The Hants Journal

“You know, I guess when you sign up to become a politician and you take on the responsibilities of government, at the time I felt I was proud to be a part of a government that was prepared to make tough decisions, to look at ways to advance the ...

Because we’re doing it in my book club, and because I loved it so much the first time, I’m rereading Warlight, which is my favourite book by Michael Ondaatje for a whole bunch of reasons. I will mention just one: the characters, ...

Nova Scotia’s 25-year-old privacy law is not up to the task of protecting personal information held by the provincial government. Catherine Tully, the province’s information and privacy commissioner, told the legislature’s public ...

Like most of us, voters in Monday’s three federal byelections don’t know yet what to make of the Liberals’ current ethical stew, so they ignored it and delivered the results expected of them. The Conservatives easily won a safe ...

It would make for better fiction if the millionaire son of a former prime minister fell on his sword to save the son of a Cape Breton coal miner. But this is Canadian politics, so not quite fiction, and it happened the other way around. One of the ...

I’m extremely worried about shortsightedness. I’m twice as worried because it’s an election year. When you borrow money, you pay interest on it. When you delay paying the money back, you pay even more ...

People take jobs. Big jobs. High-profile jobs. But that doesn’t mean their families have taken the same jobs. And in the media, it might worthwhile for us all to remember that. Earlier this week, CTV News aired a clip of a ...

The Nova Scotia legislature no longer has a public accounts committee worthy of the name. This is a loss to Nova Scotians who care how their tax dollars are spent and to what affect. Such citizens likely also harbour the misconception that they ...

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but just lately I’ve been wondering if truth is replicating fiction. Anyone who’s read Linda Moore’s second Nova Scotia mystery, Fundy Vaults, might know what I’m thinking ...

For it is February, and the idea of winter is often tiring now. The dirty banks of snow are coughing up their gutful of detritus, and cold mornings on the way to work seem like one more trial to be endured. But… Sometimes, ...