Halifax’s Titanic tourist attraction sank. But that was only the tip of the iceberg.

Last week, Halifax found out the city was getting a $300 million Titanic tourist attraction, complete with a hotel, restaurant and aquarium. We’d be treated to “the best of food and wines from Nova Scotia and around the world,” “escape hatches and virtual reality rooms” and a “revolutionary 4Dp holographic stage,” whatever that is. These wonderful promises were first made public by a story in the Chronicle Herald last week, which sourced the irresistible details from a series of LinkedIn posts by Clark Squires, a local consultant and self-proclaimed “authorized representative for the Titanic Experience in Nova Scotia.”…