By Andrew Macdonald The politico who in 2004 sold Ben Cowan-Dewar on a reclaimed coal mine field in Inverness, by suggesting it make a decent golf course, is now endorsing the controversial plan for a Cabot Links airport. Back...
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By Andrew Macdonald The Rick Howe call in show the other day on Halifax’s Rogers Radio light up with listeners adamantly against taxpayers money going to an airport at Cabot Links, in Inverness. And, I also spoke yesterday...
Read MoreYesterday, Wednesday, I spoke to Dr. Trevor Boudreau, a town councillor in Port Hawkesbury – who is also chair of the town-owned Port Hawkesbury Airport. The town has a contract with commercial pilot Dave Morgan to run the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Halifax business leader Elizabeth Baillie writes on the Cabot Links airport plans: “No need to fund an airport; they can purchase their own helicopter for a shuttle. Allan MacMaster, don’t fiddle while...
Read MoreDear The Macdonald Notebook reader – all 1,000-plus of you: Here’s a question for you to answer: Should taxpayers dollars from Ottawa and Halifax governments be given to the airport project at Cabot Links, in...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Ousted Tory MLA Alana Paon is not commenting on her expulsion from the Tim Houston PC caucus, which happened earlier this week. Houston evicted her, after she failed to pave her driveway to make it accessible...
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Read MoreThe MLA for Inverness, Tory Tim Houston caucus member Allan MacMaster, is now commenting on the controversial ask of federal and provincial tax dollars by Cabot Links plan to build an airport in Inverness, near its two...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald MLA Paon Expulsion: Tim Houston- ‘There were also issues with her apartment in Halifax’ Nova Scotia MLAs get a certain funding allocation to maintain a Halifax apartment – if they live outside of...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Port Hawkesbury Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton had a sober second thought, after my news story on Tuesday, stemming from an interview with her, where she said she had not seen her MLA, Alana Paon in the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Alana Paon’s Campaign Manager: Tim Houston Did The Right Thing To Expel Her From NS Tory caucus Nova Scotia politics took a dramatic turn on Monday, when NS PC leader, Tim Houston booted Richmond-Port...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald NS PC leader Tim Houston says the fact Richmond-Port Hawkesbury MLA Alana Paon missed a deadline to have her St. Peters constituency office made accessible, “was the final straw” as he moved Monday afternoon...
Read MoreMLA Paon Expulsion: Tim Houston In his own words On Monday afternoon, NS PC leader Tim Houston held a telephone conference call from his Pictou East home, with political journalists, to discuss why he booted Richmond-Port...
Read MoreOpinion Tim Olive writes this Opinion piece on the controversial financial ask by Cabot Links for taxpaying dollars from Ottawa & Halifax for an $18 million airport at its two golf courses in Inverness. Olive is a former...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Like many entrepreneurs, I tend to work seven days a week (no complaints, though!) but my rehab house, Crosbie House in tree devoid New Minas, where I attended in 2014 – taught me the value and...
Read MoreObit: Halifax Mover & Shaker Sandy Caines At 51-years of age, I tend to read daily the Halifax Herald obits. In recent years I lost a few best buddies, Carlton from brain cancer at 48, Peter, a Top union leader, at only age...
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...
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Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Further to The Macdonald Notebook’s news scoop earlier this month that Halifax City Hall is banning future construction of pedways, I spoke to Eric Lucic, HRM’s manager of regional planning in the city’s...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald When John Lindsay Jr and his dad, the late John Lindsay Sr. built the iconic Purdy’s Wharf office complex 30 to 35-years ago, they added a pedway to connect the three office buildings to the food court at...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Cape Breton Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner says he backs taxpayers dollars going to a controversial plan to build an airport at Cabot Links at its two Inverness stunning golf courses, because he believes the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The possible closure of the Port Hawkesbury Airport – which politico Billy Joe MacLean forecasts will happen if tax dollars go towards a competing airport at Cabot Links in Inverness – would have...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Cape Breton voters will oust Liberals federally and provincially across Cape Breton over plans to dole out taxpaying dollars for the controversial Cabot Links airport project in Inverness says Billy Joe...
Read MoreInverness County Councillor, John Dowling, who does not favour tax dollars going to an airport project at Cabot Links, writes on our comprehensive coverage of the controversial plan: “As a new subscriber to your Notebook,...
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Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Further to my The Macdonald Notebook article – another news scoop – that historic beer brand Alexander Keith is no longer the top brand sold in Nova Scotia, which was published on Saturday, this...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald “We know that our visitors expect convenience and choice. Commercial flyers shouldn’t have to drive 3 ½ hours after landing in Halifax. A visitor who spends less time getting to their destination has more...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald It’s been a week since I left a media request with the office of Cabot Links co-owner Ben Cowan-Dewar. He has not returned my call – yet. So on Thursday, I reached out to his general manager with these...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Cabot Links co-owner, Mike Keiser in his 20s in 1971 founded an American greeting card company. The other weekend, the Globe & Mail wrote that he has “deep pockets”, and has developed more than 13 golf...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Political Heavy weights Frank McKenna, Darrell Dexter & Rodney MacDonald Back Cabot Links Airport Project Cabot Links & Cabot Cliffs co-owners, American greeting card biz titan, Mike Keiser and Ben...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Cabot Links co-owner Mike Keiser, whose 13 or so developed golf courses around the globe, tends to get ink from Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. One of his celebrated golf courses is...
