Editor’s note:
The following letter was written to Chuck Porter, Minister of Municipal
Affairs.
Dear Minister Porter,
In December of 2006, then Education Minister, Karen
Casey, used her authority under the Education Act to...
By Zack Metcalfe
For me the Atlantic caribou represent a long-standing obsession, one which began around 2016. While perusing Nova Scotia’s species-at-risk registry, as I do for fun, I stumbled across an entry...
At the core of police street checks is citizens’
personal information.
After all, street checks are an intelligence tool meant
to gather information that might be useful in future investigations. They are
state-sponsored citizen surveillance. Information is...
Tourism is a thriving industry in Nova Scotia.
We attract millions of travelers annually, who spend
money to eat our east-coast cuisine and to stay at our local hotels. But, every
year, thousands of jobs in...
By Zack Metcalfe
When it comes to saving the world, your mind probably goes to electric cars and solar panels, which are great ideas but not yet within everyone’s reach. In a decade, perhaps, their plummeting prices will allow them...
Every so often, rightly or wrongly, a government-supported business venture becomes a political football.
From Sydney Steel, to SNC-Lavalin, we’ve seen decades’ worth of fall-out from government intervention in the business community. Occasionally, however, the sticks we use to beat...
There are times when exemplary actions place individuals into categories where others give them the recognition that they deserve. Unfortunately, our society also tends to remember a person for committing something that is a horrific and infamous act.
My praise...
A Letter to the Editor in the March 20 edition of The Reporter asked “What is the Mining Association of Nova Scotia up to?” so I am writing to provide an answer.
The Mining Association of Nova Scotia is proposing...
By: Zack Metcalfe
At one time, the American chestnut made up a full quarter of all trees in the mixed deciduous forests of eastern North America, conquering canopies from southern New England north into Ontario. The King of the Forest,...
Over the last few weeks, Prime Minister Trudeau has been credibly accused by his own Attorney General, Jody Wilson-Raybould, of politically interfering in the criminal prosecution of a well-connected engineering firm.
It’s now beyond dispute that he and his office...