Blues belter Matt Anderson and subtle folkie Dave Gunning seem like an odd pairing, but they played together beautifully last night before an appreciative audience at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce annual Spring Dinner. They were consistently funny, too. "I felt a bit nervous at the prospect of playing for such a high-powered crowd," Anderson said. "So I asked who played last year." "Jane Goodall."...

Province accused of sweetheart dealing — Halifax Metro NDP accused of wasting cash — Chronicle-Herald Chamber: Paving bill will go up — Chronicle-Herald Road builders want government out of paving — Halifax Metro Ideology on the road -- AllNovaScotia A sophisticated lobby by the province's paving contractors appears to have hornswoggled the Halifax media. Correction: the lobby isn't all that sophisticated. Half an hour's research would have debunked the contractors' claim that socialist ideology trumped common sense in government's decision to buy and run its own paving plant. In various forums, the road-builders have argued the province can't possibly pave roads cheaper than they can. There's but...