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Halifax Media Disappointed At Lack Of Municipal Candidates From The Citizens For Halifax Society

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

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 [...]

Abu Dhabi Buys Iconic New York Chrysler Building while Canada Stutters On Foreign Ownership Rules

Abu Dhabi Buys Iconic New York Chrysler Building while Canada Stutters On Foreign Ownership Rules

The latest in M&A news: Bloomberg announced yesterday that the Abu Dhabi Investment Council completed its acquisition of a controlling stake (75%) of the New York Chrysler Building. The stake was previously held by a Prudential [...]

Pre-Historic Community Receives Futuristic ‘Green’ Institute

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

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 [...]

Viral Marketing: Nova Scotia's Video Invitation to David Letterman

Viral Marketing: Nova Scotia's Video Invitation to David Letterman

Your World Today is likely the first online site to break the story of Rodney MacDonald’s ‘Top 10′ video to David Letterman. The Nova Scotia ‘Come to Life’ website was the source of the video, ofcourse, [...]

The Juno Effect: Politician Marketing Nova Scotia To David Letterman

The Juno Effect: Politician Marketing Nova Scotia To David Letterman

A brave initiative by Rodney MacDonald, Nova Scotia’s Conservative top dog. The Premier rode the wave of popularity provided by the smashing reviews of the recent Hollywood hit ‘Juno’ and its Halifax-based star: Ellen Page. Ellen [...]

SMS Kills!

SMS Kills!

A great new ad from the Dubai office of DDB. Click on image to enlarge. Notice the attention to detail. The models were chosen to reflect the cultural diversity of the UAE and, ofcourse, the ever present crane [...]

Celine Dion and The Invisible Elephant

Celine Dion and The Invisible Elephant

Throughout all the commentary and articles dealing with the Celine concert cancellation in Halifax, I am yet to see anyone mention one obvious and major observation. So, at the risk of joining Jim Meek’s “Big No” [...]

Save the Ooompa-Loompa

Save the Ooompa-Loompa

Yet another meaningless and needless Halifax bylaw (Click here for Chronicle Herald article). This is what happens when some of your chosen representatives have nothing significant to contribute to the betterment of the city. They waste [...]