Further to Chad Bowie’s Opinion article, published Saturday in The Macdonald Notebook, where Chad urges the business community to get involved in protecting the future of the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County, noted and...
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By Andrew Macdonald A politico known to be close to U.S. president Donald Trump will highlight the 19th annual Frank McKenna networking shindig at Fox Harb’r this July, The Notebook understands. The invite only event on July 8th...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Further to my Friday night story that Chester property developer Jon Dimick and his partner Lisa Gallant plan to vote against Justin Trudeau’s Liberals – is word of another former prominent Trudeau...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Bob and Brenda MacEachern this week received CRTC approval to sell their radio station in Port Hawkesbury. Documents with the CRTC show that Irving-owned Acadia Broadcasting is paying $1.445 million to take...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Kingsley Brown, a woodlot owner advocate for more than 50 years, says Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston is showboating over the future of Northern Pulp. This week, Houston brought forth...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Further to coverage on Northern Pulp elsewhere in this edition of The Notebook, here is an encore column from January on why the business community has to step up to the plate on the future of the Pictou...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Former Progressive Conservative premiers John Buchanan, John Hamm and Rodney MacDonald, former NDP premier Darrell Dexter, and former Opposition leader Jamie Baillie, were among those Thursday night to...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Further to my recent exclusive news chat with top biz titan Mickey MacDonald, who asserts the Halifax and Nova Scotia business community is turning against Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government, more who...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston was just 17 in 1988 so he couldn’t vote in that year’s historic election in which the party’s tired and scandal ridden Tory government...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald There was serious push back from some Tories after Tuesday’s article in The Notebook on the findings of a Quebec poll consolidator forecasting the Trudeau Liberals could again take all 11 Nova Scotia seats....
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This story was published Tuesday, it is repeated for the benefit of Notebook readers who might have missed it. A Quebec-based poll consolidator is projecting the federal Liberals, led by Justin Trudeau,...
Read MoreBy Andy Walker CHARLOTTETOWN – The starter’s pistol is expected to be fired any day for what promises to be one of the most interesting election campaigns in Prince Edward Island history. In a province where...
Read MoreOpinion By Chad Bowie It was only a matter of time. It’s no secret Nova Scotia NDP leader Gary Burrill—a self-admitted dyed-in-the-wool socialist—has drawn inspiration from his comrades south of the border before. Burrill, who...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This story was published Monday. It is repeated for the benefit of readers who might have missed it earlier this week. By Andrew Macdonald Further to U.S. retailer L.L. Bean’s Canadian invasion, the...
Read MoreThe Notebook Free One Year Subscription Becomes Bidding Item In Charity Silent Auctions By Andrew Macdonald Bit of self promotion is in order here – recently organizers of two charity fundraisers asked if I would give a...
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