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Canada News
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Written by Staff
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
In response to the continuing backlog of new passport applications in Canada, Passport Canada has relaxed their previously stringent rules regarding their guarantor policy.
As of October 1, 2007 Canada will no longer require applicants to provide a guarantor who is a member of the professional sector. As it stands now, Canadian passport applicants are required to supply a guarantor signature from a professional sector that includes doctors, lawyers or politicians. Guarantors are persons who will vouch for the applicant if necessary.
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Columnist - D.L. McCracken
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Written by D.L. McCracken
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
Greetings from Atlantic Canada,
It has come to my attention that many people beyond the New Brunswick/Quebec border have an extremely limited understanding of what it means to have the leader of this country and his cronies decide to unilaterally tear up a signed, sealed and delivered contract and replace it with something else...anything else, as long as it doesn't have the heading, "Atlantic Accord".
Imagine my dismay to read some of the comments offered by so many of the uninformed in upper Canada to the question, 'Is the Harper government breaking a contract and gleefully putting the screws to Atlantic Canada in regards to the 2007 federal budget and the Atlantic Accord?' or something like that....
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by HalifaxLive
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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June 12, 2007 - The third reading of the budget bill has just passed with a vote of 157 to 103. In an effort to assist Premier Rodney MacDonald in his request to every Nova Scotia Member of Parliament to vote against a federal budget which cancels the legal contract known and signed into law as The Atlantic Accord, Halifax Live has compiled a list of current NS MPs, their constituencies and their political party affiliation. Each time another MP vows to vote against the federal budget's third reading this week, we will acknowledge their decision here. Bill Casey who now sits as an Independent was the first to vote against his party and his party's budget but more important, he was the first to stand up for Nova Scotia.
Who is next to stand up for Nova Scotia? Two NS MPs did not stand up for Nova Scotia today - Peter MacKay and Gerald Keddy.
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by Premier Rodney MacDonald
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
NOTE: The following is a letter to the editor from Premier Rodney MacDonald.
June 11, 2007
Letter to the Editor:
Federal Finance Jim Minister Flaherty says in Saturday's Herald that it is an "urban myth" that the federal government's 2007 Budget affects the 2005 Atlantic Accord. In fact, that budget claws back every cent of the initial $830-million accord payment, and more, by giving us lower Equalization payments than we're entitled to receive. How does the 2007 Budget do that? Mr. Flaherty says it's "complex" and that's the only part of his letter to the Herald that I agree with. Mr. Flaherty talks about a choice between two formulas. On the surface, having a choice sounds reasonable. In fact, it's not reasonable. Let me give you an analogy that explains why.
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Canada News
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Written by D.L. McCracken
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
 Just one day after Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald finally came to his senses and realized that Ottawa is intent on breaking the Atlantic Accord Agreement signed in 2005, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters in a news conference today in Ottawa that if Nova Scotia is serious about the allegations, they should take legal action adding with a dismissive chuckle, "I don't think you can make that allegation and walk away. Is the federal government breaking the law? We are not breaking the law".
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
 Premier Rodney MacDonald is calling on Nova Scotia's members of parliament to vote against federal budget legislation on third reading. He is also calling on senators to delay passage of the bill if comes before them. The 2007 federal budget effectively cancels the Atlantic accord. |
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Columnist - Alex J Walling
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Written by Alex J. Walling
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
By Alex J.Walling
 Bill Casey for premier. It’s not that far of a stretch. In speaking with a die hard 40-year Tory supporter, he says: “I expect the Tories to lose the next election, boot Rodney out, (or have him resign for the usual ‘personal reasons’) and then make a strong bid to have Bill Casey head the Tories.
Would, given the state of things, anyone even bother to run against Casey if such a scenario took place?
In this whole ‘Casey and the Accord Affair’ what I find amazing is not what Bill Casey did, but what the others didn’t do. |
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Blogging Editor
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Written by Shet Flouts
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Sunday, 03 June 2007 |
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During the 2000 municipal elections, a fast ferry from Bedford to Halifax was proposed by then mayor, Walter Fitzgerald. It wouldn't float in 2000, so why is it making like a turd in Halifax harbour and floating now? Bedford Ferry Not a Very Good Idea: Expert -From the Daily News, September 02, 2000
Walter Fitzgerald's Opposition to Commuter Rail Produces Unworkable Alternative Proposal
Mayor Walter Fitzgerald's idea for a ferry from Bedford to Halifax is just a political "red herring," says a transportation expert who doesn't think the idea will float. "If money is poured into a ferry, it's going to be a complete waste of time," Larry Hughes, a Dalhousie professor and transportation activist, said yesterday. |
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Local HRM News
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Written by HL Staff
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Sunday, 03 June 2007 |
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 A Ghost in need is a Ghost indeed. Haligonians worried about abandoned or neglected local ghosts will be happy to read that the Rescue Mediums, aka Jackie Dennison and Christine Hamlett, are hard at work rectifying the problem.
This week, the British pair will be attempting to encourage spirits at 5562 Bloomfield Street in the North End of Halifax to leg it toward the nearest bright light they can find. |
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Columnist - Alex J Walling
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Written by Alex J. Walling
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
HRM’S all-news and talk radio station, 95.7 took a big hit in the credibility department on Wednesday May 16.
It seems that 95.7 will give you the news, the breaking news, and Team coverage of news, as long as it doesn’t involve one of their own staff.
As I see it, if you live by the sword then you die by it. CJNI Radio, known as News95.7 in Metro does news. They do tons of news, and do it well. They start at 5:30 in the morning and deliver tons of news for most of the day. They have several key news wheels (5:30-9:00am and 3:30-7pm.) |
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Local HRM News
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Written by Staff
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Monday, 14 May 2007 |
Pope Benedict XVI has decided to replace Ottawa's retiring archbishop Marcel Gervais with Terrence Prendergast, archbishop of Halifax.
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