Gary Burrill, the Nova Scotia NDP chieftain, is pleased that minimum wages are going up in Ontario and Alberta.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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MacPolitics I: Gary Burrill Pleased With Ontario & Alberta Minimum Wage Hikes
Aug 18, 2017 | Politics
MacPolitics III: When PEI Politics Can Change On A Dime
Aug 18, 2017 | Politics
In Prince Edward Island, the lone Green Party MLA and leader Peter Bevan Baker has this year occasionally outpolled third term Liberal Premier Wade MacLauchlan.
Reporting On The Island Way Of Life
Aug 18, 2017 | Politics
As The Macdonald Notebook enters six months of publishing – four months with a paywall, the new weekend Notebook is expanding its business, political and cultural affairs news coverage to Prince Edward Island.
From The Notebook Archives: The Financials Behind Confederation Bridge
Aug 18, 2017 | Politics
(This story originally ran in The Macdonald Notebook on May 12, 2017. It is repeated for the benefit of new subscribers).
The Confederation Bridge linking New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island turned 20-years-old on May 31, 2017.
MacPolitics II: Mark Lever, John Risley & Rob Steele Fete Brison On His 50th Birthday
Aug 18, 2017 | Politics
Details of Scott Brison’s recent surprise 50th birthday bash are now reaching The Macdonald Notebook.
MacPolitics: Remembering The Minister Of Wakes & Weddings
Aug 11, 2017 | Politics
John Archie MacKenzie, 82, died this summer in Cape Breton.
On Offer: Free Macdonald Notebook Coffee Mugs & Key Tags
Aug 11, 2017 | Politics
During the first year of production of The Macdonald Notebook, I made a commitment to you, dear reader, that I would not take a vacation.
MacPolitics: Like Trudeau Father, Like Trudeau Son
Aug 4, 2017 | Politics
Back in the 1970s, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was fond of sailing excursions and vacations around the waters of Mahone Bay.
MacPolitics II: Scott Brison’s Annual BBQ Shindig
Jul 28, 2017 | Politics
Scott Brison’s annual picnic at his Cheverie retreat attracted upwards of 700 folk last weekend.
MacPolitics I: Tim Houston Burning Up Phone Lines
Jul 28, 2017 | Politics
Tim Houston and his team have been canvassing for potential support for a leadership run should provincial Tory leader Jamie Baillie call it quits in the fall.
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