By Andrew Macdonald Question: Peter MacKay as a future leader of the federal Conservatives? Brian Mulroney responds: “I have no idea”. The Notebook: The job is not open now. Mulroney: “It is not open and I have every reason to...
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By Andrew Macdonald Big news on the Halifax agency news front. Long time communications guru Sasha Irving has left her post with Emera, to become a partner with Mulroney Insider Noel Sampson’s government lobby firm, Public...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The Macdonald Notebook interviewed former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for 30 minutes on Tuesday at his grand opening of the $52 million Mulroney Hall, part of the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government at...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The family of the late Timbit titan Ron Joyce was front and centre this week at the official grand opening of Brian Mulroney Hall at the grounds of St. Francis Xavier University. Ron Joyce’s son Steven,...
Read MoreOpinion By Chad Bowie With heavy hearts, the national council of the Conservative Party of Canada formally requested and received the resignation of party leader Andrew Scheer this week. Scheer’s immediate resignation has thrust...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. says the best selling Nova Scotia-made craft beer belongs to Propeller. That brewery is owned by Jon Allen, and was founded in 1997. Prior to making great suds, Allen was a movie...
Read MoreFirst quarter sales this year at the 100-plus Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation stores, from April 1 to June 30, resulted in total booze sales of $158.8 million and recreational cannabis sales of $16.1 million. Retail customer...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Poor weather this spring affected sales for the government monopoly, the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation. “We did have a cold spring…and that did impact on the beer sales,” corporation spokesperson...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald A second Nova Scotia poll in the same week shows what could be of concern to Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston. The poll by Narrative Research, formerly Corporate Research & Associates, released...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: The below dispatch has been written by former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister and Dartmouth South MLA Tim Olive: Where is the discussion about Nova Scotian issues that are being ignored or...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Over in Prince Edward Island, the new Progressive Conservative government of Dennis King is enjoying a prolonged honeymoon with Island voters. A new poll from Halifax- based Narrative Research has found...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Halifax-based pollster Margaret Brigley, the co-owner and CEO of Narrative Research says the honeymoon for New Brunswick’s government of Blaine Higgs, is over. That is a finding of Brigley’s latest New...
Read MoreNotes for an address by Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney at the official opening of the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish: (If you would rather see Mulroney and others on video speaking...
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