Introduction
I 'm now the news editor for The Coast, a 23,000-circulation weekly newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Cover stories
Public Money, private players — still more details on the Commonwealth Games fiasco
Game over — Commonwealth Games investigation
related stories:
Frequent flying — Where they went
Rating approval — Polling the games
On the rocks — Nova Scotia's coast
Land of the flee — Canada Day story
The 17-Tonne Challenge — How Nova Scotia can address global warming
Harbour Solutions stinks — A look at Halifax's new sewer system
News articles
Cars vs transit — third harbour crossing study raises questions
Help the rich — tax cuts for high-valued homes
Trans-conned —The Daily News closes
Labour rules — Are party politics coming to Halifax?
Condo conundrum — gentrification on Gottingen Street
Sunday school — public universities are still governed by the church
City of Angels — Halifax flirts with the Guardian Angels
Loan soldiers — Halifax hosts the Microcredit Summit
Bang for your buck— The politics behind the Rolling Stones Concert
No dumping — Harbour Solutions update
Road to Ruin — Blue Mountain Wilderness
Reality bites
A column exploring all things Haligonian
Secrecy watch — Bedford fast ferry
Port gossip — Atlantic Gateway fallacies
Tax Reform Committee mess — losing community
Argyle Street haps — Chronicle Herald moving
Who rides the bus? — Missed Metro Transit
Atcay ylawbay — the torture edition
Cat secrecy — council defeats itself
Downtown Halifax Vision — Great plans, rotten politicians
Chestur spur — financing a trail
Founders Corner flubs — Greenwashing in Dartmouth
Crappy cars — Halifax's harbour (non)solution
Stolen elections? — Halifax embraces internet voting
Features and special issues
Fool school — the stupidity of going to college in Nova Scotia
Fish tanking — Eating sustainable seafood
Walk the line — Halifax region hiking guide
Hot for teacher — Back to School guide story on home heating oil
Sustainable city
From October, 2006 through December 2007 I wrote a bi-weekly environmental column, covering green issues in the Halifax area.
You're getting warmer — year end column
O, Christmas Tree — trees & organic farming
Dual nature — hypocritical pols
Heated debate — provincial wannabeism and patio heaters
An organic solution — the fertilizer industry takes on CFIA
Take me to a leader — Nova Scotia ignores its own legislation
The Power of one — why individual action isn't enough
A dirty shame — Rodney MacDonald votes for global warming
Atlantica alternative — District heating for Halifax
Atlantica RIP — The bogus superport
Dim and dimmer — Lights out in downtown Halifax
Turning back the tide — McNab's Island clean-up
Lawn order — Halifax's unenforced pesticide ban
Unjust rewards — Nova Scotia Power exec's pay
Green house effect — House retrofits
A sinking ship — Low expectations for a "fast ferry" to Bedford
Smog and mirrors — The PR denial of climate change
Find me guilty — Personal responsibility vs. the structures of society
Congrete jungle — Tear down the Cogswell interchange!
Sink or swim — Rising sea levels come to Halifax
Everyday heroes — Everyman tackles Climate Change
The Silent Scandal — Nova Scotia's inaction on climate change
Turning Green — 2006 recap
What a drag — Canada and bottom trawling
The shadow of power — Tufts Cove power plant
Game theory — Greening the Commonwealth Games
Blown opportunity — The quest for wind power in Nova Scotia
Message in a bottle — The death of the public drinking fountain