政府在港口脚注新消息视图s 1. Stan Carew “Stan Carew, the host of CBC Radio’s Weekend Mornings for 18 years and a broadcaster for nearly five decades, has died at the age of 64,” reports the CBC. “He was found at his home on Monday. Carew suffered from serious health problems.” I had the pleasure […]

News Views Government Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The Battle of Mother Canada The Vimy Foundation, which was “created to promote Canada’s victory at Vimy Ridge in 1917, wants the Never Forgotten National Memorial Foundation to stop calling its proposed eight-storey statue in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park by the [name Mother Canada],” reports the CBC: Sweeney says his group contacted the Never […]

News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. This Again Tim already covered the Report of the Task Force on Misogyny, Sexism and Homophobia in Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry. Authentic re-enactment of Dalhousie School of Dentistry lectures. Tim mentioned that I ended up being the only person in the report mentioned by name, and referenced a […]

政府在港口脚注新消息视图s 1. Nova Star The company that operates the Yarmouth Ferry has published its monthly activity report: Passenger sales are strong. We exceeded our June target for passengers and are pleased to report a 26 per cent increase over June of last year. In June 2015 of this year […]

News Views Government Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. On the map: Sea Owl runs aground on Troop Island Last week, I made a bunch of impertinent remarks about the Sea Owl, “that ridiculous yacht that’s been tied up at Salter Block for the last week.” The 246-foot insult to good taste, with 30 people on […]

News Views Government Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Culture of sexism The “Report of the Task Force on Misogyny, Sexism and Homophobia in Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry” was released yesterday. The report says that the Dentistry department is stuck in a “time warp” of sexism, “oblivious to social progress that has rendered some behaviour unacceptable.” […]

News Views Government Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Hey, Mama! Examineradio episode #17 Last week, the Friends of Green Cove — a group opposed to the controversial Mother Canada statue proposed for Cape Breton Highlands National Park — revealed that Parks Canada had donated $100,000 to the project’s development. This, despite the fact that the […]