Politics

By Andrew Macdonald Once again, The Macdonald Notebook is in search of holiday Season's Greeting cards from our fine politicos. We want you to email me the cards and we will publish them in our Christmas edition. Former Annapolis Valley Liberal MP Scott Brison's card...

The Notebook does not often repeat press releases, but today we make an exception on the official word of the Nova Scotia government as the province received the first shipment Covid-19 vaccine. Nova Scotia received its first allotment of 1,950 doses of the...

By Andrew Macdonald In Nova Scotia's 2017 election, the Progressive Conservatives finished third in Chester-St. Margarets. But, in the next provincial election, this Southshore riding will be one for political junkies to watch. That’s because a known political brand...

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: Tim Houston: ‘Rent Cap Not The Answer’ NS Progressive Conservative leader, Tim Houston does not think the recently imposed 2% rent cap on the 50,000 apartments in Halifax Regional Municipality is the answer to deliver more affordable...

By Andrew Macdonald As McNeil Government Closes Down Vital Rural NS Detoxes A Nationally Renowned Rehab House Eyes NS - Say Sources In the business of addictions and mental health in Nova Scotia, the McNeil government has not been very kind to those addicts seeking...

By Andrew Macdonald There’s been a bevy of NS PC contenders being nominated over the past few months - but an election in NS does not have to be called until 2022. I reported last week that businesswoman, Nicole Mosher was selected as the Tory standard-bearer in...

By Andrew Macdonald Sad news came out of Antigonish on Thursday, when renowned Tory election organizer Irene MacLeod passed on, age 60. Spouse of nursing home tycoon Brian MacLeod, and mother of four adult children, Irene was considered the best electioneer...

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: The NS Liberal Contenders: Meet A Labi Kousoulis Backer - Ian Wilson Ian Wilson, the head of eighth generational owned Wilson’s Fuels, says NS Liberal leadership contender, Labi Kousoulis, is the best candidate running to succeed...

By Andrew Macdonald Premiers & Would Be Premiers As Paperboys & Papergirls As part of my continuing coverage in recent times, of NS premiers who in their youth were paperboys or papergirls delivering newspapers, I was delighted the other day to hear of yet...

By Corey LeBlanc CAPE BRETON - Hillary Clinton talked about putting millions of cracks in the glass ceiling with her vote count for the U.S. election in 2016. The end goal wasn’t reached, but so much progress had been made, considering she was the first female to win...