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Archives for December 2015

Auld Lanxiety: Morning File, Thursday, December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015 By Russell Gragg 4 Comments

Editor’s note: today’s Morning File is written by Russell Gragg. News Views Footnotes News   1. Frankie MacDonald gets some pocket change Whitney Pier forecasting legend Frankie MacDonald has turned his amateur meteorological reports into an international viral sensation. With 63,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel and 14-million views, Frankie garners better numbers than both Joel […]

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Wintertime blues: Morning File, Wednesday, December 30, 2015

December 30, 2015 By Natalie Chavarie 22 Comments

Editor’s note: Today’s Morning File is written by Natalie Chavarie. News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. Not exactly the Panopticon of Harper’s dreams… The National Post looks at delays in the opening of the new federal jail — the economic driver of Cumberland County. The former town of Springhill may not see the government jobs it […]

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Please stop comparing every app to Uber: Morning File, Tuesday, December 29, 2015

December 29, 2015 By Erica Butler 8 Comments

Editor’s note: Today’s Morning file is written by guest writer Erica Butler. News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. Let there be (more) snow. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for today, which means about 15 to 25 centimetres worth, starting in the late morning, with possible ice pellets around supper time. Let’s hope this next round of […]

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Andy Filmore should tell us what really happened with the Cogswell Interchange: Morning File, Monday, December 28, 2015

December 28, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

News Views Government This date in history Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Weather Weather is happening. Views 1. Chronicle Herald Alex Whalen, writing in the Prince Arthur Herald, a student-run paper at McGill University, laments the death spiral at the Chronicle Herald: It began in 2009, with more than a quarter of the east coast’s largest newsroom […]

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“They’re trying to pollute the public square with doubt.” Examineradio, episode #41

December 24, 2015 By Russell Gragg 1 Comment

Examineradio comes a day early this week – happy holidays! This week we speak with Dr. Tom Duck, a professor with the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University. He, along with other prominent Canadians including Stephen Lewis and Tzeporah Berman, have filed a grievance with the Commissioner of Competition over an energy […]

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Once more, the Chronicle Herald fails its readers: Morning File, Thursday, December 24, 2015

December 24, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News Views Government This date in history Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Rainmen and Hurricane Vice reporter Nathaniel Janowitz details of the collapse of the Halifax Rainmen basketball franchise in a damning article headlined  “How a brawl and sleazy owner killed the Halifax Rainmen.” The “sleazy owner” was Andre Levingston, who Janowitz says had “a […]

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Bullshitter of the Day: Stephen McNeil. Morning File, Wednesday, December 23, 2015

December 23, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News Views Government This date in history Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Pedestrian killed, another two pedestrians struck From two overnight police emails to reporters: 4:49am: Fatality Motor Vehicle / Pedestrian collision 6990 Mumford Rd, Walmart Parking Lot. At 2318 hours Police responded to a motor vehicle collision between a pedestrian and a […]

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Give judges a big raise or they’ll take bribes: Morning File, Tuesday, December 22, 2015

December 22, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News Views Government This date in history Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Give judges a big raise or they’ll take bribes Yesterday, when I woke up at 5:30 to write Morning File, I checked all the usual government websites and and saw that late Friday afternoon the province had posted an Order in […]

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Death spiral at the Chronicle Herald: Morning File, Monday, December 21, 2015

December 21, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 18 Comments

News Views Government This date in history In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Chronicle Herald to lock out newsroom employees Yesterday, the Halifax Typographical Union, which represents newsroom workers at the Chronicle Herald, sent out the following release: Conciliation talks between The Chronicle Herald newspaper and the union that represents its 61 newsroom staff have broken […]

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So This is Christmas: Morning File, Saturday, December 19

December 19, 2015 By El Jones 14 Comments

Views Footnotes Views 1. My perspective Last week, I posted on Facebook about what Christmas means for incarcerated people and their families. I wrote about how people on remand are trying to get bail to be out in time for Christmas, and how so many families are hoping that cases will go through court in […]

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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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