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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
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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
Jordi Morgan’s Podcast With Dan O’Connor
Dec 8, 2017 | Opinion
Podcast: Jordi Morgan & John MacDonell
Dec 1, 2017 | Opinion
John Edward MacDonell is the longest serving chief of staff for a minister of National Defence in Canadian history. Over seven years, he was the right hand of Peter MacKay during the Stephen Harper government, with six of those at DND.
Opinion: Is There Hope For Common Sense On Cannabis Sales?
Dec 1, 2017 | Opinion
Newfoundland and Labrador has made a common sense decision on the distribution of cannabis in that province. It has opted for a private sector distribution model, breaking away from the ill-considered public sector monopolies being set up in Ontario and New Brunswick.
Brunch With Alison: LF Bakery: A Taste Of The Loire Valley On Gottingen Street
Dec 1, 2017 | Opinion
Since I arrived in Halifax more than 30 years ago, the occupant at 2063 Gottingen Street was for most of that time the Sumarah brother’s Argyle TV. Then, briefly, Carrot Co-op hung its banner there.
Podcast With Jordi Morgan & Charlene Brophy
Nov 24, 2017 | Opinion
Charlene Brophy is a force of nature. She’s the CEO of Fonemed — Newfoundland and Labrador’s wildly successful telemedicine company — and the best sale agent the company could have. Passionate, energetic, smart and visionary, Charlene has grown the company to 200 employees with revenue growth last year (2016) in the $10-20 million.
Podcast: Jordi Morgan & A Repeat With Rob Steele
Nov 17, 2017 | Opinion
Rob Steele built his entrepreneurial career in auto-related industries throughout the 1990s. Steele Auto Group is now the largest and most diversified auto group in Atlantic Canada with 900 employees and 17 dealerships in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador, and represents auto 22 brands.
Opinion: A Solution In Search Of A Problem
Nov 17, 2017 | Opinion
In case you missed it, the federal government has delivered another solution looking for a problem. EI parental benefits will be extended over 18 months at a lower benefit rate of 33 per cent of average weekly earnings to a maximum of $362 per week.
Opinion: Government Customer Service – What A Concept
Nov 10, 2017 | Opinion
I had a meeting with a government official this week. For this column, it doesn’t really matter who, or what department, or even the issue. My inspiration for today’s spleen venting comes from comments which very well might have been uttered by hundreds of government officials at any given moment.
Jordi Morgan’s Podcast With Kyle Racki
Nov 10, 2017 | Opinion
Kyle Racki co-founded Proposify with Kevin Springer in Halifax in 2013. Proposify is software designed to assist agencies create custom proposals for clients online.
Jordi Morgan’s Podcast With Jonathan Torrens, TV Actor
Nov 3, 2017 | Opinion
Jonathan Torrens is probably best known currently for his roles of J-Roc in the popular television series Trailer Park Boys and CBC’s current comedy Mr. D.
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