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Archives for February 2015

There’s nothing on earth like a genuine, bonafide, electrified, six-car monorail: Morning File, Saturday, February 28, 2015

February 28, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Sidewalk protest A hundred accessibility advocates took to the street yesterday to protest the poor state of Halifax’s sidewalks. 2. Part time work, full time misery Moira Donovan examines how universities are increasingly using poorly paid adjunct professors. This article is behind the Examiner’s […]

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Lawyer: put warning labels on gas pumps

February 28, 2015 By Moira Donovan Leave a Comment

What is human nature? In the 21st century, the concept has calcified around a figure of the human being as a rational, advantage-seeking individual, a figure conveniently suited to a capitalist free market economy. Yet what many people try to assert as self-evident is starting to show cracks. Robert Shirkey, a Toronto-based lawyer and founder […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News

Accessibility advocates take to the street to protest Halifax’s icy sidewalks

February 27, 2015 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

About 100 people — many who use canes, crutches or wheelchairs — protested the poor sidewalk ice clearing in Halifax today. Saying the sidewalks were to icy to walk on, the protesters literally took to the street, walking a two-block stretch of Gottingen Street to express their displeasure with city ice removal efforts. The Gottingen Street sidewalk […]

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Part time work, full time misery: the life of an adjunct professor

February 27, 2015 By Moira Donovan

Shaun Bartone has been teaching in colleges and universities since 1998. With two masters degrees and a law degree under his belt, he’s now on his way towards completing a PhD. He also lives in public housing. “I qualify for public housing, thank god,” he says. “I’m appreciative of that because it floats with my...

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Filed Under: Education, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Matthew Furlong, Shaun Bartone, Steve Cloutier

Or is that an an alpaca? Morning File, Friday, February 27, 2015

February 27, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

areNews Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Sidewalks Yesterday, I gave readers details about which contractors are responsible for clearing the ice and snow off which sidewalks on the peninsula. (This article is behind the Examiner’s pay wall and so available only to paid subscribers. To purchase a subscription, click here.) […]

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Africville residents want to reopen 1996 lawsuit against Halifax

February 26, 2015 By Tim Bousquet

by Hilary Beaumont Wednesday morning, more than 80 former residents of Africville and their descendants crammed into a federal courtroom, the largest in the Upper Water courthouse, to ask a judge for an amendment to their lawsuit against the city. Wednesday’s submissions were the first step down what former residents hope will be the road...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Africville

See which contractors are responsible for clearing which sidewalks on the peninsula

February 26, 2015 By Tim Bousquet

Background According to a 2013 staff report to city council: In 2006 Council approved the tender to initiate Performance Based Sidewalk Tenders for seven routes located on Peninsula Halifax, Spryfield, Timberlea and North Dartmouth. These tenders were designed for performance management and provided for predictable cost controls regardless of the severity of the winter. In...

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The hills are alive with the sound of laughter: Morning File, Thursday, February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Byline strike? In yesterday’s Morning File, I cited reader Chris Parson’s Facebook post questioning the Halifax Typographical Union’s lukewarm support for the 13 pressmen the Chronicle Herald locked out Monday. “Parsons goes on to point out that while the reporters and other newsroom employees […]

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What’s the point of student government?

February 25, 2015 By Moira Donovan

What does a student association do? It’s a question that even current students might be hard pressed to answer. Student associations are often understood in name alone – as unions or governments – but Michael Hughes, a Queen’s PhD student who prepared an independent report on student association governance, says that this understanding of what...

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A mirror into the shattered soul: Morning File, Wednesday, February 25, 2015

February 25, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Snow Ten to 20 centimetres today, says Environment Canada, but Peter Coade is predicting just five to 10 centimetres. 2. Africville Former residents of Africville will appear in court today, trying to convince a judge that their class-action suit against the city has merit. Reports […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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