Author Archives: Waye Mason
OPENFILE: Peter Kelly, Newsmaker of 2011
It seems inarguable that mayor Kelly was 2011's Halifax newsmaker of the year, and not in a good way. Try as I might to find another angle, or another way to spin it, the most recurring theme this year in Halifax ...
OPENFILE: UARB decides for HRM. Again.
On Tuesday the great and powerful Utility and Review Board delivered its verdict on the shape of the municipal districts in the next election in HRM. The UARB---as its' friends know it---had already decided on the size of council back in the summer. ...
OPENFILE: NSCADs gotta know when to hold ‘em
If you like NSCAD, the current situation has been hard to talk about. It is kind of like having a friend—smart, accomplished, successful, arguably world renowned— with a gambling problem. A smart friend, who you admire, who is about to lose her house because she ...
Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of Occupy NS?
I’ve always been interested in the way the public makes itself heard by the people we elect. When I moved back to Halifax to go to university, I dove right in to the discourse---from the Common Plan, to municipal reform, then ...
Finger pointing and passing the buck; just another day at City Hall
“Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.” —Russell Lynes Unlike the last month or so, this time, ...