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Ben Young, Part II: Southwest Properties Could Delay Future Apartment Projects If Halifax Water Commission Gets Its 36 Per Cent Rate Hike
The Gift Giving Season: Why Not Give The Macdonald Notebook, A Year-Long Present?
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Jim David: My Take on ….. Breaking from your Kitchen for Christmas Dinner
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The Frank McKenna PPE School at Mount Allison
Crypto Crash Harbinger Of Stock Market Tumble
MacPolitics: Reminder To Politicos – Send in Holiday Cards – Even In Political Retirement, Scott & Max Can’t Help Themselves, Power Couple Continue To Mail Out Christmas Cards
Recipe: Gift-Giving Season: Give Out Homemade Bits ‘n’ Bites (Nuts And Bolts)
Saturday Edition, Below
Halifax Needs A Modern Day Jim Vaughan To Fight Against Rising HRM Property Taxes
Mayor Fillmore Offers Viable Solution ‘To Reduce Ratepayer Burden’ As Halifax Water Commission Seeks 36 per cent Rate Hike
Fiona Diamond, of Brookes Diamond Productions, Remembers Bob Dooley
MacPolitics: A Chat With Claudia Chender On Why She Appointed A Critic Role for Ethics & Accountability
Rob Batherson On The Move
Don Mills: A Business Point Of View – The MacLeod Group Story – The Business of Long-Term Care
Port of Halifax Seeks Two Directors
Canadians deck the halls – inside and out, in large numbers!
Sean Fraser Finally Appoints Port of Halifax Director
That Is The End Of The Notebook on Saturday
Real Estate: Cape Breton Realty’s Sherry MacLeod: ‘Provincial Deed Transfer Tax Bad Policy; Would Be NS Buyers Going To NB, PEI & Newfoundland’
James McKenna’s Glenwood Kitchen Ltd. Custom Cabinet Manufacturer Eyes More Business In The Atlantic To Make Up For High Tariffs Exporting Into The U.S.
Halifax Southend Condo Dweller Endorses Glenwood Cabinets
Minister Fraser Appoints Don Mills as Chair of Atlantic Economic Panel
Meet the Atlantic Economic Panel Members
Housing affordability in HRM has collapsed since 2014
Minister Sean Fraser Makes judicial Appointment in Cape Breton
Holiday Recipe: Homemade Antipasto Perfect For Holiday Gift-Giving
Frank McKenna Brood: Third Generation Studies at St. FX University
Robert Newcombe: From The Farm To AI Consulting Guru
Denis Ryan: Bob Dooley Promoted Celtic & Folk Music With Band ‘McGinty’
Official Obituary: Robert Joseph ‘Bob’ Dooley Obituary
Politicos Grill Nova Scotia Power CEO Peter Gregg
The Halifax Herald Had Gifted Writer John DeMont & Now The Macdonald Notebook Has His Equally Gifted Writer, Brother, Philip DeMont
Lunenburg Newspaper Folds; Barnacle Reports On Its Own Demise
Upstart Newspaper ‘The Lunenburg Barnacle’ Broke Stories During Its Brief Life
Nova Scotian Named Pierre Poilievre’s Campaign Manager
MacPolitics: Meet Steve Outhouse, New Hired Gun For Pierre Poilievre
MacPolitics: ‘Fantastic’ Steve Outhouse Named Conservative’s National Campaign Manager, Says Rob Batherson
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Arts & Culture
When Halifax Biz Mogul Ross Cantwell Invented A Tuna Museum
Dec 29, 2017 | Arts & Culture
The Charm Of Halifax’s Used Bookstores
Dec 29, 2017 | Arts & Culture
A Syrian Guide To Nova Scotia’s History
Dec 29, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Remembering When Joel Pink Scored Three Bizarre Not Guilty Murder Verdicts – Despite Vivid Police Confession
Dec 29, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Why Corporate Halifax Endorses Gay Pride
Dec 29, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Chester Chatter: Gingerbread People & Celebrating A Village Christmas
Dec 22, 2017 | Arts & Culture
While I never experienced a Christmas in Chester during my childhood, my adult holiday experiences in Chester have certainly more than made up for it. In fact, I would have to say the holiday festivities that can be found in Chester between mid-December and January 1 rival those that can be found in Boston, London, Bermuda, Washington, D.C., Magog, Que., Cape Cod, and Greenville, N.C.
Gary’s Maritime Recipe: Fabulous Holiday Antipasto
Dec 22, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Traditionally, since the 15th century, antipasto is the beginning of a formal Italian meal (Latin ante meaning before and pastus meal). Plates of cured meats, olives, anchovies, mushrooms, cheeses, and vegetable in oil and vinegar are served at celebratory dinners with the extended family and friends or after religious celebrations.
Wadih Fares & Colin Dodds: ‘Immigrants Don’t Take Jobs From Locals’
Dec 22, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Prolific condo and apartment developer Wadih Fares and former St. Mary’s University president Colin Dodds want to torpedo the claim that new immigrants to Nova Scotia and Halifax take jobs away from the locals.
A Tourist In My Own City: Andy Fillmore Installs Women Statues Of War Volunteers On Waterfront
Dec 22, 2017 | Arts & Culture
The grand assortment of public art pieces strewn across the Halifax region is nothing short of impressive, and the most recently erected is probably the most unusual and, perhaps, most impressive of all.
Gift-Giving Season II: Gift Nuts & Bolts
Dec 15, 2017 | Arts & Culture
A decade or two ago, discussions with friends often focused on real estate, even among those who weren’t currently in the market. These days, conversations tend towards downsizing and a smaller ecological footprint.
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