[Image-2] Last week’s announcement that junior hockey players would be dealt out of any chance of qualifying for minimum wage protection came to many as a bolt out of the blue. It only surfaced in a government press release that quoted the president and majority owner of the Halifax Mooseheads welcoming the change. So what is […]
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Why I stayed in Nova Scotia
As I watch my husband buzz around our 110-year-old Halifax house with his tools, I ask: “Why did we decide to stay in Nova Scotia again?” “There’s always something to fix,” he says. He’s half-joking, but sometimes this is how we feel. The exhausting battle of constantly trying to improve things. It can feel fruitless, […]
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Filmmaker Paul Kimball goes for PC nomination after NDP snub
An approaching provincial election hasn’t been confirmed, but political hopefuls in Halifax Needham are already shooting for the stars. One of those candidates is filmmaker Paul Kimball, who announced his campaign last week for the riding’s Progressive Conservative nomination after being told he couldn’t run for the New Democrats. Kimball says he originally put […]
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Nova Scotia still missing key privacy protections says report
[Image-1] Nova Scotia’s information and privacy commissioner says the province needs a statutory duty to report breaches of individual privacy. Commissioner Catherine Tully published on Tuesday her office’s annual report on Nova Scotia’s access to information and protection of privacy laws. It found that personal information held by public bodies was “likely breached between 10 […]
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Local artist says Damien Hirst ripped her off
Nova Scotian artist Colleen Wolstenholme is suing British artist Damien Hirst for copyright. The suit was filed in the New York Southern District on June 10. According to the court documents, Wolstenholme claims that a selection of Hirst’s jewellery mirrors her work. Both the artists’ jewellery designs feature charms inspired by pharmaceutical pills. Wolstenholme alleges […]
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Downtown businesses launch legal action against Nova Centre
[Image-1] Several downtown business owners—one of whom also happens to be running for mayor—are taking legal action over disruptions caused by the Nova Centre’s construction. The Carleton, Attica and the Wooden Monkey have commenced action are “negotiating proceedings” against the municipal, provincial and federal governments in an effort to recover financial losses they say were […]
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Scenic route or bust
Sam Bambrick is a total show-off—a generous one, though. The Halifax-based adventurer and entrepreneur has one hell of a love story, about a PEI native who became totally enamoured by Nova Scotia’s many wonders, and she wants to tell the world all about it. Or better yet, show them. On July 1 she’ll kick-off a […]
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Autism services waitlists eliminated, but only for some Nova Scotians
Dear Premier McNeil, In your recent budget you announced increased spending for behavioural intervention services for children with Autism, such as the EIBI program. You mentioned that waitlists which existed for families when your government first came to power, didn’t exist anymore. Did you mean they’d been eliminated for those specific families? If so, […]
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Flextrack is a race to the bottom for temporary employees
[Image-1] The decision not to privatize Nova Scotia government departments, such as the Registry of Motor Vehicles, was greeted with relief by unionized government employees. For the temporary employees in these departments, there is little to celebrate. A new hiring process this year has made their jobs even less secure and lower paying. The provincial […]
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Housing Nova Scotia gives up on Bloomfield
[Image-1] The provincial government will no longer play a part in developing the Bloomfield property in Halifax’s north end. After years without progress and months of speculation about the site’s future, Housing Nova Scotia made the announcement on Thursday that it won’t be moving forward with the project. No official reason was given for the […]
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Province will be responsible for Queen’s Marque doodads
[Image-1] While it will be built and owned by the Armour group, it’s the province (through the Waterfront Development Corporation) that will have to look after all of the wacky playground elements planned for the Queen’s Marque. That’s because the five-acre piece of property which will house the $200-million downtown development is public land. Armour will […]
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Jason MacLean wants to bring back union pride
[Image-1] Say hello to Jason MacLean, the new president of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union. The 42-year-old corrections officer was acclaimed last weekend at a Halifax convention, and takes over from former leader Joan Jessome. MacLean is the second black NSGEU president, after Noel Johnson, who served in the 1970s. His inaugural […]