Kimber’s Nova Scotia What’s that I smell? Last spring, in the lead-up to the election, then freshly-minted wind-up-doll premier Rodney MacDonald gleefully played handout hopscotch, announcing a multitude of multi-million-dollar projects, expansions, upgrades, grants and good times from Yarmouth to Sydney. This spring in the follow-up to his less-than-spectacular budget, our no-longer new but still […]
Kimber’s Nova Scotia Judging letters by the numbers The South Shore Regional Library is facing an “immediate funding problem [and] a gloomy future,” thanks to a combination of provincial funding formulas and the results of the 2006 census. Statistics Canada’s latest head count shows the population of Queens and Lunenburg counties has dropped by 3,500 […]
Workers counting on union to deflate Michelin Emplyoees put out call for CAW after company decides to slash pay for new workers by $3 an hour STEPHEN KIMBER The Daily News Editor’s note: Beginning today, veteran journalist, author and King’s College professor Stephen Kimber gives his unique perspective on news events from around the province […]
STEPHEN KIMBER, a Professor of Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax and co-founder of its MFA in Creative Nonfiction Program, is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of two novels and eight non-fiction books. Buy his books
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