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– from the Chronicle Herald Editorial Called ‘The limits of secrecy’ (Aug 2007)
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Careful with that wheel wrench! The province yanked the licence of 25 mechanics last year for conducting shoddy motor vehicle inspections. The Registry of Motor Vehicles also took the licence to perform inspections from 14 service stations for various violations, according to documents The Chronicle Herald obtained through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. RELATED
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Tighter inspection rules get some mechanics barred from doing MVIs
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Premier Rodney MacDonald gave substantial raises to senior staffers in his office last year, according to documents obtained by The Chronicle Herald. Bob Chisholm, who has been Mr. MacDonald’s chief of staff since he took over from Heather Foley-Melvin in 2006, got a 9.7 per cent raise when he signed a contract on Oct. 29. It brought his salary to $144,476.78, up from $131,613.82, and includes a 12-month severance. The contract is retroactive to June 25 and runs to next June 25. Stephen Greene, the premier’s deputy chief of staff, got a bump of 14.9 per cent, going to $137,920 from $120,000. The contracts were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. …
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Trio of senior employees got salary hikes of 9.7 to 15.7 per cent in 2008
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Court: WCB must name firms with most injuries By KELLY SHIERS Staff Reporter Tue. Dec 9 – 2:55 PM Nova Scotians have the right to know which workplaces in the province have experienced the highest number of injuries, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court has ruled. The Chronicle-Herald has been battling to name those companies since Feb. 2007, when it asked the Workers Compensation Board to identify the 25 companies that reported the most accidents and injuries in 2004, 2005 and 2006. This newspaper was forced to go to Nova Scotia Supreme Court to obtain the information after the WCB defied a decision by the province’s top freedom of information watchdog to release the names. “I accept that the disclosure of the names of the 25 employers with the most workplace accidents could embarrass them,” Justice Gregory Warner wrote in a decision released Tuesday. “It should only stigmatize them if they can improve their safety record and do not do so.” Justice Warner said he rejected the argument that the embarrassment would be permanent, or long term. “On the contrary, disclosure should encourage a workplace with a comparatively poor safety record to improve its safety record. FULL ARTICLE: <http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9009749.html>
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