Ian Joseph Porter

Hum HR

An indignant puff of huff hovers over Halifax Regional Council. Mayor Mike Savage says actions by the provincial government are dangerous and undemocratic. South-end councillor Waye Mason says the province is invading space that only the municipality can manage. What’s causing this is indeed touchy. The province has disallowed a municipal bylaw that prohibitsContinue reading “Hum HR”

Empire Builder

Where does the straight line to a massive $2.5-billion regional medical health facility begin? Why, with the parking garage of course! And where to put it? Why on one of the last bits of the shrinking green space in central Halifax, next to the Natural History Museum and the Bengal Lancers’ stable . That wasContinue reading “Empire Builder”

Divergent Arcs

What the James Webb Space Telescope has to say about us The News in the first months of 2022 tracked along sharply divergent arcs. One traced the ominous curve of stories that would lead to war in Ukraine. Following under its shadow were reports of famine in Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Yemen, repression in the MiddleContinue reading “Divergent Arcs”

Teasing Trump turned a quick laugh for Trudeau… but probably not so smart as diplomacy

Justin Trudeau Gifts Trump With Photo of Grandfather’s Canadian Hotel June 2018: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to attempt a lighthearted moment at the G-7 Summit on Friday when he presented President Donald Trump with a framed photograph of a Canadian hotel and brothel once owned by Trump’s grandfather The Artic Restaurant and Hotel, openedContinue reading “Teasing Trump turned a quick laugh for Trudeau… but probably not so smart as diplomacy”