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Exclusive: Why Hapag Lloyd’s Halifax Bound Container Cargo Could Become Fewer – It Is Concerning Carrier Beefing Up Calls to Port Saint John Over The Years
Jim David: My Take On Salty’s On The Waterfront – One Last Visit To Soon To Close Eatery Mainstay
MacPolitics: Nothing Free About Freedom of Info Request – Biting The Bullet & Paying Houston Gov For Houston Gov Wine Policy Documents
Lunenburg’s Blockhouse Hill Park Could Be Protected By Incoming Town Council – ‘Hopes’ Developer Thom Barclay
Lunenburg Politics: Good Riddance To Outgoing Town Councillors – Clean Slate Of Councillors Heading To Town Hall After Election In October
MacPolitics: Majority Of Canadians Would Favour Kamala Harris As Next U.S. President – Poll
MacPolitics: HRM Mayoral Race: Pam Lovelace Asks For Votes ‘To Bring Back The Passenger Trains’
MacPolitics: HRM Mayoral Contender Pam Lovelace On Her Mayoral Debate Strategy
MacPolitics: Housing the Biggest Issue In Mayoral Campaign: Andy Fillmore
MacPolitics: The Three Top Issues In HRM, According to Mayoral Contender Waye Mason
MacPolitics: Former Broadcaster Riley Murphy’s Mayoral Campaign Identifies Top Issues Facing HRM Voters
MacPolitics: Tory Turned Liberal Supporter, Rob Smith Says Dumping Trudeau As Leader Not A Good Idea – Cites Modern Political History When A Leader Is Changed Out, The Results Are Disastrous
MacPolitics: Parliament Returns Monday, Crucial By-Elections Slated
MacPolitics: Poll: Majority of Canadians Do Not Want An Early Election
Saturday Edition, Below
How The Joe Ramia Family Helped Raise $906,687 In One Day For QE2 Hospital Foundation
A Life Well Lived: ‘Tartan Hour’ Radio Host Paul Meagher Dead, Started His Broadcasting Career In 1977; Helped Found Seaside FM In 1999
Saint John & Bathurst Airport CEOs Say Pascan Aviation’s Halifax Route Transformative
MacPolitics: Iain Rankin Had A Plan To Twin To The Canso Causeway; Sadly Tim Houston Is Not Going That Far
Tim Houston Gov Actually Begins New Twinning on 103 HWY; A Bid That Carl Potter Did Not Want To Lose
MacPolitics: On Anniversary Of Lloyd Hines’ Demise — A Look Back At His Greatest Legacies
MacPolitics: Alison Strachan On Her Campaign To Win Lunenburg Town Council Seat
MacPolitics: Clan Chisholm Inc. Has Another Shot At Occupying Antigonish Town Hall
Behind The Political Force That Was Collie Herman Chisholm, There Was A Force of Her Own: Remembering Eleanor Chisholm, Who When She Died In 2018 Was My Oldest Reader At The Time – Meet Coline Morrow’s Mom
Exclusive: MacPolitics: Seaside FM Personality’s Halifax Mayoral Ambitions – Is Riley Murphy A Dark Horse Contender?
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Transportation
MacPolitics 1: Liberal Insider Greg MacEachern On Twinning Highway Ban: ‘Noteable Announcement Did Not Come From Transport Minister’
Mar 24, 2024 | Politics, Transportation
Bill MacAvoy Digests Halifax Harbour Bridges Weekday Traffic – Bridge Commission Says Traffic Down From Work From Home Impacts – MacAvoy Suggests Multiple Factors At Play
Mar 23, 2024 | Business, Real Estate, Transportation
Happy Anniversary To The Notebook – Seven Years Of Strong Independent Publishing: Lots Of News Scoops, Exclusives & Breaking News
Mar 17, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Business, Opinion, Politics, Real Estate, Transportation
Halifax Port: Fritz King: Andy Abbott On An Enduring Work & Friendship
Mar 16, 2024 | Transportation
Saint John Airport CEO Sandy Ross Optimistic Regional Flights To Halifax Will Resume
Mar 16, 2024 | Transportation
Exclusive: Halifax Port: Fritz King Calls It A Day After 53 Years As Boss of Atlantic Container Line – Canada
Mar 16, 2024 | Transportation
Halifax Port: On The Career Of Fritz Burns King, Part III
Mar 16, 2024 | Transportation
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Mar 9, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Business, Opinion, Politics, Real Estate, Transportation
Work From Home Impacts Halifax Harbour Bridges Weekday Traffic
Feb 25, 2024 | Transportation
Part II: Regional Airline Industry Not Likely To Return, Says Former User Of Halifax Connections
Feb 24, 2024 | Transportation
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