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Exclusive: Jim Spatz Promotes His Senior Leadership Team – Six Women – At Southwest Properties
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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
Opinion: Tim Olive: ‘Yes, Red Tories Do Still Exist’
Mar 14, 2020 | Opinion
Debbie Hum On The $600,000 Hydrostone House Sale
Mar 14, 2020 | Opinion, Real Estate
Bizman Norvall Collins On The Price Of A Hydrostone In 1979
Mar 14, 2020 | Opinion, Real Estate
Halifax Port: Opinion: MacPolitics: Kudos To Andy Fillmore, Disgrace for Geoff Regan
Mar 6, 2020 | Opinion, Politics
By Andrew Macdonald
The recent illegal blockades of the Canadian National Railway, which caused container ships to bypass the Port of Halifax for four weeks, shone a dramatic light on how our Members of Parliament in Metro Halifax responded to what was a dangerous position for the local port.
The port, a $2 billion economic generator, is a lynchpin of the economies of Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Maritimes, so many port users called their Liberal MPs. From my chats with prominent port folk, only one Metro MP was actually returning calls by port stakeholders who were concerned that Halifax’s ability to move cargo was jeopardized.
The rail blockades were affecting the port’s reputation to efficiently and quickly move container boxes, and the port’s main competitor, New York, was benefiting.
Talking to various port stakeholders, many who called their Liberal MPs to express concern, I hear that only Halifax MP Andy Fillmore was actually returning calls.
Opinion: Alison Strachan On Drinking & Driving: ‘Let’s Take A Look At The Swedish Model’
Mar 5, 2020 | Opinion, Politics
Opinion
By Alison Strachan
Whether it’s a ‘bad decision’ or full-blown alcoholism, the Nova Scotia political landscape, indeed the Canadian political landscape for as long as I can remember, has never been immune from impaired (or sometimes allegedly impaired) drivers.
In Nova Scotia, some 20-years ago or so, having an impaired driving conviction stood in the way of electability.
Ten-years ago it meant leaving the safety net of your party and sitting as an independent.
Today, we are still stagnating where we were 10 years ago.
It’s time to rethink our strategy.
Opinion: NDP Stalwart Dan O’Connor On The Tale Of Two Polls
Mar 5, 2020 | Opinion, Politics
Editor’s Note: Following Wednesday’s article in The Notebook, entitled The Tale of Two Polls, one which showed Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil leading in Nova Scotia, and in fact gaining popularity, and another poll out of Ontario reporting McNeil is the second least popular premier in Nova Scotia, we received a dispatch from Dan O’Connor.
O’Connor served as chief of staff to NDP’s Alexa McDonough, Robert Chisholm, and served as a senior political aide in the Darrell Dexter government. Here is O’Connor’s opinion on polling results.
Opinion: Tim Olive, Former Tory NS Cabinet Minister: ‘Addictions & Mental Health Go Hand In Hand’
Opinion: Taxpayer’s Federation’s Paige MacPherson: ‘Premier McNeil’s Lack Of A Plan To Pay Off Debt is Intergenerational Theft’
We Get Mail: Bizman Steve Mader ‘Shocked & Appalled Tim Houston Scoring Political Points On Addiction Matter Better Treated By Medical Profession’
Feb 28, 2020 | Opinion
Opinion: Mary Clancy Sees Long Term Trust Issues
Feb 28, 2020 | Opinion
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