Archive for 'Nova Scotia'
Interesting Online Innovations From Halifax
I attended today’s ‘Third Wednesday New Media Meet Up’ event at the Foggy Goggle in Halifax. The event is an informal monthly gathering of people in the city who are involved or just curious about new [...]
Should All Halifax Residents Pay for Extended Public Transit Services?
The latest city council meeting on Tuesday December 9 has provided the media with much fodder. Among the blunders was a report from city staff that studied increasing transit service to suburban and rural areas and [...]
The Ice Awards Taught Me How To Use Twitter
I attended the 7th annual Ice Awards at Pier 21 last Friday and was treated to what I believe to be the most glamorous awards show in Halifax. Pity that the local TV stations don’t cover [...]
Survey Results Provide Opinion Comparison Between Halifax Public and Halifax Municipal Elections Candidates
Here is an interesting press release noting the results of a recent Halifax survey that asked the public for opinions regarding controversial issues like Heritage VS. Development, the Bedford Ferry, changing Halifax’s name, dividing HRM, and [...]
Nova Scotia Pomegranate Phone: Great Viral, but is it effective?
A phone that translates what you say into any language? It comes with a built-in mini projector for presentations and movies? It also doubles as a harmonica? That’s where the features of the Pomegranate Phone start [...]
2008 Halifax Municipal Elections Candidate Score Card
With the impending triple election saga this fall (US + Canadian Federal Elections + Halifax Municipal Elections), it appears that many local news outlets in Halifax have determined that US and Canadian federal elections are more [...]
Halifax Media Disappointed At Lack Of Municipal Candidates From The Citizens For Halifax Society
This post was prompted as a response to an article appearing in the Chronicle Herald on September 11 titled ‘They huffed and puffed, but Kelly’s critics failed to find a rival’. With the closing of the [...]
Letter From A Homeless Man
Every morning on her way to work, a friend of mine has been running into a couple of guys who have made ‘home’ out of the shielded entry way to her apartment at the corner of [...]
Pre-Historic Community Receives Futuristic ‘Green’ Institute
Joggins is a Canadian rural community in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has so far enjoyed unparalleled geological fame. Joggins is famous for its record of fossils dating to the Pennsylvanian “Coal Age” of Earth’s history, approximately [...]
Innovative Political Campaigns: Bedford Candidate First To Harness New Media
Tim Outhit is making political history (well, around these parts at least) by becoming the first politician in Nova Scotia, and perhaps Canada, to truly utilize the power of new media and social marketing in seeking [...]
Is the Canadian Maple Leaf A Recognizable International Symbol?
Well am sorry to say that, the Lebanese Flag does look more like the A
If Halifax Was Palestine.
Haha way to humanize the Vulcans. You magically left out the part wher
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Brother I am not familiar with canadian environment.But as a student o
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
With regards to Farak's comments: 1st, Hitler and the others you ment
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
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