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Exclusive: Jim Spatz Promotes His Senior Leadership Team – Six Women – At Southwest Properties
Last Weekend Editions, Below
Exclusive: Halifax Port: Why Shipping Executive Andy Abbott Will No Longer Rent His Vessel Spaces To Hapag Lloyd – ‘Slot Charter’ Agreement Ran For 39-Years
Exclusive: Why Hapag Lloyd’s Halifax Bound Container Cargo Could Become Fewer – It Is Concerning Carrier Beefing Up Calls to Port Saint John Over The Years
Jim David: My Take On Salty’s On The Waterfront – One Last Visit To Soon To Close Eatery Mainstay
MacPolitics: Nothing Free About Freedom of Info Request – Biting The Bullet & Paying Houston Gov For Houston Gov Wine Policy Documents
Lunenburg’s Blockhouse Hill Park Could Be Protected By Incoming Town Council – ‘Hopes’ Developer Thom Barclay
Lunenburg Politics: Good Riddance To Outgoing Town Councillors – Clean Slate Of Councillors Heading To Town Hall After Election In October
MacPolitics: Majority Of Canadians Would Favour Kamala Harris As Next U.S. President – Poll
MacPolitics: HRM Mayoral Race: Pam Lovelace Asks For Votes ‘To Bring Back The Passenger Trains’
MacPolitics: HRM Mayoral Contender Pam Lovelace On Her Mayoral Debate Strategy
MacPolitics: Housing the Biggest Issue In Mayoral Campaign: Andy Fillmore
MacPolitics: The Three Top Issues In HRM, According to Mayoral Contender Waye Mason
MacPolitics: Former Broadcaster Riley Murphy’s Mayoral Campaign Identifies Top Issues Facing HRM Voters
MacPolitics: Tory Turned Liberal Supporter, Rob Smith Says Dumping Trudeau As Leader Not A Good Idea – Cites Modern Political History When A Leader Is Changed Out, The Results Are Disastrous
MacPolitics: Parliament Returns Monday, Crucial By-Elections Slated
MacPolitics: Poll: Majority of Canadians Do Not Want An Early Election
Saturday Edition, Below
How The Joe Ramia Family Helped Raise $906,687 In One Day For QE2 Hospital Foundation
A Life Well Lived: ‘Tartan Hour’ Radio Host Paul Meagher Dead, Started His Broadcasting Career In 1977; Helped Found Seaside FM In 1999
Saint John & Bathurst Airport CEOs Say Pascan Aviation’s Halifax Route Transformative
MacPolitics: Iain Rankin Had A Plan To Twin To The Canso Causeway; Sadly Tim Houston Is Not Going That Far
Tim Houston Gov Actually Begins New Twinning on 103 HWY; A Bid That Carl Potter Did Not Want To Lose
MacPolitics: On Anniversary Of Lloyd Hines’ Demise — A Look Back At His Greatest Legacies
MacPolitics: Alison Strachan On Her Campaign To Win Lunenburg Town Council Seat
MacPolitics: Clan Chisholm Inc. Has Another Shot At Occupying Antigonish Town Hall
Behind The Political Force That Was Collie Herman Chisholm, There Was A Force of Her Own: Remembering Eleanor Chisholm, Who When She Died In 2018 Was My Oldest Reader At The Time – Meet Coline Morrow’s Mom
Exclusive: MacPolitics: Seaside FM Personality’s Halifax Mayoral Ambitions – Is Riley Murphy A Dark Horse Contender?
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Opinion
We Get Mail: Reader Jurij Senyshyn Writes…
Jun 28, 2020 | Opinion
Opinion: Mary Clancy: Surviving Pandemic On The Strength Of Leadership
Jun 27, 2020 | Opinion
Alison Strachan: Opinion: LaHave Ferry – COVID-19 Operational Health & Safety Of Ferry Personnel
Jun 24, 2020 | Opinion
We Get Mail: Peter McCreath Writes On Jack Flemming: ‘We’re Lucky To Have The Flemming Family As Serious Philanthropists’
Jun 21, 2020 | Opinion
Opinion: Paige MacPherson’s Taxpayers Watch Dog: Cut The Government Subsidy Of Yarmouth Ferry Adrift
Jun 17, 2020 | Opinion, Transportation
Alison Strachan: RFK, George Floyd, the NFL, and My Existential Crisis
Jun 5, 2020 | Opinion
Brian Lee Crawley’s Think Tank: Justin Trudeau Has Increased Deficit To Whopping $400 Billion
May 17, 2020 | Opinion
We Get Mail: Dentist Roger Porter On Semi-Automatic Assault Rifles Ban
May 10, 2020 | Opinion
MacPolitics: Opinion: Tim Olive’s Open Letter To Erin O’Toole On Ban Of Assault Rifles
Opinion: Kevin McNamara: Why Long Term Nursing Home Care Is A National Shame During COVID-19
Apr 29, 2020 | Opinion
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