Power rates will go up an average of 1.5% in January and by the same amount for each of the next two years. The new rates were approved by the Utility and Review Board in a written decision released Friday. While large industrial customers such as Oxford Frozen Foods will pay 3% a year more,...
Archives for December 2019
There’s not a good financial case for a publicly funded stadium
周二，哈利法克斯委员会将辩论一份员工报告，该报告建议向体育场公司（Schooners Sports Entertainment - SSE - Corporate结构）捐款2000万美元，以帮助建立一个体育场，以宣布AS-YET宣布的CFL在员工 - 不联合Shannon-Park Lands上的特许经营权。我已经阅读了有关财务的人力资源管理人员报告[…]
Deciding Northern Pulp’s future
A tangled mess of dubious science, loans, and liabilities will determine how government officials will act in coming days — and how much it will cost Nova Scotians.
Nova Scotia’s business minister Geoff MacLellan says it’s not the time to talk about all the money that Northern Pulp owes the province, and it won’t be until after environment minister Gordon Wilson makes his decision on the mill’s new effluent treatment facility on or before December 17. CBC reporter Michael Gorman notes that MacLellan […]
加尔文·劳伦斯（Calvin Lawrence）：黑豹党的“不太可能的幼崽”
他在1969年担任哈利法克斯警察的招聘之所以发生，是因为该市担心如果没有至少为包容性支付口头服务，可能会发生什么。但是，在他36年的治安生涯中，卡尔文·劳伦斯（Calvin Lawrence）证明了反对种族主义的战斗机。
加尔文·劳伦斯remembers the life-altering moment well. It was an early summer day in 1968 and Calvin, then 19 and still a student, was hanging out at Creighton and Gerrish Streets, “one of my favourite corners,” with his good friend Ricky Smith. A big Lincoln car filled with three senior members of the black community,...
Come sail away with me (for free)
早上文件, Friday, December 6, 2019
News 1. Disabled people can’t properly enjoy lots of money, says adjudicator “Beth MacLean is an intellectually disabled middle-aged woman who spent 35 years in institutions, including more than four years in a locked-down psychiatric unit of the Nova Scotia Hospital known as Emerald Hall,” writes Jennifer Henderson: She is currently living at Quest in […]
Compensation of $100K for three disabled people who fought for human rights
Adjudicator Walter Thompson says the disable people have a "lack of capacity to benefit from the fruits" of a larger award.
哈利法克斯过境一起前进，但没有一些海狸银行家
早上文件, Thursday, December 5, 2019
News 1. 198 workers out of a job as Web.com closes Yarmouth location Almost 200 employees at Web.com in Yarmouth were told yesterday that their location is shutting down next year. The company offers internet services to businesses and has locations in New Glasgow and Halifax. The Yarmouth location has been operating for 18 years. […]
A non-existent service is Nova Scotia’s top attraction
早上文件, Wednesday, December 4, 2019
News 1. Cassidy Bernard’s ex-boyfriend arrested for her murder Yesterday, RCMP announced second-degree murder charges against 20-year-old Austin Isadore. He is accused of killing Bernard last year. Isadore was her ex-boyfriend and is the father of Bernard’s twin daughters. An unbylined CBC story says: Janey Michael, who is president of the We’koqma’q Native Women’s Association, said she’s […]
Euphemism watch: Jails are now “prisoner care facilities”
早上文件, Tuesday, December 3, 2019
新闻1.医疗保健资金加拿大总理周一开会，并发布了加拿大卫生转会的每年5.2％的呼吁，以及其他要求。安德里亚·冈恩（Andrea Gunn）在《编年史先驱报》的会议上报道：新斯科舍省总理斯蒂芬·麦克尼尔（Stephen McNeil）说，他不确定增加5.2％的增长足以[…]