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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
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Mar 12, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
A Tale of Two 18th Century Bloody Battles in Lunenburg: The 1756 Wabanaki Confederacy Raid And The 1782 American Privateers Sacking
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Lunenburg Town Council In Liquidation Mode – Multiple Town Properties Hit Or Will Hit The Real Estate Market
Mar 8, 2023 | Politics, Real Estate
Exclusive: McNeil Gov Land Deal Involving Ex-MLA Suzanne Lohnes-Croft and Town Of Lunenburg Council Overturned 1758 Crown Grant – The Move Paved Way For The Current Massive Land Sales In Historic Lunenburg
Mar 6, 2023 | Politics, Real Estate
The HFX Developer: Alex Halef Dismantles The Elevation Crane; Opens The Margaretta
Mar 5, 2023 | Real Estate
Apartments: With A One Per Cent Vacancy Rate – These Buildings Have Waiting Lists
Mar 5, 2023 | Real Estate
Tim Houston’s Six Degrees Of Separation From Endurance Equities Via Jim Fitt Connection – Endurance Equities Behind ScotiaPort
Mar 5, 2023 | Politics, Real Estate
Colliers’ Aaron Ferguson On Hybrid Office Work Model/Trends In Halifax
Mar 4, 2023 | Real Estate
Road Building Or Journalism? The Great Political Journalist Jim Vibert Influenced My Choice Of Career
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