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Archives for April 2018

An expert says three Nova Scotian bureaucrats should be fired over the FOI security failure. Also: tragedy barely averted at Stanfield International

Morning File, Monday, April 30, 2018

April 30, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. The Icarus Report There were two incidents at Stanfield International Airport yesterday. The first involved Air Canada flight 7775 from Halifax to Fredericton, reported CTV: A Fredericton-bound Air Canada flight had to turn around and make an emergency landing in Halifax Sunday after the pilot noticed smoke in the cockpit. Theresa Rath Spicer, spokesperson […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adelina Iftene, Cape Breton Spectator, cruise ship Veendam history part 2, Evan d'Entremont, Freedom of Information (FOI) website security failure, Harold W. Becker, Icarus Report April 30 2018, information security failure, Jeff Conrad, Lama El Azrak, Mary Campbell, Mayor Mike Savage and Global Love Day, Minister Labi Kousoulis, MLA Patricia Arab, Premier Stephen McNeil, Robert Samuel, Sandra Cascadden, The Love Foundation Inc., Theresa Rath Spicer, two incidents at Halifax Stanfield International Airport

The Liberals’ Fang-less Five ‘pre-empt’ public interest

There's a clear public interest in knowing how well the province is protecting our personal data. So why are Liberal MLAs refusing to let the public accounts committee question witnesses about the latest data breaches?

April 29, 2018 By Stephen Kimber

Really? Of course, really. Last Wednesday, five Liberal MLAs — Gordon Wilson, Suzanne Lohnes-Croft, Ben Jessome, Brendan Maguire, and Hugh MacKay — voted, not with their minds, or their hearts, or their common sense, or even in the interests of the taxpayers who put them there, but in the craven service of their self-interested my-way-or-no-way...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: FOIPOP Data, Patricia Arab, Public Accounts Committee, Unisys

Evidently, it’s elementary, they want us all gone eventually

April 28, 2018 By El Jones 6 Comments

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. People keep telling me I look exhausted, and I thought, after the trial, I’ll take some time off. Nas’ song “If I Ruled the World” was repeating in my head. “We’ll walk right up to the sun, hand in hand.” Things seemed to be going well, for once. […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: El Jones, justice for Black people, Randy's conviction, Sean MacDonald, Trevor McGuigan

Examineradio 155: Adelina Iftene on Canada’s Prison Health Shame

April 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

This week, we speak with Dal law prof Adelina Iftene about the sad state of health care in Canada’s prisons. Also, privacy breaches, the convention centre, and laughing about dead people. (Direct download) (RSS feed) (Subscribe via iTunes)

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Adelina Iftene, Convention centre, Examineradio 155, health care in Canada's prisons, laughing about dead people, podcast, privacy breaches

I’ve been breached!

Morning File, Friday, April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

1. Privacy “breach” I got the letter. I hadn’t checked my PO box for a few days, but yesterday I finally got the registered letter telling me my personal information was “breached” via the province’s Freedom of Information webpage screw-up. It was pouring down rain, like cats and dogs and goats and other small animals, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Gunn, David Fraser, David Patriquin, East Coast Forensic Hospital, FOIPOP security failure, Freedom of Information webpage screw-up, Liv Colley, Maritime Beer Accord, Michael Tutton, Northern Pulp Mill's "sponsored content" in the Chronicle Herald, NSGEU president Jason MacLean, pregnant nurse attacked, privacy "breach", Stephen Archibald went to Washington

Liberals refuse to allow opposition parties to question bureaucrats responsible for the privacy breach

Morning File, Thursday, April 26, 2018

April 26, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

1. Dirty Dealing, Part 4 Reports Linda Pannozzo: Nova Scotia Lands, a provincial crown corporation charged with cleaning up Boat Harbour, played a role in silencing two Dalhousie University researchers whose work studied air pollution coming from the Northern Pulp mill, the Halifax Examiner has learned. The two researchers, Emma Hoffman and Tony Walker, were the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barrington Street bridge ramp, Dirty Dealing Part 4, Emma Hoffman, Erica Butler, Felix Cacchione, Government prevents questioning about the "privacy breach", Jean Laroche, Linda Pannozzo, Michael Gorman, Michael Tutton, MLA Ben Jessome, MLA Brendan Maguire, MLA Gordon Wilson, MLA Hugh MacKay, MLA Suzanne Lohnes-Croft, MLA Tim Houston, Tony Walker

Dirty Dealing

Part 4: Message Control and the Northern Pulp Mill’s Cancer-Causing Air Emissions

April 26, 2018 By Linda Pannozzo 3 Comments

Nova Scotia Lands, a provincial crown corporation charged with cleaning up Boat Harbour, played a role in silencing two Dalhousie University researchers whose work studied air pollution coming from the Northern Pulp mill, the Halifax Examiner has learned. In Part 3 of the Dirty Dealing series, I reported on the researchers’ 2017 ambient air study, which revealed […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, Province House Tagged With: Allan Eddy, ambient air study, Boat Harbour remediation project, boreal felt lichen, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Dirty Dealing Part 4, Emma Hoffman, Linda Pannozzo, Marla MacInnis, Northern Pulp emissions, Robert Cameron, Tony Walker, volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

What’s wrong with the Barrington Street bridge ramp, and can we fix it?

April 26, 2018 By Erica Butler 8 Comments

Last week I wrote about the new street network being proposed for the land currently occupied by the Cogswell interchange, and asked why the city was proposing not to include a transit priority corridor along the full stretch of Barrington Street that’s being re-designed. The current plan does include some transit priority lanes on Barrington […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Barrington Street bridge ramp, Cogswell Interchange demolition, Cogswell redesign, Dave Reage, David McCusker, Erica Butler, Erin Blay, Gottingen bus lane, Halifax Transit, Harrison McGrath, Marcus Garnet, Patricia Hughes, Patty Cuttell-Busby

You’re already getting a tax increase because of the convention centre

Morning File, Wednesday, April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. City budget “They flirted with the idea of dipping into the savings account to lower the number, but in the end Halifax regional councillors approved the municipality’s budget for the year ahead with an increase of nearly 2 per cent to the average property tax bill,” reports Zane Woodford for Metro: Councillor Tim Outhit […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Gunn, Andrew Fenton, Auditor General Michael Pickup, Brittany Bernard, CAO Jacques Dubé, CAO Richard Butts, Councillor Tim Outhit, Dartmouth Sportsplex naming rights, drugged at Toothy Moose, Finance Director Cathie O'Toole, Julie Gelfand, Laura Brown, Letitia Meynell, MP Francis Drouin, Nova Centre projected tax revenue, Paige Fitzpatrick, personhood of chimpanzees, Police resource review, property tax increase, provincial aquaculture industry, salmon farming, Stuart Peddle, Zane Woodford

The city sells naming rights to dog-awful corporations so you can save… two dollars

Morning File, Tuesday, April 24, 2018

April 24, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

1. “Privacy breaches” continue

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: "Privacy breaches" continue, Afua Cooper, Auditor General Michael Pickup, Dartmouth Sportsplex naming rights, Halifax City vs living wage, Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) privacy breach, Jamaican Cultural Association, Jean Laroche, Northern Pulp Mill's "sponsored content" in the Herald, Olive Phillips, Patrick Casey, Robert Samuel, Sherri Borden Colley

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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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