News From Halifax Live! http://www.halifaxlive.com 2010-03-14T20:25:28+01:00 http://www.halifaxlive.com http://www.halifaxlive.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-02-22T15:51:17+01:00 http://www.halifaxlive.com http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/1125/32/ By Alex J. Walling Our provincial political leaders from Premier Darrell Dexter, who promised ‘a new kind of government’, to fairly new Liberal leader Stephen MacNeil and the interim PC leader Karen Casey simply don’t get it. In fact, their conduct and deportment over the last few weeks on the MLA’s expense scandal pathetically shows that they haven’t a clue how the so called average Nova Scotian feels. Even though the Chronicle Herald has received more letters on this topic than ever, that CBC News 5-5:30 and 6pm editions are getting 50-80 calls a show on this topic... text/html 2009-09-18T16:03:30+01:00 http://www.halifaxlive.com http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/1124/32/ I am certain Lewis Carroll didn’t have the members of Halifax Regional Municipal council in mind when he coined the word “jabberwocky.” After all, that was 1872, and Ron Wallace was mayor. Or so it seems. Anyway, anyone who missed Tuesday’s debate over banning bottled water from city hall, missed what could have been a classic edition of Laugh In. Such was the nonsense spoken by the majority of members debating the subject. Kudos to Deputy Mayor David Hendsbee, who chaired the meeting, for not grabbing a couple of councilors by the throat and shaking them into... text/html 2009-09-12T07:15:04+01:00 http://www.halifaxlive.com http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/1123/32/ If I owned a gun, which I don’t and never will, and visited a beaver colony and systematically wiped them out, the SPCA would have me in court before I could blink. So why aren’t those responsible for slaying the beavers last week in Bayhead, Colchester County facing charges? Maybe not the ones who pulled the trigger, they were acting under orders. But certainly the twit(s) at the Department of Transportation who issued the edict should face the music. As their boss, Bill Estabrooks said, “Errors in judgment were made.” The Transportation Minister was refreshingly open and frank... text/html 2009-09-03T16:48:22+01:00 http://www.halifaxlive.com http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/1122/32/ Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is playing a dangerous game. Throwing down the gauntlet by announcing he plans to defeat the Harper government at the first opportunity when the House of Commons resumes sitting, may just break the log jam, and send the voters, those who bother with the process, over to the Conservatives in droves. I was interested in a straw poll on a recent CTV evening newscast. Viewers of the 6pm program with Steve Murphy were 10 to 1 against a fall election. While this is not a formal poll, the figure is somewhat telling. Canadians are... text/html 2009-08-28T15:55:18+01:00 http://www.halifaxlive.com http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/1121/32/ Darren Muise, Freeman MacNeil and Derek Wood are the three soulless monsters who, on May 7, 1992 walked into the Sydney River McDonald’s and murdered three employees, while carrying out an armed robbery. A 29-year-old maintenance worker and married father of one, Neil Burroughs, was shot, stabbed and beaten with a shovel. Another maintenance worker, 27-year-old Jimmy Fagan was shot dead. The shift manager that evening was Donna Warren, 22. They shot her in the head after she had opened the safe. A fourth staff member, Arleen MacNeil was shot and severely wounded, and left permanently... text/html 2009-08-23T04:48:18+01:00 http://www.halifaxlive.com http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/1120/32/ I knew Bill Gillis for nearly 40 years. Three of those years we worked on the same team, he as the Liberal member for Antigonish, and I as the Director of Communications for the Leader of the Opposition, and his then boss, Vince MacLean. It was during those 36 months that I got to know and appreciate the man they called Billy in the Little Vatican and the surrounding communities that made up his constituency. His passing this week, after a short battle with brain cancer, brought back many memories. Each reflection centered on his honesty and his... text/html 2009-08-13T15:33:54+01:00 http://www.halifaxlive.com http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/1119/32/ I wish I could take credit for the title of this week’s column, because it describes Peter Kelly to a “T”. However the credit for the quote must go to the late Will Rogers. HRM’s mayor is, to be kind, confused. Or so it seems. His performance in relation to the malfunctioning sewage treatment plant borders on the pathetic. This week he was upset with the Halifax members of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association and in particular the Association’s vice-president Luc Erjavec, who said Halifax Harbour “is putrid, it stinks.” Guess what, Peter, he’s right. And...