Imagine your younger brother dies in a work place accident and it takes a month to get any information at all about what happened. And then when you push to get answers, you find out your determination lands you in a government security file labelled a "person of interest". What does that even mean?

It's not a car versus cyclist dilemma on our roads, but a person versus person issue. But I'm often puzzled about why some people think it's controversial to say road safety is a shared responsibility.

I'm not talking reward points here. With the higher prices at the major grocery stores, I see there is a real benefit to shopping local and buying from Nova Scotia producers, even if it's only a few times a week. It's like investing in our future. And theirs.

Some people argue they aren't worth the money they get now for being Members of the Legislative Assembly. And the Premier was pretty quick to throw water on the independent report calling for a 12 percent raise. But he is also voting down a recommended cut to his own pay cheque and other recommendations in the report that likely won't get as much attention.

Halifax Regional Municipality is asking people to vote on their choice of a name to replace the one named in honour of Edward Cornwallis. And I think there are a few great choices in Nova Scotia's official first language.

No media interview or public statements until today. Lisa Banfield is the witness so many have been waiting to hear from at the Mass Casualty Hearing. What will we learn?

I'm still not sure what to expect with Friday's testimony from the common law spouse of the Nova Scotia mass killer. The Mass Casualty Commission says Lisa Banfield won't be going over the events that led up to the events over those 13 hours since that's already covered in several of her interviews. But I hope whatever happens, it will help others dealing with intimate partner and gender-based violence.

Another government is making promises to fix our health care system as things seem to be getting worse. No one party has a moratorium on good ideas, but they all seem to think everyone else got it wrong.

As we're learning at the Mass Casualty Commission, there's a pattern of behaviour. But it's neither an explanation or an excuse for the hurt caused to so many. And finding the balance between providing answers and preventing future events is challenging.

It's as close as he's come to talking publicly about his medical challenges. The details will be in his upcoming book. But in the recent piece in the Chronicle Herald, Rick Howe shares some of his concerns with "COVID anarchy" and the end of public health rules.