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Archives for July 2018

Another day in Halifax: resignations, engtanglements, and delays

Morning File, Tuesday, July 31, 2018

July 31, 2018 By Erica Butler 3 Comments

Hi folks, Erica Butler here filling in for Tim today. News 1. Halifax to lose another director: Bruce Zvaniga resigns Director of transportation and public works Bruce Zvaniga has resigned, reports Zane Woodford of The Star/Metro. Zvaniga has only been at the helm of the massive public works department since 2015. Zvaniga is the third […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ambulance availability, Bruce Zvaniga, Carolyn Ray, Cheryl Thompson, Community Services, Councillor David Hendsbee, entangled right whale, Erica Butler, Fiona Traynor, Kolten MacDonnell, medical transitioning, Michael Nickerson, Nuisance Bylaw, paramedics union, Robert Devet, Sam Austin, Tim Outhit, Tom Ayers, Zane Woodford

The strange history of Halifax’s streetlight selection and the apparent demise of LED Roadway Lighting

Morning File, Monday, July 30, 2018

July 30, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Yarmouth ferry “I could say I told them so — and I did, way back when ‘them’ was still Rodney Macdonald and his Tories, and from then on forward through Darrell Dexter and Stephen McNeil to whatever same-old-same-old will come next — but I’d have to stand in a too-long line behind all […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alltrade Industrial Contractors, Chuck Cartmill, Cree, CUPE 4764, Denise Russell, El Jones, G.J. Cahill and Company, Holophane, LED bulbs, LED Roadway Lighting, Phillips, restorative justice workers job action, Shila LeBlanc, Spring Garden Road streetscape RFP, streetlights, Tiffany Chase, Windsor and Young Street development

The Yarmouth ferry subsidy? Still? Still more? Always…

“Our goal, which I believe we have achieved,” Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan said when he signed the latest ferry deal, “was to put a stable, long-term agreement in place.” How’s that working out?

July 29, 2018 By Stephen Kimber

I could say I told them so — and I did, way back when “them” was still Rodney Macdonald and his Tories, and from then on forward through Darrell Dexter and Stephen McNeil to whatever same-old-same-old will come next — but I’d have to stand in a too-long line behind all the other told-them-so nattering...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Journalism, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Mark Lever, SaltWire, Stephen McNeil, Yarmouth ferry

I don’t want to be a role model, I just want to be allowed to be human

July 28, 2018 By El Jones 6 Comments

I have a memory of being 13 or 14, in my bedroom after school, swearing to myself that I would learn to speak less, be more pleasing, not have so much to say. I have a distinct recollection of the shame I felt at the ways in which I couldn’t conform to what was expected […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andre Lorde, angry Black woman, another story about race, Bryan Stevenson, El Jones, Masuma Khan, when a Black woman speaks, writing about prison

Why is the city paying for Fred MacGillivray’s superpension?

Morning File, Friday, July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. Retired firefighter sues city, claiming racial discrimination A Black man who is a retired firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the Halifax fire department, alleging that he has been discriminated against because of his race. George Cromwell’s detailed Statement of Claim references incidents that date back to soon after amalgamation of the predecessor […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bruce Wark, Cape Sharp Tidal, Events East, Fred MacGillivray, Gottingen Street bus lane, Stephen Archibald and chairs, Trade Centre Limited debt, Zane Woodford

Retired firefighter George Cromwell is suing the Halifax fire department, claiming racial discrimination

July 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

A Black man who is a retired firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the Halifax fire department, alleging that he has been discriminated against because of his race. George Cromwell’s detailed Statement of Claim references incidents that date back to soon after amalgamation of the predecessor governments into the Halifax Regional Munipality in 1996, and […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Allan Carmichael, Association of Black Firefighters, Barry Greer, Bill Williams', Blair Cromwell, Chris Lambie, Const. Gary Martin, Dave Laybolt, Doug Pierce, Doug Trussler, George Cromwell, George MacLellan, Gordie Skinner, Janet Myers, Jim Gillis, Joe Ryan, Marty Ward, Mary Ellen Donovan, Mayor Peter Kelly, Mike Eddy, racism in Halifax Fire Department, Richard Butts, Ron Cooper, Steve Thurber, Terry Bourgeois, Wayne Swinamer

The first transit passes for people on social assistance arrive this week: a great start that still needs some tweaks

July 26, 2018 By Erica Butler

Starting this week, Community Services will be mailing out about 3,300 new annual transit passes to Halifax residents who are on income assistance, along with their spouses and dependents. The passes will be good for all buses, including MetroLink and MetroX routes. Another approximately 7,700 people are currently eligible to receive the passes, and over...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Brandon Grant, Erica Butler, income assistance, transit passes

How Knowledge House execs played Halifax’s mucky mucks

Morning File, Thursday, July 26, 2018

July 26, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Knowledge House “Dan Potter, once hailed as a star of Nova Scotia’s private sector, is headed to prison for helping orchestrate a massive fraud prosecutors estimated at $86 million — one that led to the longest and most complicated criminal trial in the province’s history,” reports Jean Laroche for the CBC: The former CEO of e-learning company Knowledge House was sentenced Wednesday […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: AJB (John) Johnston, anti-Muslim harassment, Bernie Francis, Bloise Colpitts, Chief Roderick Googoo, Cogswell District Redevelopment Project RFQ, Cornwallis Committee members, Dan Potter, Daniel Paul, Herring Cove Road sidewalk, Jaime Battiste, Jean Laroche, John Reid, Justice Kevin Coady, Knowledge House sentencing, Lady Drive Her, Monica MacDonald, Nova Scotia Business Inc, Pam Glode-Desrochers, Paul Friesen, Shawn Cleary wants a crosswalk, Sheila Fougere, Taryn Grant

American ports are spending billions of dollars on upgrades, making Maritime port schemes look ridiculous

Morning File, Wednesday, July 25, 2018

July 25, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Donkin mine “The operator of the Donkin coal mine is facing sanctions under the temporary foreign worker program after an investigation found the company was paying American workers far more than it said it would when the jobs were advertised to Canadians,” reports Tom Ayers for the CBC: A 2016 investigation by Service Canada […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: “invest” and “investment”, 86 cranes, Alexander Quon, Department of Community Services security failure, Donkin mine sanctions, investment or expense, Jean Laroche, Norfolk International Terminals, Port of Halifax, Sydney terminal proposal, Tom Ayers, Virgina Port Authority

One small step for tidal power, one giant leap for BP

Morning File, Tuesday, July 24, 2018

July 24, 2018 By Erica Butler 8 Comments

I’m Erica Butler,  filling in for Tim while Tim keeps right on working. We both bring you today’s Morningfile. News 1. BP approved to resume drilling The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board has given the green light for BP to resume drilling the exploratory well which was the site of an accidental spill of thousands […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Halpern, Amazon, BP drilling Scotian Shelf, Bruce Wark, Cape Sharp Tidal, Erica Butler, Gayle Colicutt, Gottingen bus lane, Houssam Elokda, King of Donairs, Knowledge House sentencing, librarians, lost fishing gear, Lynn Sawyer, Mairin Prentiss, Mayor Mike Savage in the Big Apple, Michael Bloomberg, MLA Hugh MacKay, Offshore Alliance, Panos Mourdoukoutas, Paul LaFleche, Shane Ross, social determinants of health, tidal power, Yarmouth Ferry totals

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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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