It’s torture watching this loop play over and over again: Public money filling the already-deep pockets of the corporate elite, while they hypocritically tout the mantra of the free market economy. Last week the feds announced that Ocean Supercluster, a consortium claiming to be Atlantic Canada based—including big names like Emera, Clearwater, Petroleum Research Newfoundland […]
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Clearwater’s John Risley gets a son-in-law
Sarah Risley, daughter of lobster billionaire John Risley, has married Guy Barnett, a British deckhand who came to Canada to work on Risley’s yacht. Britain’s Daily Mail is aflutter with the news, noting that Before he left his home town, he worked on a little old boat taking holidaymakers on trips to catch mackerel. Guy […]
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Food safety issues related to harbour ignored
Since the Halifax waste treatment plant failed in January, more than 100 million litres of raw sewage has been discharged into Halifax Harbour daily. Worse still, last month the screens at the sewage outfalls were removed, so the sewage includes lots of “floatables,” the toilet paper and tampon applicators that rise to the surface. Is […]