The Scribbler
News that goes against the tide.
Valley School locks children outside for not wearing masks
Children were left alone in a snowstorm for nearly half an hour. Two children in Somerset Nova Scotia, aged 10 and 6, were denied access to their school and left outside alone for 26 minutes during a snowstorm this past Thursday, Dec 16. The kids were dropped off at...
read moreBeth’s Briefing notes – Sept 29th
Ok ya'll, this briefing has me pretty fired up. Not only does this vax-pass force people to choose between providing for their families or following their conscience, it separates families. People with family in LTC will now be faced with a moral dilemma no one should...
read moreBeth’s Briefing Notes – Sept 8th
Well we may have a new Provincial government, but we definitely still have the same leader. Premiere Strang once again took the reigns on this briefing leaving Mr. Houston with only 6:33 of speaking time. Strang however referred to his usual talking points of...
read moreBeth’s Briefing Notes: July 14th
Privileges granted by men may be denied by men. Rights are granted by God, and can be legitimately denied by no man - John Bunyan This apparently was the 150th episode of The Covid show. Both Strang and Rankin made sure to let us know that they will be holding our God...
read moreBeth’s Briefing Notes – July 12, 2021
I won't lie to you, this briefing notes are getting really hard to write. I no longer find anything humorous but instead find myself getting increasingly cynical. I thought the BS and brainwashing was supposed to get easier to deal with, but since it hasn't here's a...
read moreRankin announces funding for child care
In a press conference in the childcare center at Mount Saint Vincent University, Premier Iain Rankin announced a $40 million investment into affordable and equitable childcare. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the conference via Zoom to pledge a further $605...
read moreRankin announces funding for Racial Justice
This morning, Premier Iain Rankin announced $4.8 million in funding to create the African Nova Scotian Justice Institute. The Institute, working with the existing African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Decent Coalition (ANSDPAD) and the newly formed Office...
read moreBeth’s Briefing Notes – June 29th
vaccines, vaccines, vaccines. (and vaccines) 111. That is how many times the word vaccine (vaccinate, vaccination) was used in Tuesday's 46 minute briefing. To add to that the phrases shots, 1st does, and 2nd dose received noticeable attention as well. Together those...
read moreJune 24- Beth’s Briefing notes
Today is Tuesday June 29th and I am just now getting around to writing my briefing notes for this past Thursday. I have been struggling with the things I heard at a deep level. I didn't even want to write this, but I feel that these things need to be brought to light....
read moreBeth’s Briefing Notes, June 22 2021
Shut down my Border? I'll shut down your highway! My notes for this briefing should be pretty short. Both Rankin and Strang's opening statements were about how great Nova Scotians are doing, how we have been praised for our compliance vaccination numbers, and that we...
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