Barkoink Limited 6210 Quinpool Road, Halifax President: Joachim Stroink Stroink, the MLA for Halifax Chebucto, is also the owner of The Trail Shop on Quinpool Road. This week, Stroink has amalgamated a numbered company with Barkoink, which had presumably been two different ownership wings of The Trail Shop. And yesterday, Stroink announced he is selling The...
Archives for January 2017
The politics of spectacle
Former MP Megan Leslie: the best antidote to the normalization of Trump-like behaviour is an engaged citizenry
Former Halifax MP Megan Leslie gave a lecture to warm and sustained applause from a couple hundred Dalhousie University students last night. Her topic was “Civic Engagement: Why Activism, Politics and Community Matter more than ever,” and she delivered a blistering speech in response to an invitation that arrived six days after the election of...
SMU researcher cuts holes in dikes to restore the environment
Cutting holes in dikes to mitigate the effects of climate change might seem counterintuitive to some. But that’s exactly the type of measure Danika van Proosdij contemplates as she studies how to best restore salt marshes. Nova Scotia has lost about 80 per cent of these areas of coastal grassland regularly flooded by seawater since the Acadians first...
Is the province out $200 million? Morning File, Thursday, January 26, 2017
新闻1。Atlantic provinces must repay “hundreds of millions” of dollars to Ottawa Charlottetown Guardian reporter Teresa Wright drops a bombshell this morning: Ottawa is asking all four Atlantic provinces to repay hundreds of millions of dollars in harmonized sales tax revenues the finance department says it overpaid to the region. The Guardian has learned Prince Edward Island, […]
Tantallon residents not happy with proposed asphalt plant
The sign outside the St. Margaret’s Centre in Upper Tantallon is not usually the place for political messages. Hockey tournament dates, basketball registration, sure. But for last night’s public consultation on a proposed asphalt plant in the area, the sign was taking sides: “Stop the Tantallon asphalt plant” it read. Inside, more than 200 people...
Introducing: Court Watch
编者按:随着记者的人数有所减少, there’s been a noticeable drop in court reporting. The Halifax Examiner can’t replace all the good work that was done in the past, but we’ve asked law student Christina Macdonald to keep an eye on the courthouses and file a weekly brief with what she finds notable or interesting....
Perplexed by Wanda’s strange disappearance: Morning File, Wednesday, January 25, 2017
新闻1。教师“新斯科舍省的9300所公立学校学习l teachers got their first look at the latest contract offer from the province Tuesday with union leaders telling them it was ‘the best deal that was available,’” reports Michael Gorman for the CBC: The four-year deal is worth an extra $60 million, but it was given a lukewarm reception, at […]
Newer accessible buses considered unsafe by riders
By the end of March, Halifax buses will be 100 per cent of the accessible low floor (ALF) variety. That’s an important step forward in the slow march towards equal access for those of us with mobility challenges. Put that milestone next to the recent beta-testing of a new stop announcement system, and Halifax Transit appears...
Study: drug companies and their “free suppers” for doctors stoke opioid addictions
An “opioid prescribing culture” fuelled by doctors who doled out “crazy amounts” of ineffective narcotics, and the pharmaceutical companies that sell the drugs, bear a share of the blame for Nova Scotia’s drug epidemic, according to physicians quoted in a new study. The Saint Mary’s University research project – funded by the Nova Scotia Health...
Kind of like Satan, but without the fun or the appeal: Morning File, Tuesday, January 24, 2017
新闻1。Power Play “Oh, to have a generator and power when the lights go out,” writes Rick Grant: Six Halifax Port Authority officials, which based on photographic evidence, recently included HPA’S President and CEO Karen Oldfield (2015 salary $370,000), need not worry. They keep their lights on and houses warm using emergency generators provided […]
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