Philip Moscovitch, Author at Halifax Examiner

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Sparse theatre stage showing a woman leaning against a concrete wall while sitting on a thin mat. A door with bars in the window is behind her.

Ballad of the Motherland: Nuance in a time of war

by Philip Moscovitch March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

The play written and directed by Annie Valentina could have fallen into about a million traps, but somehow manages to avoid them all.

Morning File

Mastodon hits 10 million users: Is decentralization the future?

by Philip Moscovitch March 21, 2023March 22, 2023

A German doner kebab wrapper showing a cartoony mustachioed chef with a big knife, in front of a spit of gyro meat. A plate of french fries is in the background.

Morning File

Doner vs donair: a wrap on notable sandwiches

by Philip Moscovitch March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

Two Amazon delivery boxes against a dark background.

Morning File

Amazon HQ2 and always wishing for the big thing that will save us

by Philip Moscovitch March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

Morning File

Oil Beach: ports, petroleum, and the pandemic

by Philip Moscovitch February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

Morning File

The machine-generated literary submissions have arrived

by Philip Moscovitch and Yvette d'Entremont February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

Portland Street in Downtown Dartmouth on a sunny June day, around noon, in 2021. there are multi-coloured low rise buildings, a Nova Scotia flag is flying, and another one with a red and white design. Traffic seems light. There are a few people walking on the sidewalk and others enjoying a patio.

Morning File

15-minute cities: walkable urban centres are open-air prisons, apparently

by Philip Moscovitch February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

Vintage box that says Smithsonian New Millennium Time Capsule. It's for a product designed for children to "give your past.... to your future."

Morning File

Time capsules are stupid

by Philip Moscovitch February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

An album cover by K Tel in bright colours which reads "1 funky album, Goofy Greats", with cartoons illustrating the songs listed

Morning File

K-Tel’s Goofy Greats: repackaging the hits for kids

by Philip Moscovitch February 7, 2023February 8, 2023

Two sandwiches with deli meats and lettuce on a serving board.

Morning File

Sandwiches are beautiful and so are essays about them

by Philip Moscovitch January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Author Archives: Philip Moscovitch

Ballad of the Motherland: Nuance in a time of war

Mastodon hits 10 million users: Is decentralization the future?

Doner vs donair: a wrap on notable sandwiches

Amazon HQ2 and always wishing for the big thing that will save us

Oil Beach: ports, petroleum, and the pandemic

The machine-generated literary submissions have arrived

15-minute cities: walkable urban centres are open-air prisons, apparently

Time capsules are stupid

K-Tel’s Goofy Greats: repackaging the hits for kids

Sandwiches are beautiful and so are essays about them

Mi’kmaw woman dies of pneumonia in provincial custody

Parliamentary committee to investigate ownership of Paper Excellence

Stephen McNeil, rocket man

Civil liberty groups, Montreal Massacre survivors, and women advocates applaud Mass Casualty Commission report

Heidi Stevenson shows us how to address policing