The Bluenose marathon has the potential to leave Nova Scotians breathless, weak and struggling across the finish line...and then there's the race. Ba-dum. The saga to restore Nova Scotia's most familiar icon, Bluenose II, is beginning to supersede the racing legend of the original Grand Banks Schooner. This tale however is not one rich in …
The Liberals look a bit dim on Efficiency Nova Scotia
The recent 19.5% rate hike the Utility and Review Board imposed on Nova Scotia Power ratepayers (read-all of us) has served to shine a light on the rather dim Liberal policy toward Efficiency Nova Scotia. When Andrew Younger took office as Energy Minister, the folks in the department wasted no time in pulling out the …
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Groundhog Day, starring you and me.
Yes, I know it's not for another 10 days. Groundhog Day with Bill Murray remains one of my favorite films. Maybe it's because I spent a few years as a TV weatherman at the CBC and understand the vacuous, repetitive nature of the job, or perhaps it's because of the film's important message about occasionally …
“They’re Filling Their Pockets with Dead Teenagers and Broken Families.”
Prescription drugs are now one of the most serious problems facing our youth. High school students have full access to a broad range of pharmaceuticals. Ask Amy Graves. Concerta, Oxycontin, Valium, Vicoden, Ritalen, Clorazipam, Ativan, Dilaudid are all available locker to locker. Codeine cough syrups mixed with Starburst or Jolly Rancher candies are in vogue these days. …
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If You Don’t Vote, I’ll Shoot This Dog.
In January 1973, National Lampoon ran the above picture on its cover with the caption, If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill this Dog. It was powerful, dark and hilarious. Most people feel this is the period when National Lampoon began to hit its creative apogee. It was a wildly popular cover and that …
The Anonymous Comment Section revisited
This is not a new idea. In fact, I wrote this blog six years ago. At the time I'd been thinking about putting an anonymous blog on the Internet, wrote this and then realized I was simply feeding into exactly what I was criticizing. It felt hypocritical...and a little stupid. I stumbled over this missive …
Nova Scotia’s Ashley Smith
A tad inflammatory? That was my response when I first heard Brenda Hardiman invoking the spectre of the Ashley Smith debacle with her daughter Nichele's plight at the hands of the Department of Community Services and the RCMP. Ashley Smith's dreadful experience,of being sucked into the federal penal system and her ultimate death, stands as …
