By Andrew Macdonald Set to star in an original Netflix series - a superhero film - Bedford raised rising Hollywood star, Chase Tang is giving back to his alma mater. The 32-year-old has a commerce degree from the University of Guelph - and he has just given his school...
Bedford Raised Netflix Star Chase Tang Gives Back To His Alma Mater
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Guest Column: Opinion By Sean Sears Sometimes we burn the candle on both ends Sometimes we have too many candles burning In our darkest moments, the candles have burnt out The journey requires a lite path, fuel your candle Vaccines for all by July. A straight path...
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By Andrew Macdonald Retired pollster Don Mills, who sold his 40-year firm in 2018, and which operated as Corporate Research & Associates, says new NS premierIain Rankinhas to overcome a lack of recognition among Nova Scotians. “The biggest problem for Iain, he has...
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By Andrew Macdonald During the recent Nova Scotia Liberal leadership race, Labi Kousoulis espoused many policy ideas - during the race he was a generator of bold policies. He called for a Minister of Addictions & Mental Health, and one of his bolder policies was...
We Get Mail: Roger Porter On Model Trains
Further to a recent story in The Notebook on model train layouts and Phil DeMont's chat with Maritime Hobbies & Crafts Ltd, we received this Letter to the Editor from Roger Porter of Antigonish: I enjoyed your piece on model trains very much. In 2001-02, I built a...
Saturday Edition, Below
Alison Strachan: When Maple Sugar Production Meets Artwork Meets Memories
By Alison Strachan It’s that time again. That time, when sap flows from the maple trees to the sugar shacks across Nova Scotia to produce more than 70,000 gallons of syrup. Nova Scotia’s production, while greatly overshadowed by Quebec, continues to be a growing...
MacPolitics: New Premier Iain Rankin Leads Poll With 51% Supporting Liberal Government
By Andrew Macdonald John George Diefenbaker — 'Dief the Chief' — a Tory prime minister in the 1960s, once remarked about political opinion polls: “Polls are for dogs." With that in mind, a new poll from Halifax’s MQO Research, a division of agency M5, finds support of...
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Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market Final Weekend On Waterfront, Moving To New Site On March 13
By Andrew Macdonald The end of an era arrives this weekend for the robust Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market on the city waterfront. The farmers’ market this weekend (March 6th-7th) is staging one final weekend in its current space at 1209 Marginal Road. Starting March...
Halifax Port Encore: The Captain’s Thinking On The Seaport Farmer’s Market
Further to the thinking behind plans of the Port of Halifax, operator of the popular Halifax Seaport Farmer's Market, to relocate the market to Pavilion 22, I had a chat in December with port CEO Captain Gray, now into his second year at the port helm. Here is a...
