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Hopelessness and drug abuse go hand-in-hand in rural North America

Morning File, Monday, January 21, 2019

January 21, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Mary Campbell 3 Comments

This is Tim again; I’m back in the Morning File saddle. I’d very much like to thank Joan Baxter, Philip Moscovitch, and Erica Butler for filling in for me last week. I enjoy the fresh voices and perspectives, and they bring attention to issues that I lack the skill to properly address or that have […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Backstory NS, Cape Breton Spectator, CBRM sister city, Dalian, David Burke, Greg MacVicar, Mary Campbell, Mary Janet MacDonald, Mayor Cecil Clarke, meth in NS, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg

Documents show how provincial employees misled Halifax police in the FOIPOP security failure

May 8, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Mary Campbell 3 Comments

Highlights of this article: • Provincial government employees who were made aware of the security failure with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP) website told Halifax police that the site had been “hacked” and that nearly 10,000 files “were taken” — which clearly overstated the nature of the case. • The 19-year-old […]

Filed Under: Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: FOIPOP security failure, FOIPOP web portal data breach, Nova Scotia's privacy breach, search warrant

How we obtained the search warrant documents

May 8, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Mary Campbell Leave a Comment

Here’s how we obtained the documents. First, a quick primer on search warrants. To get a search warrant, police have to go to a judge or Justice of the Peace and submit a document called an “Information To Obtain a Search Warrant,” or ITO. The ITO lays out the police investigation, what police know, and […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: FOIPOP web portal data breach, Nova Scotia's privacy breach, search warrant, security failure

I Went To Sydney Harbour Ports Day So You Didn’t Have To

May 20, 2016 By Mary Campbell 7 Comments

Sydney Harbour Ports Day 2016 was held in a large, windowless auditorium in the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion on Thursday, May 19. In nautical terms, it was the equivalent of travelling steerage. This year’s theme was “Thinking Big: A New Home on the East Coast for Ultra Large Container Vessels,” which I guess marks the […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Albert Barbusci, Barry Sheehy, Canderel, Chinese Communications Construction Company, Harbour Port Development Partners, James C. (J.C.) Evans, Jonathan Wener, Marlene Usher, Novaporte, Port of Sydney, Richie Mann, Sydney Harbour Port Day 2016

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