News 1. NSCAD board fires president Aoife Mac Namara Yesterday, I learned that the Board of Governors at NSCAD University had removed president Aoife Mac Namara. I’ve since spoken with people with knowledge of the situation, and here’s what I’ve pieced together. After a successful career as an arts educator in London, and then in British Columbia, […]
If we can safely get a tattoo, then surely we can safely cast a ballot
Morning File, Friday, June 26, 2020
News 1. Bad weather isn’t a good excuse for power outages “The Utilities and Review Board has ordered Nova Scotia Power to refund customers $250,000 for failing to live up to performance standards around service and reliability last year,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The fine is largely symbolic — the UARB has the authority to demand […]
Halifax council passes ambitious climate change plan
Halifax council has adopted the ambitious HalifACT 2050 climate change plan. The plan meets the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommendation to limit overall global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2050. Under the plan, city government operations themselves will be carbon neutral by 2030, and the entire municipality, including […]
In the interests of public health, Dr. Strang should call for the legislature to convene
Morning File, Monday, June 22, 2020
News 1. The politics of coronavirus The good news on the coronavirus front: As of Sunday, Nova Scotia has gone 12 straight days with no new cases of COVID-19, and there is only one known active case in the province, someone in hospital. A second person is in hospital suffering from the effects of the […]
Stephen McNeil is behaving as an autocrat
Morning File, Friday, June 19, 2020
News 1. “Insufficient grounds” Susie Butlin was murdered by her neighbour Junior Duggan in September 2017. Joan Baxter details how Butlin filed a sexual assault charge against Duggan with the Bible Hill RCMP detachment, but investigating officers said there wasn’t a strong enough case against Duggan so she should instead file an application for a peace […]
“Body parts still in the automobile” of mass murder victim when RCMP released the car to the victim’s family, claims lawsuit
A newly proposed class action lawsuit names the RCMP and the Attorneys General of Canada and Nova Scotia for alleged improprieties during and after the mass murder spree of April 18/19. One of the representatives of the class action is Tyler Edison Blair, the son of Greg Blair and the stepson of Jamie Blair, both […]
The racist (and dumb) iconography of the anti-gun control zealots
Morning File, Monday, June 15, 2020
News 1. Black Lives Matter “We have been watching the Black Lives Matters protests and the conversations about police violence,” write a group of people in a federal prison. “We have been taking part in our own conversations with prisoners of all races. We would like to share some of our conversations and conclusions with […]
Mass murderer left a will directing that his remains be placed in the Portapique Cemetery
The man responsible for the Nova Scotia massacre on April 18/19, left a will directing that his “unembalmed” and “non cremated” (emphasis in original) remains be placed in a “Hudson Bay blanket” and placed in a concrete vault in the Portapique Cemetery. The mass murderer, who the Halifax Examiner is describing as GW, killed 13 […]
Introducing the Uncover: Dead Wrong podcast
Morning File, Friday, June 12, 2020
News 1. Dead Wrong I’m excited to announce that the Dead Wrong podcast is imminent — yesterday, we released the trailer for the series. The first two (of eight) episodes will go live next Wednesday, June 17, with the next six released once a week after. I started the Examiner in 2014, with the aim […]
Putting body cameras on cops won’t solve the problem of police violence
Morning File, Monday, June 8, 2020
News 1. Police violence Stephen Kimber speaks to white people: Still, we — white people again — are at least in a more honest place today than where we were before May 25 when a Minneapolis cop named Derek Chauvin pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck and squeezed the life out of him. The […]
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