Philip Moscovitch told me yesterday that I buried the lede when I announced a couple of weeks ago that I’ve been hired by the CBC to write and host a podcast series about the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun. So here it is right in the lead (let the lede v lead wars begin): I’ve […]
The Design Review Committee just chucked the HRM By Design rules out the window; now let’s pretend the Centre Plan matters
Morning File, Friday, November 15, 2019
November subscription drive Once again, I’m running out of time to cajole and beg for new subscriptions. However, Iris insists that I remind readers that if you buy an annual subscription this month, we will give you an Examiner T-shirt. Here’s one modelled by my friend Lisa Osmond: Also, I’ll have more details Monday, but […]
Ukrainian corruption and the Canso spaceport
Morning File, Tuesday, November 12, 2019
November subscription drive I was going to write a long thing this morning in support of our subscription drive, but got pulled away trying to make sense of the Ukrainian space industry. So I’ll keep it short. We need your money. Thanks. News 1. Waiting for Fitch “Bob Dylan didn’t need a weatherman to know […]
The long, bizarre, and costly journey of the knife used to convict Glen Assoun
Morning File, Friday, November 8, 2019
November subscription drive When I learned about the Glen Assoun case in 2014, I sat down and read the 1999 court transcript, something like 10,000 pages. I soon realized that if I was going to properly report on the story, I needed to see that evidence that was presented at trial — there are all […]
Truly, no one much takes this supposed climate emergency seriously
Morning File, Monday, November 4, 2019
November subscription drive Through the Halifax Examiner’s first couple of years, I wrote Morning File every day. Then, the Examiner started hiring guest writers for Morning File when I was on vacation or out of town. More recently, other writers have become such a regular feature that we no longer call them “guests” — they’re […]
The Halifax Examiner subscription drive: what your support funds
Morning File, Friday, November Friggin' 1, 2019
November subscription drive It’s that time again: a month when we unceasingly plead for new subscriptions. To be fair, for most of the rest of the year we mostly leave you alone; aside from a few gentle reminders here and there, there are no popup windows or other annoying admonishes. We’re usually a soft sell. […]
Halifax in two acts: The Hotel Barmecide
Morning File, Monday, October 28, 2019
News 1. Crowns Writes Stephen Kimber: After a crazy week of blind-siding legislation, insults, distortions, bluster, meaningless committee hearings and more fact-free moments than you’d find in a Trumpian White House, the province and its Crown attorneys are right back where they began — at the bargaining table. Well, not exactly as illustrated… Click here […]
Stephen McNeil’s austerity philosophy: if only everyone were paid less, we’d all be rich
Morning File, Friday, October 25, 2019
News 1. Prisoners and the vote Reports El Jones: On Monday, Canadians voted in the federal election. Voting is a right for all Canadians, and this includes people who are incarcerated. Despite being able to vote, prisoners report that they experienced barriers to casting their ballot. Prisoners in the Atlantic Institution, a federal men’s maximum […]
Roy Building to rich woman: You’ve defaulted on your condo purchase. Rich woman to The Roy: You’ve got a substandard, incomplete building
A pair of duelling lawsuits have been filed related to a much-delayed Barrington Street development. On one side of the legal battle is The Roy Building Limited, the company formed by Toronto bazillionaire Louis Reznick to building the fancifully named 16-storey Roy Building, which replicates the facade of the 1940s-era building of the same name,...
Shawn Cleary wants to ban bull riding in Halifax
Morning File, Monday, October 21, 2019
News 1. Street checks “On Friday, Justice Minister Mark Furey announced that street checks would be permanently banned following a legal opinion written by former Nova Scotia Chief Justice Michael MacDonald and researcher Jennifer Taylor that concluded street checks are illegal,” writes El Jones: We should, of course, not have needed this opinion to ban […]
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