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...
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Kingsley Brown: Championing An Oyster Farm At His Beloved Antigonish Harbour
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Halifax Port: Capt. Allan Gray Welcomes Largest Container Ship In History-Making Ship Call To Canadian Port
By Andrew Macdonald It was a history-making week at the Port of Halifax with the arrival of the largest container vessel to call at a Canadian port. On Thursday, the CMA CGM Brazil, registering at 366 metres in length, with a 51 metres beam and 15,072 TEU capacity,...
HWY 103: New Brunswick Contractor Now Paving Most Dangerous Highway In NS – Lloyd Hines’ Department Gets Bargain On Blacktop Bids
By Andrew Macdonald A New Brunswick road-building entity is now on the job of what is the single biggest contract to be awarded this year by the Nova Scotia Transportation department. A dearth of New Brunswick government road work this construction season has led to...
Halifax Port: Container Terminals, Waterfront Unions Sign Contract Continuing Decades Of Solid Labour Relations
By Andrew Macdonald The management firm overseeing collective labour agreements for the two container terminals in Halifax and the waterfront unions have reached a new agreement, continuing decades of uninterrupted loading and unloading of container vessels in the...
Halifax Port: More Ship Calls Diverted To PSA Halifax & Ceres Terminals Over Prolonged Montreal Port Strike
By Andrew Macdonald Halifax Port: More Ship Calls To PSA Halifax & Ceres Terminal From Montreal Port Strike As Vessels Get Diverted To Halifax Several weeks ago I reported that a week-long strike at the Port of Montreal was underway - while it was scheduled only...
Fifty Is Nifty: Everyone’s Favourite Highway Crusader, Barney’s River Fire Chief Joe, On Turning 50 And His ‘Best Present’
By Andrew Macdonald For Fire Chief Joe (no last name needed) fifty is nifty. I am delighted to report everyone’s favourite highway twinning crusader turned 50 on April 10 during our current pandemic. Fire Chief Joe — whose last name is MacDonald, if you insist — is...
Halifax Port: Montreal Labour Strike In Comparison To Halifax Waterfront Labour
By Andrew Macdonald As The Notebook chronicled in our Sunday edition, the unions working at the Port of Montreal, are on strike this week. As a journalist who has closely covered the Port of Halifax for 25-years now, I have not once since beginning coverage of the...
Halifax Port: Encore: Strong Year In 2019 Led To Staff Bonuses
By Andrew Macdonald Further to today's lead articles on the Port of Halifax, and its significant retaining of a stable credit rating, here is the port's 2019 financials, which I wrote about in April, when the year-end report for 2019 was made available. The port's...
HWY 104: Will Lloyd Hines Name Twinned Route After Fire Chief Joe?
By Andrew Macdonald Attention Lloyd Hines: Name Twinned 104 After Fire Chief Joe By Andrew Macdonald Will Lloyd Hines Name 104 HWY After Motoring Folk Hero Fire Chief Joe? Close to 50, Fire Chief Joe MacDonald single handedly got Ottawa & Halifax politicos to get...
104 HWY: Quick Facts On Twinning
Quick Facts on 104 HWY twinning program: The project will result in a continuous twinned Highway 104 from the New Brunswick border to Antigonish, just west of Exit 31 The proponent will take over ongoing operating and maintenance responsibilities for the twinned...
