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MacPolitics: As Voting Day Nears, Much Depends On Dollars And Cents
MacPolitics: PCs Lead In Narrative Research Poll, NDP In Second Spot
MacPolitics: Surging In Polls, Claudia Chender-Led NDP Launch Last Minute Push
Opinion: Time To Scrap Political Tax Credits
MacPolitics: The Lessons Nova Scotia Politicos Can Learn From John Buchanan’s Political ‘Midas Touch’
MacPolitics/MacHistory: Paging Politicos: Brian & Mila Mulroney’s Vintage Cards Of Christmases Past
MacPolitics: Election Sayings: ‘If It Moves, Give It Welfare; If It Does Not Move, Pave It’
MacPolitics: Retired St. FX Prof Dr. Gary Brooks With Election Night Nibbles
A Life Well Lived: Remembering Artist Tom Forrestall
Alison Strachan: LaHave Bakery Celebrates 39 Years In Business
Jim David: A Second Visit To Hali Deli
That’s The End Of The Saturday Edition
MacPolitics: A Tory is A Tory Is A Tory – NS PC Leader Tim Houston Has Distanced Himself from Conservative Party of Canada
MacPolitics: Tim Houston’s Platform Does Not Call For Universal MSI Coverage Of Anti-HIV Drug – That’s a Shame
MacPolitics: Liberal Party Commits to More Highway Twinning
Collaborative Community Health Care: More Than 50 Years Of Doing It In Halifax’s North End
Jim David: My Take: ‘Hali Deli’, Halifax’s Old World Delicatessen
Saturday Edition, Below
MacPolitics: Party Leaders’ Debate Shows Philosophical Differences On Housing, Healthcare
MacPolitics: Liberals Charge Susan Corkum-Greek Campaign With Vote Buying
MacPolitics: Peter Zwicker In His Own Words As Liberals Accuse Lunenburg Tory Candidate Of Vote Buying
MacPolitics: ‘Can I Have Your Vote For A Pint Of Dark Rum, A Load Of Gravel?’
MQO Poll: Majority Favours Tim Houston, PCs Lead Everywhere
MacPolitics: Poll Shows Nova Scotia PCs Extend Lead At Halfway Mark Of Campaign
Chender Reaffirms Support for Small, Local Businesses; Promises To Reduce Business Taxes
MacPolitics: Houston Tories Claim NDP’s Lisa Lachance ‘Double-Dipping’ By Collecting $1.1M From Ottawa
MacPolitics: NDP Points Out Tory Candidate’s Company Received Millions To Build Housing For Seniors
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MacPolitics: Whitman: When A Star HRM Councillor Loses Provincially
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MacPolitics: Liberal Ground Game Won The Day – Lloyd Hines
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MacPolitics: Baillie’s Campaign Manager: NDP Collapse Hurt Tories
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MacPolitics: Chester-St. Margarets’ MacKay: I siphoned Tory Votes
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MacPolitics: Pollster Mills: Liberals in Minority-Majority Terrain
May 26, 2017 | Politics
Don Mills believes the Liberal government of Stephen McNeil is on the cusp of either a majority or a minority government.
MacPolitics: Film Tax Credit Major South Shore Issue – Chaisson
May 26, 2017 | Politics
Julie Chaisson says the McNeil government’s decision to remove the $24 million film tax credit two years ago is a major issue in the riding of Chester St. Margaret’s.
MacPolitics: NDPer Wallbridge: Will Be Happy With Growth
May 26, 2017 | Politics
David Wallbridge, a leading NDP organizer, admits the Gary Burrill -led party is not going to form Nova Scotia’s government on Tuesday.
MacPolitics: Kousoulis Says Batherson Is Fear Mongering
May 26, 2017 | Politics
Labi Kousoulis, Liberal incumbent in Halifax Citadel, says Tory challenger Rob Batherson is fear mongering over the government’s decision to put a medical clinic in Bayers Lake.
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