Politics

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: Meet The Most Successful Tory Politico In HRM After he won re-election in last fall’s municipal vote, David Hendsbee, Halifax Regional Councillor for District 2 (Preston-Chezzetcook-Eastern Shore), is now the dean of Halifax City Hall....

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: Labi Kousoulis’ Agriculture Policy - Supports Supply Management Nova Scotia Liberal leadership contender, Labi Kousoulis has outlined his policy position on agriculture. A key focus is a commitment to supply farm management, a federal...

Editor's Note: The following is the official statement from the social media platform, Twitter, on the suspension of outgoing U.S. president Donald Trump's Twitter account. Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump By Twitter Inc. Friday, 8 January 2021 After close...

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: Do You Remember Our Clean Shaven Premier Sporting A Beard? It’s ancient political history now, but there was a time when Stephen McNeil sported a beard. These days facial hair is absolutely trendy among millennials for the last few...

MacPolitics: NS Progressive Conservative Boss Tim Houston Takes Aim At The Belleville Bully - Derek Sloan Is An Out & Out Racist MP In the Ontario Land Of Legacy Tory Politicos By Andrew Macdonald I was delighted to see the other week, Nova Scotia Progressive...

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: Just How ‘Reliable Are Notebook News Sources: Just Ask Labi Kousoulis Finishing off the Holiday and Christmas greeting cards of the three men who would be the next Nova Scotia Liberal Premier, The Notebook, in this article presents the...

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: Rebecca Grant-O'Toole’s Holiday Message - Goes into Baglady mode, too From Fall River to a house called Stornoway Rebecca Grant and Erin O’Toole are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. They were wed at Halifax’s St. Mary’s...

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: Iain Rankin’s Holiday card I presented Iain Rankin’s holiday card last week, and it was contained in the story headlined Premier Stephen McNeil takes his own photograph for his multi-language card. In case you missed Rankin’s card, I...

MacPolitics: Janet Fryday Dorey - Most Powerful Tory Woman In The Country: Home for The Holidays By Andrew Macdonald Janet Fryday Dorey is the most powerful woman in the federal Tory party - so the most powerful female in Tory ranks across the nation. I had a note...

By Andrew Macdonald Even in political retirement, Scott Brison & spouse, Max St. Pierre, continue to send out old-fashioned Christmas greeting cards to their vast fan base across the nation, and here in their home province of Nova Scotia. Mind you, Scott did not...