No school today
The weather warning was baloney from start to finish, warning about a weather event that had already ended, and was nowhere near the calamity EC proclaimed....
06 January, 2020
Nova Scotia’s animal welfare system needs fixing
The fiasco at last week's Animal Welfare hearing shows the need for reforming Nova Scotia's animal protection system, a jumble of conflicting interests and unprofessional behaviour....
06 January, 2020
A remorseful defendant meets a pitiless judge
Drivers who were plastered drunk, killed multiple innocents, expressed no remorse, and fought the charges all the way, have all received much lighter sentences....
01 January, 2020
Adult Protection Services left cognitively impaired woman in misery for four years, despite complaints
Most horrifying is the fact Adult Protection Services received complaints about her condition in 2014 and 2016, but closed the file without action...
01 August, 2019
The only way I can see it is to believe it
A great blessing of getting to know people with intellectual disabilities is the chance to glimpse their inner monologues and discover how alike we all are....
18 June, 2019
The charge against Hayden Laffin is weak. Drop it.
Everyone involved in this tragedy has suffered enough. It is not in the public interest to compound the suffering by pursuing this shaky case....
12 June, 2019
Halifax Council kneecaps a struggling industry
Newspaper revenues are in catastrophic decline, but Halifax Council has chosen this moment to attack a key revenue source of the region's largest newspaper publisher....
06 June, 2019
A lame excuse for neglecting immigration policy
The maligned Frank Anderson of Riverside Lobster makes thoughtful, nuanced, helpful observations about Ottawa’s pathetic approach to immigration in Atlantic Canada...
10 May, 2019
License plate censors infantilize women
Grabher's critics are as indifferent to the free speech rights of those they disagree with as Joseph McCarthy’s apologists ever were....
25 April, 2019
Equinoctial Nova Scotia from the sky
At noon yesterday, NASA's Terra Satellite captured a rare, nearly cloud-free image of our fair province....
22 March, 2019