chronicle herald

Picking up the paper this morning, I was hardly surprised to see the torrent of criticism targeted at Nova Scotia (and NS politicians in general) that we're backwards country bumpkins. One of the Chronicle-Herald columnists, Steven Maher, suggested that (among other things) that the bid was cancelled to maintain 'good graces' with the elderly in the province, and that the Commonwealth Games bid was unpopular only with the elderly. Nothing could be further from the truth.