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Latest Issue
Book Excerpt: Treat Them Where They Lie, By Dr. Ron Stewart & Jim Meek
At the Cunard Residences, Waterfront Development Comes Full Circle
HRM Votes: Andy Fillmore Easily Coasts To Mayoral Victory – Takes 42.4 % Of Votes; Waye Mason Way Behind In Second Spot; Lovelace Finishes Respectable Third
HRM Votes: Denis Ryan: ‘Thank Gosh, Our Man Won’
HRM Votes: Denis Ryan Suggests Job Number One For Mayor-Elect Fillmore – Cleaning Up Spring Garden Road
MacPolitics: Andy Fillmore ‘Not Running Away From Something, Running for Something’
HRM Votes: MacPolitics: Electioneering Redemption For Liberal Strategists Dale Palmeter & Joanne Macrae
HRM Votes: Andy Fillmore’s Mayoral Office Likely To See Joanne Macrae As Chief of Staff
HRM Votes: Top Tories Celebrate At Fillmore Victory Party – Former Liberal MP Assembled Broad Coalition of Liberal & Conservative Support
HRM Votes: Andy Fillmore Expected To Take Different Approach To Bike Lane Construction – During The Campaign Called HRM Roll Out Of Bike Lanes ‘Disjointed & Dangerous’
HRM Votes: What Ever Happened To Time Honoured Nova Scotia Tradition Of Conceding Election Defeat in Person?
HRM Votes: Where Will Mayoral Loser Waye Mason Go?
HRM Votes: Prominent NDPer Served As Waye Mason’s Campaign Manager
Lunenburg Votes: Alison Strachan – From A High-Power STEW Mac Legal Career, To Notebook Writer To Lunenburg Town Councillor – Mayor Myra Re-Elected
Antigonish Votes: Mayor-Elect Sean Cameron’s Top Priority: ‘Get To Work On Failing Sewer Plant’
Saturday Edition, Below
‘Rick Grant Reports’: Murray Ritch Caps Of Half-Century Legal Career; Colleagues and Friends Fete His ‘Vocation’
Exclusive: MacPolitics: Tim Houston & His Election Call — Mark This Date Down (And Remember Ontario’s David Peterson)
HRM Votes: Peter MacKay’s Blockbuster Mayoral Endorsement
HRM Votes: Will Darryl Johnson Be Andy Fillmore’s Spoiler, Allowing Waye Mason To Go Up The Middle And Become Mayor Mason?
Steve Murphy Talks About Dave Wright & Another World’s Hit Soap Opera – Featured Rachel & Mack Cory
Murphy’s Logic Book Excerpt: Dave Wright By Steve Murphy
Exclusive: Mike Savage Talks To The Notebook About His Lieutenant Governor Appointment
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
Abacus Poll
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 Aodhan P. Murphy, 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
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
HFX Votes: Transit, Public Safety Key Talking Points at SMU Debate as Election Day Nears
Real Estate
Jim Spatz’s Southwest Properties Reveals Stunning Architectural Rendering Of New Apartment Structure On Halifax Boardwalk
Aug 9, 2019 | Real Estate
Exclusive: Jim Spatz & Gordon Laing Cut $15 Million Cheque To Fabled Sisters Of Charity – What is Next For The Halifax Catholic Nuns?
Aug 3, 2019 | Real Estate
Exclusive: Why Leading Apartment & Condo Developers Jim Spatz & Gordon Laing Are Flying Drones Around The City
Aug 3, 2019 | Real Estate
Exclusive: Jamie Smith Of Party Ice Buys Out Equity Partner Scott Carroll
Aug 2, 2019 | Real Estate
Exclusive: Why You Might See More Of Anne Murray In Halifax
Jul 26, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
Part II: Hope Blooms Nationally As Loblaw Takes Halifax Inner City Salad Dressing To Maple Leaf Gardens
Jul 21, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
Chester & South Shore Chatter: Celebrating Architect Omar Gandhi – Chester Abode Design & Feted For Kingsburg Beach Design
Jul 20, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
MacPolitics: Trudeau’s First-Time Home Buyers Program: Good Public Policy Or An Election Ploy? A Chat With MP Sean Fraser
Jul 19, 2019 | Politics, Real Estate
Quick Facts About First Time Home Buyers Program:
Jul 19, 2019 | Real Estate
Hope Blooms Nationally As Inner City Kids’ Salad Dressing Company Goes To Maple Leaf Gardens
Jul 12, 2019 | Real Estate
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