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Timberlea’s Elizabeth Baillie writes on Premier Stephen McNeil’s support for tax dollars to build an Inverness Airport, by noting the Trudeau government asked the province for money: “So, translated into...
Read MoreHer Worship Port Hawkesbury Mayor Brenda Chisholm Beaton, the first ever woman serving as mayor of the Strait town, winning by acclamation on town council in 2016, writes on our Saturday story about Port Hawkesbury’s first...
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Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Here’s A Shocker: Alexander Keith No Longer Top Beer Sold In Nova Scotia Perhaps because American TV advertising filters into Nova Scotia, I am being told by the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp that the legendary...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald There’s the High School Prom & Then There is the So-called ‘Queer Prom’ It is Prom Season across the Maritimes but this is a news story on society’s Alternative folk. In my fave Nova Scotia town of Port...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald How Tory Partisan Rob Batherson & Veteran Political Journalist Al Hollingsworth Called The Sackville By-Election Earlier this week, I asked prominent Tory backroom strategist, Rob Batherson to call the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald While Halifax Stanfield International Airport stands to lose business if Cabot Links & Cabot Cliffs highly rated golf courses in Inverness builds its own airport, the Halifax International Airport...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald There is no support at Inverness County municipal government for taxpayers dollars to build an $18 million golf course in Inverness, an Inverness County councillor tells The Macdonald Notebook. That’s the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The Commander: The Life & Times Of Harry Steele will hit book stores across the nation on July 28th, 2019, says its author, longtime financial Toronto journalist, Fred Langan. In an exclusive interview...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald When Conrad Black Wanted To Buy The Halifax Herald Back in 2013, biz tycoon Rob Steele invited me as a journalist to cover his 300 attended charity fundraiser at his log cabin mansion in Kearney Lake in...
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Editor’s Note: Further to the book The Life & Times Of Harry Steele, to give you an idea of his family’s net worth and success in building a significant business empire, I am re-publishing my story from May 26,...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: To give you an idea of Harry Steele’s son, Rob Steele’s significant business acumen and his humble beginnings as an entrepreneur, here is a repeat story from June 8, 2018, when auto dealer titan...
Read MoreBy Jordi Morgan Rob Steele built his entrepreneurial career in auto-related industries throughout the 1990s. Steele Auto Group, is now the largest and most diversified auto group in Atlantic Canada with 900 employees, and 17...
Read MoreCape Bretonnative,Bruce Evans, now a LAcommercial real estate lending broker, who has a book valued at $40 million, writes about the Friday night news story, where veteran pilot Kingsley Brownis calling any taxpayers dollars for...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Cabot Links ask of Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil and PM Justin Trudeau for taxpayer dollars to help build an $18 million Inverness airport represents political gall and is simply “corporate welfare,”...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald “The reason why (NDP leader) Gary Burrill or (Tory leader) Tim Houston are not talking about the airport plan in Inverness is the same reason why they don’t talk about the existential problem at Northern...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Premier Stephen McNeil in a press scrum was asked by a reporter about the request for Nova Scotia government financial aid to help build an airport near Cabot Links Golf Resort at Inverness: Premier McNeil:...
Read MoreAs readers know, I do not usually run press releases, preferring firsthand conversations with newsmakers in Halifax, and across Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. However, I am running a statement from Port Hawkesbury’s...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald A movie and documentary house in Halifax is telling The Macdonald Notebook it will look into producing a film about legendary killer Johnny ‘Bang-Bang’ MacKenzie who, despite a vivid confession that he...
Read MoreBy Carol Dobson If you’re in the market for a summer beverage with a refreshing taste that’s made locally, is low in sugar, and good for you, kombucha could be the drink for you. The three people behind Dr. Kombu Brewing Co.,...
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By Andrew Macdonald Karen Oldfield’s 17-year run as CEO of the Halifax Port Authority comes to an end this December and the Trudeau government-appointed board of directors has begun an international port community search for a...
Read MoreBy Chad Bowie They say that in politics, timing is everything. But really, they should say it all comes down to patience. Consider, for example, the case of former Nova Scotia premier Darrell Dexter. As NDP leader, Dexter...
Read MoreBy Peter McCreath A big factor dragging out voters, especially millennials who might not normally vote in elections, was Justin Trudeau’s commitment to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Indeed, it’s a promise he kept. So...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Summertime in the Maritimes is made for clam bakes, bonfires, and swims under the sun or the midnight moon at our hundreds and hundreds of sandy beaches. Just as John Allan Cameron sang about Good Times in...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Further to my list of the Top 10 Things to see this summer in Nova Scotia, it got got me thinking of the Nova Scotia license plate and its history. So I asked chief legislative librarian David McDonald at the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Since the 1920s, the Nova Scotia license plate has promoted Canada’s Ocean Playground, so keeping that in mind here is my Top 10 list of things to do this summer in Nova Scotia. 1. Back during my cub...
Read MoreBy Andy Walker CHARLOTTETOWN — Opposition leader Peter Bevan-Baker calls climate change the greatest crisis facing Prince Edward Island in the 21st century. Such a pronouncement by the Green Party leader might once have been...
Read MoreCanadian National rail cut neighbour Lesley Anne Patten pans the recent multi-level government plan to get rid of 75 per cent of downtown container truck traffic by utilizing the century old rail cut through the city’s...
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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...
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Over my 30-year news career, I often met Harry Steele at then publicly-traded Halterm Container Terminal, where he was a significant shareholder along with George Armoyan & CN Rail. Further to our exhaustive coverage of the...
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