Former Progressive Conservative Party leader Jamie Baillie has resigned Wednesday following an investigation into “inappropriate behaviour.” According to PC president Tara Miller, the Party conducted an independent, third-party investigation after being made aware of allegations against Baillie late in December. The investigation concluded Baillie had breached the Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s policy on harassment […]
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Nova Scotia government closing the book on school boards
Nova Scotia will begin acting on recommendations made in yesterday’s “Raise the Bar” report, starting with shuttering the province’s elected school boards. The news was announced Wednesday afternoon by Zach Churchill, minister of education and early childhood development. “I thank Dr. [Avis] Glaze for her incredibly thoughtful report,” writes Churchill in a release. “She has […]
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Abdoul Abdi released from custody, still facing deportation
Abdoul Abdi is a free man, but still not a Canadian according to the federal government. Lawyer Benjamin Perryman announced on Monday that his client will be released from custody, by order of the Immigration and Refugee Board, and sent to a halfway house in the greater Toronto area while he fights to remain in […]
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Province wants extra $300,000 from HRM for new Convention Centre
The province wants HRM to reimburse it for $301,500 in transition costs for the new Halifax Convention Centre that it says was the municipality’s responsibility to pay. City staff, however, aren’t so sure about that. In a somewhat tautological statement to The Coast, finance manager Bruce Fisher says city hall is reviewing the bill’s validity. […]
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A very expensive welcome mat
In 1964, when he presented the mill as a “very pleasant” Christmas gift to the province, [Premier] Stanfield neglected to mention what the province was giving Scott for Christmas. As part of the deal, enshrined in the Scott Maritimes Limited Agreement Act of 1965, was the offer from the province to Scott of 230,000 acres […]
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Where’s the weed at? Over at the NSLC
Starting next year anyone 19 or over will be able to use, purchase and possess cannabis products in Nova Scotia, which will be legally sold online and through existing NSLC stores. The much-anticipated details were released Thursday by the province. According to the government, the number of liquor stores that will stock pot is yet […]
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NDP executives resign in protest over party leader Gary Burrill
Call it a war of the oranges. Nova Scotia NDP president Bill Matheson and vice-president Judy Swift have both stepped down from their positions with the Party’s executive. The resignations happened at a meeting this past Saturday. In an email subsequently sent to the NDP’s provincial council, Swift blames her departure on the actions and […]
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Updated: PC leadership candidate downplays Paradise Papers connection
Progressive Conservative MLA Tim Houston is facing some ethical questions—and firing back at his political opponents—after having his name discovered in a leaked database of offshore business dealings. The news was announced by Nova Scotia’s NDP in a press release Thursday afternoon. Meredith O’Hara, NDP spokesperson, says the party’s researchers are confident the Timothy Jerome […]
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Under-mining Nova Scotia’s protected wildernesss
I’m a Haligonian. And like most Haligonians, I’ve had to work pretty darn hard to find a way to stay here. For me, that meant going away for several years to learn new skills and then come home. When employment in my field wasn’t available when I returned, it meant creating my own opportunities. For […]
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Rent control idea frozen out, along with Nova Scotian tenants
Rent control could be a step in the right direction for Nova Scotia but some think it won’t be enough to address poverty and housing affordability. The NDP proposed new rent control legislation last month that would see rent increases capped at 0.8 percent for the first year, and become negotiable after that. During Jagmeet […]
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The politics of bullshit
What is political bullshit? Figure out what people want, then tell them what they want to hear. Make claims that aren’t true but can’t easily be disproven. If they are disproven, attack personally whoever disproves them. If you have to, make stuff up. Promise whatever it takes to win a vote. If you break a […]
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Families want answers on loved ones, MMIWG commission hears
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls held community hearings in Membertou First Nation this week. Journalist Maureen Googoo live-blogged the hearings each day on Twitter and shared coverage from her crowd-funded news site, Kukukwes.com, with The Coast. ——— The families of Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes and Tanya Jean Brooks told the […]