way we can reduce our carbon footprint. I once calculated that changing our eating habits such as to prevent just one truck

Some of the folks who were arrested at the Chebucto Road protests are filing formal complaints at the Halifax Police Department, today (Thursday) at noon. They are asking people to attend a rally in front of the PD in support. Those arrested allege that excessive force was used during the arrests.

Sometimes you just gotta wonder if these guys look in the mirror in the morning. I mean, what else are Canadian troops doing in Afghanistan if not trying to exert some say or control on a country outside our borders? OTTAWA (AFP) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday denounced Russia for its military […]

A little birdie just called and told me that Neil Young will be playing the Metro Centre on November 29.

Edward Cornwallis was the founder of Halifax. In return, we’ve honoured him with a statue, and have named a park, a street and a junior high school after him. Cheryl LeBlanc-Weldon doesn’t like this at all. She wants Cornwallis officially “dishonoured”—the statue pulled down and the park, street and school renamed. “I don’t think we […]

In Toronto: Every weekday morning Sandra Cassidy wakes up to the sound of the bus carrying her neighbours to work and school. “It just comes roaring down the road. We can’t open our windows because of the smell and noise,” says the Ajax homeowner. Over the objections of residents who rely on the service, Cassidy […]

More strip clubs? Yea, that’s a winning campaign platform.

Reportedly, yesterday Rodney dissed both a carbon tax and a cap and trade scheme. A straight carbon tax is a complicated issue, and reasonable people can disagree about it. But for now, I want to point at MacDonald’s comment about the cap-and-trade idea: I’m not convinced the cap and trade system is the best for […]

Who could have predicted that HRM’s non-policy of arbitrarily giving financial support to some for-profit promoters to put on concerts (e.g. Rolling Stones on the Common) and to denying it to others would lead to problems? Well, I could have, that’s who. I’m not saying the city shouldn’t support concerts at all— I’m saying the […]

Last year, I was horrified as I watched a high-speed police chase come right down Victoria Road, just five minutes before both Dartmouth High and Bicentennial School let out. Just those five minutes later, and kids would’ve been killed. And today, there’s this: A man wanted by police for escaping custody has been captured following […]