VIA Rail could be starting two new regional train routes in the Maritimes as soon as September of this year, according to CEO Yves Desjardins-Sicilianom who was in town last week presenting at a Halifax Chamber of Commerce luncheon. VIA’s regional service plan has been around for awhile now, and was originally expected to be up […]
Archives for February 2017
Dal researcher studying low sexual interest
Clinical psychologist Natalie Rosen is looking for couples to participate in survey.
When women first walk into Natalie Rosen’s private psychology practice in Halifax seeking counseling for their low sexual interest or arousal, they often come alone. “I think a lot of that comes from just our society’s belief that someone has the diagnosis, so they’re the problem,” Rosen said. “But I don’t think that makes a...
The public wifi switcheroo: Morning File, Tuesday, February 7, 2017
新闻1。“Public” wifi Today, Halifax council will consider a proposal for “Public” wifi in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth (the purple-ish areas shown on the map above). Let me first put out there that I am not the intended target of the proposal. I have a super-duper business account, and pay about $150 a month for […]
Schools, politics, and the thumb on the decision-making scale
Karen Casey should not have been surprised when eyebrows were arched after Liberal MLA Brendan Maguire Facebook Live-announced — the “proudest moment” of his political career — the surprising news that the McNeil government was going to replace J.L. Ilsley High School. We've been here before...
Education Minister Karen Casey says reporters who would dare to even hint that politics — perish that pesky thought — might have influenced the government’s decision to replace Spryfield’s J.L. Ilsley High School should make that outrageous claim to the faces of the problem-plagued school’s teachers, staff, students, and parents. Well, yes, they could do...
PC领导人杰米柏丽:自由党save us. Morning File, Monday, February 6, 2017
新闻1。PC领导人杰米柏丽:自由党save us The provincial Progressive Conservative Party held its Annual General Meeting over the weekend, and leader Jamie Baillie laid out his positions, including increasing funding to nursing homes, among others, reports journalism student Kieran Leavitt: When pressed on how the provincial government would fulfill these promises, […]
Passing the Torch or Torching the Past?
On the eve of African Heritage Month, Alexandre Bissonnette shot six people in a mosque. Two of the victims were Black, from Guinea, and all the men originated from Africa. Yet in the public discourse around the shootings, Blackness and anti-Black histories in Quebec were erased from the narrative. Public vigils invoked rhetoric of a […]
“It’s like a partnership with someone who mugs you on the street”: Examineradio, episode #99
The province is mulling over options to rebuild or refurbish the dilapidated Victoria General Hospital, and certainly isn’t ruling out a P3 (public-private partnership) option. This, despite the boondoggle that resulted in the province paying way more for 39 schools across Nova Scotia than it should have. We speak with Chris Parsons of the Nova Scotia Health […]
The secret war over the Dalhousie Mace: Morning File, Friday, February 3, 2017
新闻1。Ships Sputter Here “Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding says it is in talks with the federal government over a looming gap in construction of two new fleets of ships for the navy, which the company warns could result in ‘significant layoffs if left unaddressed,” reports Lee Berthiaume for the Canadian Press: The shipyard wants the government […]
Put me in coach: New company & society registrations
9880666 CANADA Enfield Nature of business: “Talent management and online health and wellness coaching.” President: Lindsay Hill Hill is also a partner at something called the Keystone Group, which she describes as follows: As your human capital account manager, Keynote manages all stakeholders to meet performance and outcome expectations from a single source. This consultative...
The return of Nova Scotia’s spoils system: Morning File, Thursday, February 2, 2017
新闻1。NSCAD to accept students stranded by Trump’s immigration order “NSCAD University will be among a group of Canadian art schools accepting international students slated to go to U.S. schools now left stranded by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration,” reports Chris Lambie for the Halifax Examiner. This article is behind the Examiner’s paywall […]
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