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Latest Issue
Once Upon A Time, No Buildings Got Built Over A 30 Year Period in Downtown Halifax – Andy Fillmore Fixed That
Exclusive: Part II: ‘Haligonians Deserve Property Tax Relief’ – HRM Mayoral Contender Pam Lovelace Takes Aim At Taxpayers Federation’s Devin Drover
Past Issues Below
Opinion: Devin Drover: Haligonians deserve property tax relief
HRM Votes: Candidate for Council Says Voters Should Fire All Incumbent Councillors: Mike McCluskey
HRM Votes: Q&A With Sam Austin, District 5, Downtown Dartmouth
HRM Votes: Q&A Evyeneia Dexter, District 8, Northend Halifax
HRM Votes: Jon Frost Q&A, District 8, Northend
HRM Votes: Q&A Anika Riopel, District 8, Halifax Northend
Past Issues
HRM Votes: MacPolitics: Political Dynasty Family: Gloria McCluskey Campaigns To Elect Her Son in Dartmouth – Mike McCluskey On The Ballot
Exclusive: MacPolitics: A Year Ago Mike Savage Lobbied For Wadih Fares To Become Lt-Gov, A Post Now Going To Savage
There Had Been – Had Been – A Compelling Case For Wadih Fares To Become NS Lieutenant Governor – Lebanese Folk Have Never Held The Plum Post
Last Weekend Editions, Below
Mike Savage ‘Thrilled’ With Appointment As NS Lieutenant Governor: Says Supporter Of Outgoing Mayor
HRM Votes: Andrea Hilchie-Pye, District 7 Contender Once Worked For Texan Democrat Politico
HRM Votes: In Conversation with Peter Sonnichsen, District 7 – ‘Tent City Not The Solution To Homelessness Crisis’
HRM Votes: Q & A With Catherine Cervin – District 7 Contender
HRM Votes: Q & A With Aodhan P. Murphy, District 7
HRM Votes: Laura White, District 7
Port of Halifax: Noteworthy: Fulvio Fracassi Begins His Role as New CEO of Port – He Brings Significant Marine Background
Captain Allan Gray On His Great Legacies At Port of Halifax
Weekend Editions, Below
Trudeau Makes If Official: Mike Savage New Lieutenant Governor – We Had That Scoop This Morning!!
Exclusive: What’s Next For Mike Savage? – Well, We Hear He Will Have A New Job According To Chattering Classes – Savage’s Large Fan Base Will be Happy For Him
MacPolitics: Here Is What Mike Savage Said About Patronage Appointments in 2019
MacPolitics: Mike Savage Patronage Plum, Part III – Here’s Proof The Macdonald Notebook Gets It First & Gets It Accurate
HRM Votes: Gaining In The Polls, But If He Loses Where Would Waye Mason Go?
HFX Votes: Transit, Public Safety Key Talking Points at SMU Debate as Election Day Nears
Part II: Will Breckenridge: ‘Protect Halifax’s Urban Forests When Building Bike Lanes’
HRM Votes: Meet District 7 Contender, Andrea Hilchie-Pye
MacPolitics: TV Producer, Singer And Concert Promoter Ray Mattie Seeks Conservative Nod in Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish
MacPolitics: U.S. Presidential Election Talk Slated For Historic RA Park
Did You Know Haligonian Denis Ryan Is A Folk Hero In His Hometown Of County Tipperary, Ireland, Too?
The Notebook Soundtrack: Denis Ryan Created Antigonish & Cape Breton Island Wakes & Wedding Song
Saturday Edition, Below
Don Mills: Covered Bridge Has Quietly Become A Major Exporter In New Brunswick
MacPolitics: Elections Nova Scotia ‘Ready For Early Vote’
MacPolitics: Thousands of Dollars Stolen From Premier Tim Houston’s PC Riding Association
Denis Ryan: ‘My Mayoralty Choice & The Importance Of Voting’
HFX Votes: Hostage Negotiator Turned Would-Be-Mayor Jim Hoskins Talks Policing in HRM
HRM Votes: The Notebook Endorses Candidate Will Breckenridge For Halifax District 7
MacPolitics: Election Night Nibbles
Check Out The Notebook Archives For 8,200 stories Since Founding Year of 2017
Politics
MacPolitics I: Can Andy Fillmore Out Do Peter MacKay
Sep 1, 2017 | Politics
MacPolitics IV: NDP Chieftain Gary Burrill On Mental Health Crisis
Sep 1, 2017 | Politics
MacPolitics II: Why A Mulroney Senate Seat Eluded PEI’s Jim Lee
Sep 1, 2017 | Politics
MacPolitics V: Where NDP Politicos Play In The Summer
Sep 1, 2017 | Politics
MacPolitics III: PEI’s Tom MacMillan: ‘Confederation Bridge Did Me In’
Sep 1, 2017 | Politics
A Chat With Brian Mulroney On Confederation Bridge Turning 20
Aug 25, 2017 | Politics
The Confederation Bridge linking New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island turned 20 years old on May 31, 2017. If you are like me, you consider the world’s largest bridge over ice an eighth wonder of the world.
MacPolitics: Can Ex-PM Mulroney Save His Beloved Free Trade Pact?
Aug 25, 2017 | Politics
The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau is leaning on former Tory prime minister Brian Mulroney to rescue the North American free Trade Agreement.
MacPolitics: Paying A Visit To Big Tory Joe Stewart’s Grave
Aug 25, 2017 | Politics
We’re coming up to the one year anniversary of Joe Stewart’s death at age 80. He died Sept. 30, 2016, at his Terra Tory mansion in Antigonish County.
MacPolitics: The Day Jamie Baillie Kissed Mark Boudreau
Aug 25, 2017 | Politics
The political pundit talk against Tory leader Jamie Baillie is that he lacks charisma. I am not entirely sure that is true.
Macdonald Notebook Mission Statement
Aug 25, 2017 | Politics
The Macdonald Notebook is a new online weekend news website, focussing on Business, Inside Politics and cultural affairs in Nova Scotia and in Prince Edward Island.
Our mandate is to produce compelling articles, and we do not chase or report on news releases or go to press conferences.
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