By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: All Eyes On Nancy Regan: Will She Run For NS Liberal Premier? The race to replace NS Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil has become a news story on those who do not want the job. The latest to drop out of the race is Kelly Regan - who for...
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MacPolitics: All Eyes Now On Nancy Regan: Will She Run For NS Liberal Premier? Live At Five Gave Her Household Name Commodity In Region
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MacPolitics: Denis Ryan For NS Liberal Premier? We Asked The Crooner Turned Multi-Billion Dollar Stock Promoter!
By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: Denis Ryan For Liberal NS Premier? Despite being told The Notebook would roll out a fulsome endorsement of his campaign to become the next NS premier, lamentably it is not in the cards for crooner turned a mega-billionaire stock...
MacPolitics: Laurie Graham Opts Out Of NS Liberal Leadership Race
By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: Laurie Graham Won’t Run For Premier Stephen McNeil’s Job Laurie Graham is the latest high profile contender to bow out of the race of succeeding Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil. She will remain as chief of staff for the premier until he...
MacPolitics: Labi Kousoulis Appoints Campaign Team In Bid To Take Over From Premier Stephen McNeil
By Andrew Macdonald Labi Kousoulis is assembling a campaign team as he prepares to launch an election to win the NS Liberal leadership race - and the prize is an automatic premiership. While the Halifax Citadel MLA since 2013 has not yet officially thrown his hat into...
Mary Clancy On Former Prime Minister John Turner
Editor's Note: Former Prime Minister John Turner died over the weekend age 91. He lost the 1984 election to Tory Brian Mulroney and ran again in 1988 under the anti-U.S.-Canada free trade pact. In 2019, former Halifax Liberal MP, Mary Clancy attended the 90th birthday...
MacPolitics: Cape Breton Mayor Cecil Clarke Running For Third Consecutive Term: ‘It’s A Time For Experience’
By Corey LeBlanc SYDNEY — Early most mornings, Cecil Clarke is a familiar presence on Shore Road, part of a popular route for walkers in Sydney Mines. Clarke, the mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), who is seeking a third consecutive term, recently...
Kingsley Brown: Championing An Oyster Farm At His Beloved Antigonish Harbour
By Andrew Macdonald My news last weekend that Kingsley Brown is endorsing an oyster farm in his backyard of Antigonish Harbour, raised eyebrows among my readers in that community. Brown lives on the shores of Southside Harbour, and as a general rule, he allows public...
MacPolitics: Shocking There Are No Rural Contenders For Premier McNeil’s Job
By Andrew Macdonald The race to replace Liberal leader and Nova Scotia Premier has, so far, become a media story of who is not running. And the Team Tim Houston top organizers in the Progressive Conservative party are playing close attention to a race that so far has...
MacPolitics: Dale Palmeter ‘Undecided’, Denies Chatter He Is Backing Laurie Graham Candidacy To Become Liberal Leader & NS Premier
Editor's Note: After this story was originally published on Saturday morning (Sept. 19th), Laurie Graham issued a statement removing her name from the NS Liberal leadership race, issuing her statement Saturday afternoon stating she will not be a contender for the Grit...
MacPolitics: Poll Suggests Massive Election Victory At Hand For Mike Savage
By Andrew Macdonald He’s seemingly everyone’s favourite mayor, and now an opinion poll suggests Mayor Mike Savage is cruising to a convincing third term in Halifax Regional Municipality. Narrative Research has issued results of a poll showing the vast majority of...
