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About Suzanne Rent

Suzanne Rent is a writer, editor, researcher, and chapter director with Shelter Movers Nova Scotia. You can follow her on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent; Email: [email protected]

Self-help groups seek essential service status

Morning File, Monday, January 18, 2021

January 18, 2021 By Suzanne Rent 9 Comments

News 1. Jen Powley: Turn the convention centre into affordable housing Writer and advocate Jen Powley takes a look at some of the ways the province could solve the issue of affordable housing. Powley talks about how Sydney, HRM, Bridgewater, Kentville, Yarmouth, Truro, and Wolfville could come together and ask the feds for money to build affordable housing, […]

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How Kevin Little is helping North Dartmouth through the pandemic

Morning File, Friday, December 4, 2020

December 4, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 9 Comments

News 1. COVID-19 update Tim Bousquet has an update on COVID-19. There are 11 new cases in Nova Scotia. Nine of those are in the Nova Scotia Heath Authority’s Central Zone and the other two are in the Northern Zone.  One of the cases in the Central Zone includes someone connected to Citadel High School. […]

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Dr. Clement Ligoure: Hidden hero of the Halifax Explosion

Morning File, Monday, November 30, 2020

November 30, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 9 Comments

News Today is the last day of the Examiner’s November subscription drive. Over the last month, we shared why we all love being part of the Examiner team and why our subscribers are so important to our work. When you support the Examiner, you’re doing more than supporting local journalism. You’re supporting writers, like me, […]

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Lessons from The Great Influenza Pandemic

Morning File, Wednesday, November 25, 2020

November 25, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

I was up later than usual working on this Morning File. I always write portions of it the night before, but usually wrap it up by 9 p.m. But last night, I was still working on it until almost midnight. Meanwhile, Tim Bousquet was messaging me about what to expect for stories in the morning […]

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Erasing history? You just didn’t do your research

Morning File, Friday, November 20, 2020

November 20, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 17 Comments

There have been many times when I have reached out to sources for interviews and they mentioned they’re longtime subscribers of Examiner and enjoy the work we do (I got one of these messages while working on this Morning File). These messages are always appreciated. We have the best subscribers. They really take ownership and […]

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Who’s paying less than a living wage during the pandemic

Morning File, Wednesday, November 18, 2020

November 18, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

News 1. Province rejects bail housing plans for women; spends $150,000 on electronic monitoring instead El Jones writes about the Department of Justice’s plan to spend $150,000 on electronic monitoring, even though the province’s Criminal Justice Transformation Group advised against it. Jones writes:   Members of the group’s bail committee who studied community solutions to incarceration informed the […]

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Fashion’s sample sizing doesn’t measure up

Morning File, Thursday, November 12, 2020

November 12, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

It’s November, the month of Halifax Examiner’s annual subscription drive. The Examiner is supported entirely by subscriptions and donations from its readers and supporters. If you don’t already subscribe, please check out the subscription options here. Oh, and anyone signing on with a new annual subscription (over $100) gets an Examiner t-shirt, too.   Contributors Stephen […]

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The housing crisis on the South Shore

Morning File, Wednesday, November 4, 2020

November 4, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

It’s November and that means it’s subscription drive time here at the Halifax Examiner. Your subscriptions are what support the Examiner and its writers. So, I’m writing today’s Morning File because of your support.  I started reading the Examiner in its early days when it was a one-man show with Tim writing Morning Files and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Bridgewater, COVID-19, Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), Dr. Robert Strang, Dr. Theresa Tam, Endangered Species Act, Healthy Forest Coalition, homelessness, housing crisis, housing hub, Jacqueline Foster, Lindsay Lee, Lisa Ryan, Mainland Moose, masks, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Paul Withers, racism in justice system, Randy Riley, rural housing, South Shore, Tusket river hydro dam, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

COVID and Us: Immigrant women in Halifax share pandemic stories

Morning File, Wednesday, October 29, 2020

October 29, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 9 Comments

News 1. COVID update This item is written by Tim Bousquet. Yesterday, Premier Stephen McNeil and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang had a COVID-19 briefing with reporters, their first in two weeks. A few items of interest came up. First, Strang confirmed that the province is preparing to create “regional care centres” […]

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A survey on sexual harassment and violence in the workplace

Morning File, Thursday, October 22, 2020

October 22, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 7 Comments

News 1. Injunction issued to end threats and blockades against Sipekne’katik fishers Paul Withers at CBC reports on the temporary injunction issued by Justice James Chipman to stop blockades and end threats against Sipekne’katik band members fishing on the province’s southwest coast. The band applied for the injunction yesterday. As Wither reports, this injunction means the […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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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