NS councillors raise questions over awarding of tire recycling contract
NS councillors raise questions over awarding of tire recycling contract News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City5c Tomorrow8c A few clouds Home World Canada BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Manitoba Thunder Bay Sudbury Windsor Toronto Ottawa Montreal NB PEI NS NL North Politics Health Arts & Entertainment Music Film Television Books Media Art & Design Theatre Technology & Science Money Consumer Life Diversions Weather Your Voice Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK NS councillors raise questions over awarding of tire recycling contractPublished Wednesday December 9 2009 407 PM ET Canadian Press THE CANADIAN PRESS ANTIGONISH NS Some Nova Scotia municipal leaders are questioning the decision of the Resource Recovery Fund Board over the awarding of a tire recycling contract The contract was awarded to Halifax C & D Recycling Ltd for $195 a tire The municipal councillors from Antigonish and Guysborough say they wonder why the tender didnt go to the Guysborough District Municipality It was on the shortlist and had a bid that was 65 cents a tire lower at $130 Committee member and Antigonish Coun Jack MacPherson says the Guysborough District Municipalitys second generation landfill would have been an ideal facility to do the work The Canadian Press 2009Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Continue Article 2010 Cadillac SRXPurchase A Cadillac This Holiday & Receive $1000 Bonus On UsGMcaAtlanticCadillacMarketing MagazineGet Marketing News Susbscribe Now!MarketingMagcaFree Pardon EvaluationA free evaluation can change your Life Do you have 60 secondswwwfreepardonscomTop CBCNewsca HeadlinesCBCNewsca World Canada Politics Health Arts & Entertainment Technology & Science Money Consumer Life Diversions Your Voice HeadlinesWoods takes indefinite break from golf Tiger Woods is taking a hiatus from professional golf to work on saving his family using the word infidelity for the first time in a statement posted on his website Lives at risk if Afghan info released Day Trade Minister Stockwell Day defends his governments actions in not releasing documents related to the Afghan detainee controversy saying certain information has to be kept secret to protect lives Bus carrying hockey team slides off BC highway A chartered bus transporting a boys hockey team slid off a highway and fell on its side in northcentral BC on Friday afternoon but none of the 23 passengers suffered serious injuries Cant say if federal stimulus is working watchdog Almost 5000 pages later and Parliaments budget watchdog still cant tell how effectively the federal stimulus program is creating jobs and underwriting a recovery Depressed ...