News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Dexter The CBC’s Amy Smith interviews Darrell Dexter, who doesn’t really say anything interesting. 2. Examineradio The Halifax Examiner has started a free weekly podcast. It will always be posted on the website, but will also soon be available on iTunes. Here’s the […]
Addicted to destruction: broken societies, dislocation, and finding purpose in life
In the 19th century, a new notion of addiction came to the fore. Although it’s now viewed as a development of modern neuroscience, said Bruce Alexander, the official understanding of addition as “chronic, relapsing brain disease” is essentially the same as that which was developed 200 years ago. “I’m going to leave that official view...
Introducing Examineradio, the Halifax Examiner podcast
Let me know what you think! Starting next week, the goal is to have the podcast published first thing Saturday morning. You’ll be able to subscribe on iTunes as well.
There’s nothing on earth like a genuine, bonafide, electrified, six-car monorail: Morning File, Saturday, February 28, 2015
News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Sidewalk protest A hundred accessibility advocates took to the street yesterday to protest the poor state of Halifax’s sidewalks. 2. Part time work, full time misery Moira Donovan examines how universities are increasingly using poorly paid adjunct professors. This article is behind the Examiner’s […]
Lawyer: put warning labels on gas pumps
What is human nature? In the 21st century, the concept has calcified around a figure of the human being as a rational, advantage-seeking individual, a figure conveniently suited to a capitalist free market economy. Yet what many people try to assert as self-evident is starting to show cracks. Robert Shirkey, a Toronto-based lawyer and founder […]
Accessibility advocates take to the street to protest Halifax’s icy sidewalks
About 100 people — many who use canes, crutches or wheelchairs — protested the poor sidewalk ice clearing in Halifax today. Saying the sidewalks were to icy to walk on, the protesters literally took to the street, walking a two-block stretch of Gottingen Street to express their displeasure with city ice removal efforts. The Gottingen Street sidewalk […]
Part time work, full time misery: the life of an adjunct professor
Shaun Bartone has been teaching in colleges and universities since 1998. With two masters degrees and a law degree under his belt, he’s now on his way towards completing a PhD. He also lives in public housing. “I qualify for public housing, thank god,” he says. “I’m appreciative of that because it floats with my...
Or is that an an alpaca? Morning File, Friday, February 27, 2015
areNews Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Sidewalks Yesterday, I gave readers details about which contractors are responsible for clearing the ice and snow off which sidewalks on the peninsula. (This article is behind the Examiner’s pay wall and so available only to paid subscribers. To purchase a subscription, click here.) […]
Africville residents want to reopen 1996 lawsuit against Halifax
by Hilary Beaumont Wednesday morning, more than 80 former residents of Africville and their descendants crammed into a federal courtroom, the largest in the Upper Water courthouse, to ask a judge for an amendment to their lawsuit against the city. Wednesday’s submissions were the first step down what former residents hope will be the road...
See which contractors are responsible for clearing which sidewalks on the peninsula
Background According to a 2013 staff report to city council: In 2006 Council approved the tender to initiate Performance Based Sidewalk Tenders for seven routes located on Peninsula Halifax, Spryfield, Timberlea and North Dartmouth. These tenders were designed for performance management and provided for predictable cost controls regardless of the severity of the winter. In...
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