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Archives for April 2019

16 random people in my hotel room

Morning File, Tuesday, April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 4 Comments

News 1. Social Policy Framework report comes to council Tim has posted this “Will Work for Living Wage” image countless times, often while wondering what the heck ever happened to the staff report on social policy that council called for back in 2017. Well, that report finally comes to council today. On December 12, 2017, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, Alex Cooke, Ava Boudreau, Bill Stewart, Caleb MacDonald, Councillor Lindell Smith, David Backman, Jade Savage, Jessica Jackman, Leslie Thomas Junior High, living wage, measles, Nicole Munro, Northwest Arm ferry, sharing economy, Social Policy Framework, tactical pants, The Conversation, Tobias Beale, Valérie Ouellet, Will MacLaggan, Writers Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS), Writers in the Schools (WITS), Zach Dubinsky

The CEO of US Bank was probably in town a few days ago; this can’t be good

Morning File, Monday, April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

1. Fox Hill Market & Deli is accused of “extortion” of immigrant workers “Fox Hill Market & Deli on Robie Street in Halifax is accused of being in violation of immigration laws,” I’m reporting this morning: The allegations are made by Eric Topping, an officer with the Criminal Investigations Section of the Canada Border Services Agency […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: #RedCupProject, Against the Rules, Andy Cecere, Angie Schmitt, Dennis building, First Girls, Fox Hill Market and Deli, Marine Recycling Corporation, Michael Lewis, New Opportunities for Work Program (NOW), NOW subsidies, US Bank

Fox Hill Market & Deli is accused of “extortion” of immigrant workers

April 29, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

Fox Hill Market & Deli on Robie Street in Halifax is accused of being in violation of immigration laws. The allegations are made by Eric Topping, an officer with the Criminal Investigations Section of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), and are contained in court documents obtained by the Halifax Examiner. The Fox Hill Market […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Andy Filmore, Angel Ricardo de Campo Tome, Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Daniela Aguilera, El Gallo Authentic Mexican Cuisine, Eric Topping, extortion, Fox Hill Cheese House Limited, Fox Hill Farm store, Fox Hill Market and Deli, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, Ivonne Rand, Ivonne Rios-Quintana, Jason Cannon, Jesus Rodriguez, Maria Fernanda Medina Leon, Mexican nationals, Richard Rand

Health care crisis? What health care crisis?

Listen to Premier McNeil and Health Minister Delorey and you might imagine Inez Rudderham’s problems are specific and anomalous. Fix them and we fix the problem. The problem is McNeil and Delorey are the problem.

April 28, 2019 By Stephen Kimber

“To the premier of Nova Scotia, I dare you to take a meeting with me, and explain to me, and look into my eyes, and tell me that there is no health-care crisis in my province of Nova Scotia.”  Inez Rudderham It was probably too much to expect Premier Stephen McNeil to respond in any...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: health care, Health Minister Randy Delorey, Inez Rudderham, Jason McLean, Premier Stephen McNeil

In praise of First Girls

Labelled sluts, throwaways, trouble makers, and trash, First Girls paved the way for sheltered girls; First Girls needed to be heard, but no one knew how to listen.

April 28, 2019 By El Jones 5 Comments

Cassie joined our French class in Grade 9. She sat in front of me. I was drawn to her because of how proudly rude she was to the teacher. “What is that in French?” the teacher asked her, and she shot back, “Shouldn’t you know? You’re the teacher.” I was a child from a strict […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: First Girls, sexual assault, speaking and naming, trauma

Paying for cops but not courts: Yarmouth ferry file

April 26, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

It’s heartening to learn the Province has not been asked by Bay Ferries to pay its legal fees to appeal a judge’s decision which allows the Progressive Conservative leader to seek a court order to find out how much taxpayer’s money is going to Bay Ferries for managing the Yarmouth ferry service. Which isn’t to […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Bay Ferries, Justice Peter Rosinski, Marla MacInnis, Minister Lloyd Hines, PC lawsuit, PC leader Tim Houston, Scott Campbell, Yarmouth ferry

Inez Rudderham: The face of the healthcare crisis in Nova Scotia

Morning File, Friday, April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

I’m Suzanne Rent  and I’m filling in for Tim this morning. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Basic income Erica Butler chatted with Evelyn Forget who wrote Basic Income for Canadians. Forget will one of several speakers be at the Basic Income: The Evidence Speaks conference at the Halifax Central Library tomorrow. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Rankin, Andy Bowers, beer, Blacklegged tick, brewing, Brewster Festival, Donna Lugar, Evelyn White, Inez Rudderham, Jeremy White, Kelly Costello, Lezlie Lowe, Lyme disease, Melanie Bock-White, Miranda Anthistle, NS Health Authority, paula Allen, Premier Stephen McNeil, sexist hockey fans, telecommuting, Terry Rudderham, Toronto Maple Leafs, working from home

Dear Prospective Atlantic Schooners Football Players: think twice before coming to racist Halifax

April 26, 2019 By Evelyn C. White 3 Comments

Dear Prospective Atlantic Schooners Football Players, Prompted by news that Halifax police have street checked Black males nine times more often than the general population and the finagling of white men determined to bring a Canadian Football League franchise to Nova Scotia, I’ve been thinking about the day I met legendary National Football League player […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Atlantic Schooners, Canadian Football League, CFL stadium, Franco Harris, Immaculate Reception

Basic Income basics: No, it’s not impossible

April 26, 2019 By Erica Butler Leave a Comment

Evelyn Forget has quite literally written the book on basic income for Canadians.  It’s called, you guessed it, Basic Income for Canadians. As a health economist at the University of Manitoba, Forget re-discovered the Manitoba Mincome experiment of the 1970s, and undertook to analyze some 1800 cubic feet of data from the decades-old experiment. She […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: basic income, Evelyn Forget, Pierre Poilievre

40 years ago, Jolly Tar, a symbol of genocidal imperialism, was set aside and nobody raised a fuss 

Morning File, Thursday, April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Electric vehicles “This May, the federal government will start issuing a rebate up to $5,000 to people buying a new electric car. The program will cost Transport Canada $300 million, or roughly enough to provide 60,000 people with full $5,000 rebates on new EV (electric vehicle) purchases,” reports Erica Butler. Butler goes on […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andy de Champlain, Bill McMullin, Birch Cove Lakes – Blue Mountain, Bruce Holland, Carly Churchill, Eric Caines, Government secrecy, Jolly Tar, Journalistic ethics, Mike Turner, Parkview News, Richard Butts, Shaw Group, West Bedford Holdings Ltd

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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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