Book Review
Alexa McDonough. Image: Book cover
'Alexa!' chronicles the life of a feminist, politician and trailblazer
Monia Mazigh | Stephen Kimber's new book is a wonderful and detailed account of Alexa McDonough's rich life and political career.
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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley on May 5, 2015. Image: David Climenhaga
Elections matter, and the Alberta NDP victory on May 5, 2015, proves it
David J. Climenhaga | Keep an eye on what happens in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario. And take it from Alberta: never say never!
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Nova Scotia and carbon tax: Build on early actions, prepare for our green future
Brendan Haley | Nova Scotia policymakers should have known for some time that carbon pricing is coming. The province should be prepared to succeed in a low-carbon future because of earlier reduction efforts.
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Red flags for Nova Scotia Liberals in next provincial election
Stephen Kimber | Could the answer to the pressing-to-pundits question -- why hasn't Stephen McNeil called the much-anticipated-by-pundits fall provincial general election? -- be... "Halifax Needham."
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Why are Dalhousie University students carrying costs for governments and CEOs?
Stephen Kimber | Dalhousie University is ponying up $300,000 USD to cover the cost for nine of the province's best and brightest (and richest) to attend an "entrepreneurship acceleration program" at MIT. Why?
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Foundering ferry deal leaves Nova Scotia holding the purse
Stephen Kimber | As a new ferry sails through the same passenger-challenged, money-losing storm en route to the same subsidized disaster, should the premier still be unconditionally committed to it?
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Latest numbers on Nova Scotia's ferry deal lead to sinking conclusions
Stephen Kimber | Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan doesn't want you to jump to conclusions. Unfortunately for him, Portland, Maine requires the Yarmouth-Portland ferry operator to submit a monthly accounting.
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Damages awarded in health-care bullying case are vindication, but not victory
Stephen Kimber | On Friday in a landmark decision, a seven-member civil jury awarded Halifax cardiologist Gabrielle Horne $1.4 million in damages, her legal fees and acknowledgement she had been wronged.
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Spring brings new growth in opposition to Nova Scotia's Liberals
Stephen Kimber | Perhaps the most intriguing news from Nova Scotia's Province House this spring has been the tentative flowering -- finally -- of a real opposition to the McNeil government.
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Expectations low as Chronicle Herald workers prep for meeting with the company
Teuila Fuatai | After four months on strike, the Halifax Chronicle Herald newspaper company has agreed to meet with its striking workers on Friday. The workers' union states it doesn't have "high expectations."
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The Fight for $15 in Nova Scotia: A bottom-up approach that benefits us all
Christine Saulnier | This week the Nova Scotia NDP introduced a private member's bill that would see the Nova Scotia minimum wage increase to $15 per hour by the year 2019 for all workers.
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Once Africville, now Seaview dog park. Photo: Spacing Magazine/flickr
Nova Scotia has a race problem
Stephen Kimber | We like to believe the bad old days are now historic artifacts to be mea culpa-ed during African Nova Scotia Month each year. The reality is we have never fully escaped our history.