The Trans Mountain pipeline mess: civil disobedience making more sense
The national debate over expansion of Trans Mountain pipeline grew even more heated last week. As...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | May 2, 2018 | Environment/Energy |
The national debate over expansion of Trans Mountain pipeline grew even more heated last week. As...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Apr 8, 2018 | Federal Politics, Nova Scotia Politics, Politics |
Sometimes the politics of this place are mystifying. A few weeks ago, with the alarming result of...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Mar 15, 2018 | Federal Politics, New Brunswick Politics, Politics |
For the second year in a row the federal budget barely survived a full news cycle before attention...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Feb 27, 2018 | Education, Social Policy |
It was good to see the media finally reporting on the effect of the government’s planned abolition...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Feb 12, 2018 | Health Care |
For months now in the local media it has been all about family doctors. The Chronicle-Herald,...
Read MoreRICHARD STARR has had careers as a journalist, public servant, broadcaster, political staffer and freelance policy adviser. He is author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, a former radio and TV producer and weekly newspaper editor, and the author of three non-fiction books. Starr has lived in Dartmouth for more than 30 years.