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Karen Oldfield named CEO of Accelerate Nova Scotia, an agency without an office, staff, budget, or much of a reason for existing, and she got the job without competing for it
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (1729+ words) On June 30, the Houston government announced that it had hired Dr. Nicole Boutilier as president and CEO of Nova Scotia Health. That's not the news. I don't know anything much about Boutilier, but she has an impressive resume. The real…...
Fact check: Yes, the south end of Shelburne was a Black community
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (1782+ words) Last week, the Shelburne town council held a town hall meeting to discuss the old Morvan Road dump, which is correctly recognized as an example of environmental racism against Shelburne's Black community. But during the meeting, reports Elizabeth Chiu'for the…...
Nova Scotia Power knew collecting customer SINs was wrong, but five years later still hadn't deleted them from its systems
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1780+ words) Ed Mollard, who operates Inter Group Consultants Ltd. , was hired by the consumer advocate to investigate the "cybersecurity incident" at Nova Scotia Power that resulted in the theft of personal and banking information of nearly a million former and current…...
The ghosts of my father: A book collection and the memories of a life
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1844+ words) My father was born 105 years ago next month, and sometimes it feels like the last remnants of his book collection have been haunting me for almost that long. Of course, we were not indiscriminate in our book destruction. The titles…...
Dr. Robert Strang, Public Health, and the racist criminalization of cannabis
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (1746+ words) Nova Scotia's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang'has announced he will retire in December. I imagine he is quite exhausted. While this is important and worthy work, there has always been blowback from civil libertarians, some of whom…...
A shared sense of purpose: How going to the movies can bring us together
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1861+ words) Yesterday, the Examiner published my story "Beyond the multiplex: The Retroscope chronicles Nova Scotia's resurgent indie film screening scene." The Retroscope is a newsletter run by a trio of friends who are film professionals and fans: Jen Yamato, Mark Palermo,…...
Beyond the multiplex: The Retroscope chronicles Nova Scotia's resurgent indie film screening scene
2+ week, 1+ day ago (170+ words) Halifax Examiner "You're really seeing this grassroots movement of screenings in odd venues, and it's exciting." Philip Moscovitch is a freelance writer, audio producer, fiction writer, and editor of Write Magazine. More by Philip Moscovitch Joan Baxter is one of…...
A daily dose of distraction: The puzzle boom
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1840+ words) I have a whole lot of serious things I could write about this morning. But instead, I'm going to write about games. Let me back up for a moment. On the days I'm not writing Morning File, I take note…...
The Carney government has abandoned Canada's climate goals, and young people are mad about it
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1770+ words) Since coming to power last year, Prime Minister Mark Carney has rolled back or completely abandoned climate action plans put in place by the previous Trudeau government. As a result, young people are angry and taking action. Yesterday, Marie Maltais…...
Kids love comics. They don't need AI to 'help' create them.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1843+ words) Kids love comics. Kids love to make comics. So, the next logical step is to'have kids use AI to make comics? Former football star Colin Kaepernick, whose career came to an end after he took to kneeling in protest during…...