By Andrew Macdonald Behemoth Bedford road building entity, Dexter Construction is said to be doing a biz partnership with one of its strongest competitors, according to sources. The Carl Potter outfit is doing a partnership with...
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By Andrew Macdonald After his death this week in Cape Breton, the family of dentist Dr. Royden Trainor began to realize the incredible generosity of a husband and father. Trainor was 88 and a dentist for 42 years in gritty and...
Read MoreThe Macdonald Notebook news article that South Shore MP Bernadette Jordan has not delivered HWY 103 twinning, received a letter to the editor from prominent businessman Don Mills: “Couldn’t agree with you more about...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The Macdonald Notebook hopes you enjoyed the two-week free passcode to view our journalism product, now entering its second year of independent publishing here in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We are pleased to...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald As was mentioned a few weeks ago in The Macdonald Notebook, Halifax road builder Tom Hickey and friends successfully bid $22,000 to book Sidney Crosby’s skybox in the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburg. Hickey...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Because The Macdonald Notebook is read by the owners of Casino Taxi & Yellow Cab, here’s some interesting news on Uber. Prominent Atlantic Canada pollster Don Mills informs The Macdonald Notebook that he...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Religious News For Religious Folk: Martin Currie Submits Resignation as Archbishop – Source As The Macdonald Notebook dips its feet into creating another news beat, religious news – because...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Bernadette Jordan, the Liberal MP for the South Shore spoke of getting money from Ottawa to upgrade the lethal Hwy. 103 if she got elected in the 2015 federal election. So far, she hasn’t delivered twinning...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Lahave boater Barry Rofihe, who was part of the 96-year run of Bridgewater’s leading haberdashery Rofihe’s Mens Wear, remembers the recently departed Terry Burns, as an all-around top athlete. Whether it was...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald While he was a gifted sailor, Terry Burns’ other career was as a leading Nova Scotia golf developer. He built a practice hole at the Bluenose Golf & Country Club in Lunenburg, then expanded the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Barry Rofihe retired eight years ago from operating Rofihe’s Mens Wear, a 96-year-old haberdashery and the place to go for discriminating South Shore men. The Bridgewater store was closed by Barry’s son Jimmy...
Read MoreBy Andy Walker For close to three decades, Reg Thompson has been taking his trusty tape recorder to homes and seniors residences across Prince Edward Island, preserving the memories of Islanders in their ‘golden years’. Better...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Women skippers and all-women crews have been making inroads at Race Week over the years in the waters of Mahone Bay. On day 2 of newly branded 2018 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week, Sail Nova Scotia’s 2017...
Read MoreBy Brendan Ahern Underneath a table big enough to seat eight people, there’s a Thomas the Tank Engine toy, it’s blue paint standing out against the hardwood floor, and the white walls make it feel like it’s a new day even though...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald With municipal races in Nova Scotia two years off, and now in his second term, Halifax mayor Mike Savage has a popularity among voters in the 70 per cent range. That’s historic and not seen during the era of...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald New Brunswick News For New Brunswickers – Polling The Mayors While Halifax mayor Mike Savage and his regional council enjoy high popularity among voters in the 70 per cent range, that is in sharp...
Read MoreBy Caitrin Pilkington Old Barn Gallery, established in 2009 on Beaver Dam Farm, may be ranked number 1 on TripAdvisor’s list of best places to visit in Antigonish, but owner Carol Naveta Rivoire says she doesn’t get a lot of...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald At Christmas, my younger brother, who lives near JR Ewing’s Southfork ranch in Texas, makes this recipe from the shellfish cookbook How To Make Love To A Lobster. The book is now in its third printing....
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald In a matter of weeks, I’ll turn 13 pounds of green tomato into 12 bottles of chow-chow preserves. Now popping up at Farmer Markets and even at Sobeys, green tomatoes are a sure sign of autumn’s...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: From time to time, The Macdonald Notebook scans global media news articles for topics du jour. Here is one by the Nieman Lab, a media monitoring outfit at Harvard University, on how the Toronto newspaper,...
Read MoreBy Jordi Morgan Starr Cunningham had a 23-year career in broadcasting and became one of Atlantic Canada’s most well-known television personalities. In 2013, a pivotal realization took her career in a completely different...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Chester Race Week, a much anticipated annual sailing regatta on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, is set for Aug. 15-18. Held over four days on the waters of Mahone Bay, the regatta uses five sailing courses, and...
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