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About Philip Moscovitch

Philip Moscovitch is a writer and audio producer, and the author of the book Adventures in Bubbles and Brine; email:[email protected]; Website: moscovitch.com; Twitter

Who’s zooming who?

Morning File, Tuesday, March 2, 2021

March 2, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

News 1. Vaccine website crashes, phone lines overwhelmed Yvette d’Entremont reports on what happened yesterday when Nova Scotians tried to sign up for vaccines for people over 80. She writes: A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Wellness said in an email that CanImmunize (the third party platform overseeing the booking) alerted them earlier […]

Filed Under: Featured

A sidewalk runs through it

Morning File, Thursday, February 25, 2020

February 25, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 9 Comments

News 1. Small communities an ocean apart are polluted by the same corporate behemoth Joan Baxter brings us the story of the Flamants Roses de Trébon,  a group of activists in the south of France fighting pollution from a pulp mill. Stop me if any of this sounds familiar. The mill is owned by Paper […]

Filed Under: Featured

Cascading conflict

Nova Scotia's waterfalls are attracting lots of people, and some of those people are making a mess and causing trouble. So property owners are putting up No Trespassing signs. The author of a book about the falls gives some advice to hikers: Don't be an asshole.

February 22, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 1 Comment

For years, Evan Hansen had welcomed hikers crossing his South Rawdon property to see the Wood Brook and Greenhill waterfalls. But now, he says, the falls have just become too popular, and he can’t take the disruption anymore. So he’s posted “no trespassing” signs. Wood Brook falls are on Hansen’s land (“probably within 100 yards […]

Filed Under: Featured, News

What do you mean, defund the police?

Morning File, Thursday, February 18, 2021

February 18, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 22 Comments

News 1. Council committee recommends increase to RCMP and HRP budgets Last week, Zane Woodford reported that Halifax Regional Police lied to the Board of Police Commissioners about steps taken to fix the police department’s IT security failings. Yesterday, councillors on the city’s budget committee recommended in favour of increasing the police budget. Under their […]

Filed Under: Featured

Wrongheaded approaches to Black History Month: talk to a Black employee about how you’re a shitty boss

Morning File, Thursday, February 11, 2021

February 11, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 9 Comments

News 1. Councillors consider property tax rebate for non-profits providing affordable housing Zane Woodford reports on yesterday’s meeting of the Council Budget Committee, where one of the key issues discussed was increasing property tax relief for non-profits that provide affordable housing. Staff recommended that council “increase non-profit tax rebate for affordable housing from 25% to […]

Filed Under: Featured

Wayne Hankey, a founding director of King’s College’s Foundation Year Program, is charged with sexual assault

Morning File, Tuesday, February 2, 2021

February 2, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 10 Comments

News 1. Eating disorders in the pandemic The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Eating Disorders Nova Scotia says demand for its services is up 400% since the start of the pandemic. So the organization is rolling out a new service: nutritional counselling with a […]

Filed Under: Featured

From dark kitchens to more garbage: meal delivery changes everything

Morning File, Thursday, January 28, 2021

January 28, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 3 Comments

News 1. Councillors dismiss Oxford/North development appeal Zane Woodford reports on last night’s Regional Centre Community Council meeting, at which councillors dismissed an appeal from several local residents upset about a seven-storey building approved for the location. The story has quite the lead: Halifax’s regional centre councillors called the developer’s behaviour “deplorable” and questioned how […]

Filed Under: Featured

A heritage property in Sir Sandford Fleming Park is falling apart. Will the city do anything about it?

January 23, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 2 Comments

When I saw an online petition to save Sir Sandford Fleming Cottage in the Dingle Park, I tried to picture the building. I’ve been in the park plenty of times, and as I traced the routes of the park’s roads in my mind, I could see various other buildings in my mind’s eye, but not […]

Filed Under: Featured, News

Radio will rot your brain

Morning File, Thursday, January 21, 2021

January 21, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 1 Comment

News 1. Council approves debt increase to fund major improvements City finance staff have recommended in a report that the municipality take on more debt to pay for major projects. And council agrees. Over the last couple of years, Halifax councillors have voted in favour of some pretty major projects: a climate change plan, bus […]

Filed Under: Featured

Free food and the failure of neo-liberalism

Morning File, Thursday, January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 7 Comments

News 1. Council budget committee recommends 1.9% average property tax increase Zane Woodford reports on yesterday’s meeting of council’s budget committee. The short version is that the committee agrees with a staff report that would see commercial and residential property taxes rise by an average of 1.9% next year. Any change would have to be […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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