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Archives for June 2015

How to create a dead zone in Fairview: Morning File, Tuesday, June 30, 2015

June 30, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News Views Government Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Culture of sexism The “Report of the Task Force on Misogyny, Sexism and Homophobia in Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry” was released yesterday.  The report says that the Dentistry department is stuck in a “time warp” of sexism, “oblivious to social progress that has rendered some behaviour unacceptable.” […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Morning File

Uncritical, brown-nosing and boot-licking: Morning File, Monday, June 29, 2015

June 29, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Government Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Hey, Mama! Examineradio episode #17 Last week, the Friends of Green Cove — a group opposed to the controversial Mother Canada statue proposed for Cape Breton Highlands National Park — revealed that Parks Canada had donated $100,000 to the project’s development. This, despite the fact that the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Morning File

Church murders, civil rights, and the inspiring story of Pete Smith, the trans hero you’ve never heard of

June 28, 2015 By Evelyn C. White 2 Comments

Gay marriage. Gun violence. Health coverage. The Confederate flag. It’s been a dramatic week for US President Barack Obama who took a page from Aretha Franklin and let loose with “Amazing Grace” at the funeral of Rev. Clementa Pinckney. The beloved pastor of “Mother” Emanuel AME church in South Carolina was murdered (along with eight others) by […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Petric Smith

The Story of Our Many Passages: Morning File, Saturday, June 27, 2015

June 27, 2015 By El Jones 8 Comments

News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. Ain’t no Black in the Union Jack,  lotsa thief in the Maple Leaf… The Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo opens next week. This is interesting to me in light of the recent stories about removing the Confederate flag from Nova Scotia. I went with my mother to the Tattoo once.  […]

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Hey, Mama! Examineradio — Episode 17

June 26, 2015 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week, the Friends of Green Cove — a group opposed to the controversial Mother Canada statue propsed for Cape Breton Highlands National Park — revealed that Parks Canada had donated $100,000 to the project’s development. This, despite the fact that the government agency’s role is to evaluate the project’s worthiness. We speak with Dr. […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Journalism, News, Province House Tagged With: Examineradio, podcast

The mother of all mothers: Morning File, Friday, June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 31 Comments

News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Transit use down There’s a lot of chart junk in Halifax Transit’s latest report, but here’s the relevant piece: As Metro’s Stephanie Taylor reports: Revealed in the report was that compared to 2012-13 when ridership figures showed transit was used more than five million times, the past […]

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A room full of puppies! Morning File, Thursday, June 25, 2015

June 25, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Christopher Phillips Justice David MacAdam found Christopher Phillips not guilty of uttering threats against police and possessing a dangerous weapon. Phillips was the subject of a much-publicized raid on his Cole Harbour house and Grand Desert property related to his storage of osmium tetroxide. I haven’t posted about Phillips before […]

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Larger than life: Morning File, Wednesday, June 24, 2015

June 24, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Happy birthday to the Halifax Examiner! [originally posted yesterday afternoon] The Halifax Examiner is one year old. I made the site live with a promotional video announcing the Examiner on Wednesday, June 18, 2014; here it is: By the time I made the site live, it also contained […]

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The Halifax Examiner is one year old today

June 23, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is one year old today. I made the site live with a promotional video announcing the Examiner on Wednesday, June 18, 2014; here it is: By the time I made the site live, it also contained a bunch of older stuff that I had previously written on my own blog. As I recall, I posted something […]

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Seal of approval: Morning File, Tuesday, June 23, 2015

June 23, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Mother of all gaudy monstrosities Parks Canada gave $100,000 to the Never Forgotten National Memorial Foundation, the group that wants to build the above “Mother Canada” memorial at Green Cove in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, reports the Cape Breton Post: Friends of Green Cove [a group opposed […]

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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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