PREVIOUS WATER COOLER ENTRIES

Feb.26
FIRST ON LIVE
Pedestrian hit by HRM city worker while on road cleaning duty near Veterans' Memorial Lane and Summer at approximately, 9:02 p.m. Wednesday. Ambulance dispatched, measurements being taken....

Feb. 24
Paul Martin set to fire or suspend three top officials...

FEB.23
Political Rumour Mill: NS NDP Leader Darrell Dexter's brother seeking to run in next election against PC MLA Barry Barnet

Latest Poll Shows Liberal Support In Atlantic Canada Down Sharply To 39 per cent from 47 percent

FEB.18
IPSOS POLLING DISPUTES CONSERVATIVE POLLING, LIB'S SHOW STRENGTH IN ATLANTIC CANADA WITH 47% OF DECIDED VOTERS
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FEB.18
Halifax Live Internal Poll Leak #2, Conservatives set to take 40 seats in Ontario? More..
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FEB.17
HALIFAX LIVE OBTAINS CONSERVATIVE PARTY SECRET INTERNAL POLLING
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FEB.15 FIRST ON LIVE
LIVE POLITICAL RUMOUR MILL: NS PC Caucus Chair Brooke Taylor to announce support for Stephen Harper ...developing
FEB.17 We told you so two days ago click here

HALIFAX WEST MP GEOFF REGAN FACING LIBERAL SCANDAL VOTER BACKLASH IN SWING RIDING?
COULD REGAN BE THE NS LIBERAL'S STAR LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE IN WAITING?

Feb.06
DARRELL DEXTER, TORIES QUIETLY HIKE AUTO INSURANCE RATES
Opposition Leader Darrell Dexter is challenging the John Hamm government's decision to quietly allow insurance companies to increase auto insurance rates that had been frozen, so that drivers insured by those companies will not receive the legislated 20% auto insurance rate rollback.
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Feb.05
FIRST ON LIVE
SuperStore Clayton Park closing down, rumour has it that they encountered problems with property owners over an expansion, lease is up this summer. In response to expansion problems SuperStore will now make huge improvements to their Joesph Howe Ave. location. Expansion will include a new second floor workout gym, open to the public, shoe store,and a clothing outlet for women and teenagers...

Feb. 03
With the Shelburne youth detention centre set to be shut down, three recent tenders for groceries, over a six month period, issued by the provincial government has hungry stomachs asking the obvious question:
HOW MUCH FOOD CAN TWO KIDS EAT OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD?
CLICK HERE FOR THE ALARMING ANSWER

Jan.29

Big Oil Announces Record Cash Flow
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GAS GOUGING RUMOUR MILL
Well placed Gas Jockey tells live to get ready for a HUGE gas increase, FILL UP ASAP, and man, this one is going to HURT! Increase estimated between 5 to 9 cents per litre. HRM gas to hit 86 - 88 cents per litre by Feb. 6. Talk of a 90 plus per litre price before the end of Feb....

Jan. 25, 2004

UPDATE: Conservative leadership campaign gets dirty online.
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Conservative Leadership hopeful Belinda Stronach Buys Top Names, Including Paul Martin.
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Jan. 23, 2004
Political Rumour Mill: Former Federal Liberal Candidate Under Pressure To Run Again In Halifax. It is rumoured, Kevin Little, who ran a very impressive race against former NDP leader Alexa McDonough in the least general election is being courted by local liberals to return to Halifax and run in the upcoming federal election. It should be noted, Prime Minister Paul Martin campaigned with Little in the riding of Halifax during the last general election.

CTV's Otawa bureau chief offers Belinda free advice: "I wish she'd back out. I think she's going to be embarrassed and humiliated by the time this is over." Would Oliver offer the same advice to a man?
Discuss It Here

Overnight Winter Parking Ban in the urban core goes into effect on
Friday, January 23, 2004, at 1 a.m.

JAN. 19
HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE (HRP) MEA CULPA, "SORRY KIRK"
POLICE UNION, "SORRY KIRK, WE DISAGREE WITH HRP"

How generous are negotiators with your tax dollars? The NSTU doesn't want the public to know.
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NSLC CONTRACT A DREAM, MANAGEMENT DROPS THE BALL AS CONTRACT CLEARLY HAS CLAUSES TO PREVENT REPORTED ABUSES!
Contract: An employee shall be entitled to accumulate sick
leave up to a maximum of (300) three hundred days.

Get sick on Vacation?, no problem, don't miss this beauty!

NSLC SPECIAL LEAVE: Does your spouse or family member have a Doctor appointment? No Problem, you get up to 3 days special leave to take them to their appointment.

Employees may want to meet with their financial advisor, that's covered too

CLICK HERE FOR THE NSLC EMPLOYEE GOODIES

SOURCE: LIBERAL NSLC SHOCKER YET TO COME, SICK ON THE BEACH!

Jan. 10
WILL WENDY LILL'S SUCCESSOR BE A CINDERELLA STORY?
A recent press release from the Peter Mancini campaign team may suggest the race for the nomination for the federal riding of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour could be a "Shoe-In".
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Jan. 02 Look for Former Sydney M.P. and now Dartmouth citizen and Legal aid lawyer Peter Mancini to put his hat into the ring for the NDP nod in the Federal riding of Dartmouth by the end of next week.

Dec. 24th. Singer /Songwriter Terry Kelly to seek NDP nod in Federal riding of Dartmouth to replace ailing Wendy Lill who is not reoffering.

When the announcement finally comes in the New Year, he will join 2 others who have already thrown their hat into the ring.

Watch the contested race grow to at least 4, if not more, as some others still are contemplating the move.

PC PARTY VOTES TO MERGE WITH CANADIAN ALLIANCE
YES - 90.04 Percent
NO - 9.96 Percent

EXCLUSIVE, Posted December 5, 2003
POLITICAL INSIDER: Peter MacKay may have to run for the leadership of the new conservative party.....
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Halifax Live New Site Design. The Halifax Live CMS system is still available until the entire design is completed. Click Here

Halifax Live's Network Site Feeds From Health Talk Canada, Canada's Only Total Health Forum, and Site Punch, The Perfrect Mix, Now On Halifax Live!

Yet another golden handshake on the burner courtesy the tax payer? Rumour Mill ripe with chatter that Santa will be stuffing a sock with green this Christmas. And before you take a sip of that Egg Nog, could there be a shake-up in the works at the Capital Health Board... "Is there a Doctor in The House!"

Cabinet leaving town for a retreat to Debert this week.
Deputy Minister of Finance to appear before Public Accounts this week.

Number two on the way, as the Live rumour mill hits another homer?
Dhaliwal expected to resign Wednesday, he does.

15 days ago in the Water Cooler:
"Rumour Mill 2: At least two current Chretien Cab. Mins set to resign after Martin shakes up cabinet"
Friday Nov. 28, Deputy Prime Minister John Manley announces he will resign from politics on Dec.12, the Day Canada's new Prime Minister, Paul Martin takes official power. One down, one to go.

POSTED DEC. 4, 2003