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Archives for February 2019

Poverty mentality… poverty reality

Morning File, Thursday, February 28, 2019

February 28, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 8 Comments

News 1. Poor kids On Tuesday, Statistics Canada released its most recent Canadian income survey, covering 2017. The agency uses two tools to calculate poverty, the Low Income Measure (“defines an individual as having low income if their adjusted after-tax income falls below 50% of the median adjusted after-tax income”) and the Market Basket Measure […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, Alex Cooke, Andrea Gunn, Andrew Stevens, Blomidon Society of Naturalists, Bob Bancroft, Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), Canadian income survey, Chronicle Herald advertorial, Copyright Act, Darren Porter, Denise Corey, Endangered Species Act, fair dealing in copyright law, Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists, Four Feet Up, Fresh 21, Halifax Society of Naturalists, John Degen, Michael Gorman, Nance Ackerman, Paula Gallant, poverty, poverty in Nova Scotia, rural library system, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, Shaina Luck, Stephen Archibald and a seaside cemetery, Thomas Baekdal, tidal turbine retrieval, Trevor Tombe, Writers' Union of Canada

Naturalists sue province for failing to protect endangered species

February 28, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Another branch of the McNeil government is being taken to court, this time for not doing enough to protect and preserve endangered species such as the mainland moose, barn swallow, monarch butterfly, and hoary willow. A judge will review the alleged failure of the Lands and Forestry Minister to take actions mandated under the Endangered...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bill Lahey, Black ash, Blomidon Society of Naturalists, Bob Bancroft, Canada warbler, East Coast Environmental Law Association (ECELAW), Eastern wood peewee, Endangered Species Act, Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists, Halifax Society of Naturalists, James Klassen, Lahey Report on Forestry, Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin, Mainland Moose, Ram’s-head lady slipper, Wood turtle

Dalhousie: We’ll feed hungry students if they write nice notes to rich people

Morning File, February 27, 2019

February 27, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Yarmouth ferry “Bay Ferries has announced that the Alakai ferry — dubbed ‘The Cat’ — will begin sailing between Yarmouth and Bar Harbor, Maine starting June 21,” reports Jennifer Henderson: On its website, the company says that date is “subject to change” because of the renovations required to the ferry terminal in Maine. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bar Harbor, Blacksheep Project Management, Canadaland Oppo podcast, Cogswell redevelopment, Dal donors thank you notes, Dal Food Bank, Dal Food Services, Digby quarry, Elizabeth Fry Society, hungry university students, Issmat Al-Akahli, Jade Byard-Peek, Jamie Baillie, Jen Gerson, Justin Ling, McNeil Liberals, Michael Davies-Cole, playing politics, Sewage Plant Estates, TJ Maguire, Yarmouth ferry, Yarmouth ferry subsidy

The Yarmouth ferry is going to Bar Harbor — a little late, and at some unknown cost…

February 26, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson 3 Comments

Bay Ferries has announced that the Alakai ferry — dubbed “The Cat” — will begin sailing between Yarmouth and Bar Harbor, Maine starting June 21. On its website, the company says that date is “subject to change” because of the renovations required to the ferry terminal in Maine. A public hearing will take place in […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Atlantic Fleet Services, Bar Harbor ferry terminus, Bay Ferries, Bruce Tuck, Minister Lloyd Hines, Tim Houston, US Border and Customs agents, Yarmouth ferry

Pedestrian safety: Drivers need to do better

Morning File, Tuesday, February 26, 2019

February 26, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 11 Comments

Hi, I’m Suzanne Rent and I’m filling in for Tim this morning. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Cogswell plan needs more input, group says Council will vote today on design plans for the Cogswell Interchange, reports Francis Campbell at The Chronicle Herald. The plan includes commercial and residential space, green and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Khasnabish, April MacIntyre, Barho fire, Carolyn Ray, Cogswell Interchange, Councillor Jennifer Watts, councillor Matt Whitman, councillor Richard Zurawski, councillor Steve Adams, Councillor Steve Craig, councillors running for other offices, crosswalk safety, Dr. Daria Manos, Francis Campbell, Heads Up Halifax, Jean Laroche, Kate Watson, living wage, lung cancer, Matthew Gerald Kennedy, online hatred, panel on intercultural learning, Patty Cuttell, Province House mysterious vault, Sarah Ritchie, Scott Brison, wave of death

It never ends: the cycle of childhood sexual abuse and social dysfunction

Morning File, Monday, February 25, 2019

February 25, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Sexual abuse of children at Waterville I reported yesterday: A known sexual predator was allowed to prey on boys held at the Youth Training Centre in Waterville. That is the allegation raised by lawyer Mike Dull on behalf on seven men who have filed lawsuits against the province for abuse they say they suffered […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barho fire, Charlie Phillips, Child sexual abuse, Jeremy Akerman, Matthew Gerald Kennedy, Nova Scotia Youth Training Centre, Parker Donham, pedestrian killed Pleasant Street, Taryn Grant

For 21 years, a known sexual predator was allowed to prey on boys held at the Youth Training Centre in Waterville: lawsuits

February 24, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

A known sexual predator was allowed to prey on boys held at the Youth Training Centre in Waterville. That is the allegation raised by lawyer Mike Dull on behalf on seven men who have filed lawsuits against the province for abuse they say they suffered at Waterville. The alleged abuse at the hands of a […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Mike Dull, Nova Scotia Youth Facility in Waterville, Nova Scotia Youth Training Centre, sexual abuse of children

Councillor Lindell Smith: Proud of? Not is. Will be proud…

As he begins the second half of his first term as a city councilor, Lindell Smith reflects on what's been accomplished. And what's still to do before he moves on. He is not, he says again/still, a career politician.

February 24, 2019 By Stephen Kimber

What are you most proud of, I asked District 8 Coun. Lindell Smith? He didn’t answer right away. We are seated at a quiet table in Alteregos, the Gottingen Street café he jokingly refers to as his “satellite office.” In fact, Halifax councillors don’t have offices of their own, so this is as close to...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Councillor Lindell Smith, Halifax city council, living wage, Racism, social policy lens

Whatever happened to Justine Colley? Life After Basketball

Colley was the leading points scorer in Canadian women's university basketball history. And then she walked away from a potential career as an Olympian and WNBA star. Now Justine Colley-Leger is finding her political voice.

February 24, 2019 By El Jones 1 Comment

Justine Colley-Leger’s path seemed to be mapped out for her. She left Saint Mary’s University as the leading points scorer in Canadian university women’s basketball history. She was already an established national team member. Fans imagined her starring at the Olympics, playing for the WNBA or pursuing a career in Europe, years and years of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: East Preston, East Preston Ratepayers Association, Justine Colley-Leger, North Preston, Sexual Violence Strategy

Bullshitter of the week: Darren Fisher

Morning File, Friday, February 22, 2019

February 22, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp “‘We care,’ says Northern Pulp on the website it has created to spread the word that it ‘cares about forestry families of Nova Scotia,’” writes Joan Baxter: The site is a vehicle for the company’s letter-writing campaign to get people in the forestry sector to contact Premier Stephen McNeil, their MLA, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: building roads increases traffic, Bullshitter of the week: Darren Fisher, Burnside Connector, Dartmouth High lockdown, Justin Trudeau, Mipham Mukpo, pedestrian killed Pleasant Street, Shambhala online petition, Shambhala revolt, Shit pay: King's College, Stephen Archibald and the Rocking Stone

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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.

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