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Written by Blogging Editor
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
 Is the Hotline under the control of government? The host, Rick Howe denied the allegation levelled against him and station management during Wednesday's show. The allegation was contained in an email obtained by Howe through a third party. It angered Howe, who used the word 'defamed' to describe its content. Howe read the email to his listeners.
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Written by Alex J Walling
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Sunday, 22 April 2007 |
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 Remember the 80’s tune by Denise Williams called ‘Let’s Hear it for the Boys’, well this year's version, should one be recorded today, could be called, ‘Let’s hear it for the Paul’s as in Paul Kennedy and Paul Meagher, who volunteer their time and efforts for a community radio station.
More about them in a minute but first.
I do one hell of a lot of radio listening. Like the McGuire Sisters song, “radio in the morning, radio in the evening and radio at supper time” I seem to have my radio on be it the car, office or home, most of the day, the local community radio station, Seaside-FM. |
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Written by Blogging Editor
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Wednesday, 18 April 2007 |
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Federal Liberal party leader Stephane Dion says his decision not to challenge Green party leader Elizabeth May with a Liberal candidate in the riding of Central Nova during the next federal election puts 'progress ahead of partisanship.' Dion said last week that Canada would be much better off with Elizabeth May as members of Parliament. There's one way to prove you mean what you say Mr. Dion |
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Written by D.L. McCracken
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Friday, 13 April 2007 |
As the debate continues unabated in Canada on the pros and cons of staying the course in Afghanistan and as the troop death toll rises dramatically just within the last week, rumours are emerging from behind closed doors on Parliament Hill that Canada's top politicos have been bandying about the viability of implementing conscription otherwise known as compulsory military service. With suggestions by Canada's top military brass that perhaps we will be remaining in Afghanistan for much longer than 2009, the obvious question arises concerning Canada's ability to retain effective troop levels. Specifically, troop levels required to fight in this war over several more years.
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Written by Blogging Editor
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Wednesday, 11 April 2007 |
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Polls can be very revealing and I'm not talking about polling results. Hotline host Rick Howe dismissed polls that showed overwhelming support for Halifax's bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Howe didn't believe the polls and offered various theories for his reluctance to believe the results. Even the word 'FIXED' was used.... but I won't go there. |
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Written by D.L. McCracken
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Wednesday, 11 April 2007 |
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 It's not every day that Dartmouth residents can glance into the sky above and watch in shock and awe as they witness two unrecognizable fighter jets flying in formation alongside a fairly large and also unrecognizable 747-like aircraft. But that's exactly what happened last Saturday.
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Written by Editor
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Sunday, 08 April 2007 |
Not only is HRM councillor Steve Streatch too busy for regional council meetings, his time is too valuable to waste on city business. You see, he has more important things to do.
The Halifax Daily News exposed a different kind of 'Inconvenient Truth" last week, and it's sure cause an already cynical public to become even more cynical of our politicians. |
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Sunday, 08 April 2007 |
People shouldn't pee in the pool and complain later when they swallow a mouthful of yellow water. But that's exactly what Rick Howe has been doing for the past couple of weeks. It's not new.
Rick Howe is the host of the Hotline on AM 920 CJCH radio. It's a talk radio show - he mostly talks.
You may be asking yourself what exactly is Mr. Howe being hypocritical about now? The answer this time is the lack of a major outdoor summer concert bash on the Halifax Commons. |
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Written by Alex J. Walling
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Tuesday, 27 March 2007 |
By Alex J. Walling
No one wants to take the blame for the Commonwealth Games mess. We got a billion over budget and no one seems to know why. The feds say, and they are correct, that they ponyed up their 400-million and left.
The 2014 bid committee CEO Scott Logan says he wouldn’t do anything differently which is either a case of arrogance or ignorance or both. |
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Written by Alex J. Walling
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Monday, 12 March 2007 |
By Alex J. Walling
Oh, what a week in sports and civic politics.
I think I can honestly say that in being in the media business for over 40 years I have seen a lot but nothing like the 2014 Commonwealth games pull out which was last Thursday, March 8th.
On that day the media received a notice that a news/press conference would take place at 11:30 at city hall where HRM Mayor Peter Kelly and the Minister of Health, Promotion and Protection, Barry Barnett, were to hold a joint release. |
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