By Andrew Macdonald Sources tell The Notebook that NS federal minister Bernadette Jordan will this afternoon announce her government will order two more Arctic Patrol Vessels. She is going to make that grand announcement this...
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Following recent coverage that an executive member of a rural Tory riding has written a resignation letter because that person, long time Tory Monica Kennedy has concerns over Tim Houston’s policy stance on several...
Read MoreFormer Dartmouth Tory cabinet minister, Tim Olive sent a Letter to Editor to The Notebook, on our recent coverage of Tim Houston’s leadership style. In his letter, Tim Olive writes about the challenges of being an...
Read MoreFormer 1960s pioneering CBC TV reporter, Antigonish resident Kingsley Brown writes in, taking exception with Peter McCreath’s letter, elsewhere in this edition. Peter claimed NS PC leader Tim Houston ranks as one of the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald According to media reports, the NDP candidate for the federal riding of Halifax did not mention the significance of the $60 billion Halifax Shipyards in her successful nomination. The NDP contender is...
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Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Further to Sunday’s news article on Tim Houston, today, through a variety of sources, The Notebook is now able to report the executive member of a rural Tory riding association who has penned a...
Read MoreFormer PC South Shore MP Peter McCreath wrote a Letter to The Notebook, after reading about a riding executive member of a PC association criticizing NS PC leader Tim Houston, published yesterday, and with a follow up story...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald What we are hearing now from our sources: Member of NS PC Party riding executive in rural Nova Scotia writes resignation letter. As new NS PC leader Tim Houston loses three solid and long term Tory MLAs to...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald As container vessel Yantian Express was sailing to the Port of Halifax the first week of January, 2019, a fire erupted and eventually one-third of its containerized cargo would be destroyed. It was later...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This story first ran last year in The Notebook. Since then, in January, 2019, Fishing Fever has moved to a new spot on Barrington Street, opposite the Halifax Shipyard. A little log cabin sits on Agricola...
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Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Haligonian Robert Zed, 57, was named Lebanese Business Person of The Year at the annual Lebanese Chamber of Commerce Maple and Cedar Gala on Thursday. Zed, the founder of ZedEvents Management Group and...
Read MoreBy Carol Dobson The dynamism and change Halifax is experiencing these days was celebrated Thursday night at the 12th annual Cedar and Maple Gala honouring the cream of the Lebanese business community in Halifax. Sponsored by the...
Read MoreBy Carol Dobson The little yellow cottage tucked behind Cousins Restaurant near the corner of Duffus and Robie streets masks the magic which occurs in its basement. For the past six years Lyndell Findlay has been making her Blue...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald For the third consecutive year, Joyce Carter, chief executive officer of Halifax International Airport Authority, has been named one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs by Atlantic Business Magazine. “I am quite...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend the Nova Scotia Liberal Party annual convention May 24-26 at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish. Last summer, when he announced $90 million to fund the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Charlene Leblanc says she held talks with this past winter with Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston about running for his party in Argyle-Barrington, the seat 20-year Tory MLA Chris...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald About 600 folk attended the recent Liberal nomination in Kings-Hants, the federal riding held by Scott Brison from 1997 until this past January. The nod is going to be carried by lawyer-in-training Kody...
Read MoreBy Andy Walker With one notable exception, Prince Edward Island has been a political fortress for the federal Liberals since 1988. However, Don Desserud maintains it would be a major miscalculation for Prime Minister Justin...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Dear readers, this spring I celebrate my 30th year in the news trenches! Thank-you for your subscription patronage and support of The Notebook as we enter our third year as an independently-owned media...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This story ran earlier in the week in The Notebook, it is repeated here for the benefit of readers who missed it. MacPolitics: One For The Ages – Meet The Tory Contender In Sackville-Eastern Shore By...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Robert Pace, who was named to the Canadian National Railway board in 1994 by then-Prime Minister Jean Chretien, might seem to have won the all-time patronage appointment for a Nova Scotian. It was a reward...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This story ran earlier in the week in The Notebook. It is repeated here for the benefit of readers who missed it. By Andrew Macdonald There is real excitement in the Port of Halifax as a giant...
Read MoreBy Chad Bowie After weeks of delay, Premier Stephen McNeil has finally set a date for the byelection in the suburban constituency of Sackville-Cobequid, triggered by the sudden resignation of long-time NDP MLA Dave Wilson....
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald If the South Shore is the place for summering Haligonians, and Muskoka is the national capital for seasonal residences, then Layton Dorey has the best of both cottage worlds. Dorey grew up in toney Point...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The other day, someone told me about a perfect weather-related app he uses for his South Shore boating excursions. It is also handy for planning a day on the golf course, hiking or fishing, or just planning a...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald If you’re not interested in continually cutting the grass at a seasonal home, or paying for its extra cost of maintenance and property taxes, you can still enjoy cottage life in Nova Scotia. There are...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Following is Robert Zed’s speech at the 12th annual Lebanese Chamber of Commerce’s Cedar & Maple Gala. Zed was named as Lebanese businessperson of the year: “This is a very special...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The Macdonald Notebook recently entered its third year of independent publishing, thanks to the patronage of readers like you. If you like to read news scoops and other exclusive news reports on the business...
Read MoreBy Gary Phillipe & Andrew Macdonald The arrival of fiddlehead season is eagerly awaited by the lovers of this delicious local delicacy. Fiddleheads are the head of the ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris), a forest plant...
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