News 1. Inquiry “Reports from the public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting are due in 2022, and a third commissioner has been appointed to conduct the inquiry, the federal and provincial governments announced on Thursday,” reports Zane Woodford: In a news release, the two levels of government announced Kim Stanton — a lawyer […]
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The Tideline, episode 2: Tara Thorne with Aquakultre
Episode 2 of The Tideline with Tara Thorne will be published tomorrow (Thursday) morning; a teaser: This week, Tara catches up with hip hop artist Lance Sampson aka Aquakultre, who’s been poised for a big year since winning CBC Searchlight in 2018, only to find his release date smack in the middle of quarantine. […]
There’s not much to say, so here’s a cool video of Jupiter
Morning File, Wednesday, October 21, 2020
News 1. The Goldboro Gamble, Part 2 Yesterday we published the second part of Joan Baxter’s two-part “Goldboro Gamble” series. In Part 2, Baxter shows how and why Canadian and German environmentalist activists are coming together to oppose the proposed Nova Scotian liquified natural gas plant. For example, writes Baxter: Andy Gheorghiu is a policy advisor […]
Can we have a fuller conversation about racism?
Morning File, Monday, October 19, 2020
News 1. Arrests in violent attacks The RCMP announced two arrests over the weekend related to the violence in Southwest Nova Scotia. The first arrest was related to the attack on Chief Michael Sack: RCMP charge man with assault of Chief Sack October 17, 2020, New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia…Meteghan RCMP have laid charges in relation […]
Police are being criminally investigated for their involvement in the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun, but there is still no investigation into the unsolved murder of Brenda Way
Morning File, Friday, October 16, 2020
News 1. Investigating cops, and non-investigating cops Yesterday, at the post-cabinet scrum with reporters, Justice Minister Mark Furey told me that the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) has agreed to investigate police action related to the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun. Last month, SIRT Director Felix Cacchione told me that in his opinion the Assoun […]
Why are we renting hard-to-get-to space in Burnside for jury trials when the convention centre is sitting mostly empty?
Morning File, Tuesday, October 13, 2020
News 1. Adoptions “If the ‘Adopted in Nova Scotia’ group on Facebook is any indication, nearly 5,000 people in this province are searching for either their birth parents or adult children who were placed with adoptive families,” reports Jennifer Henderson: They are looking for clues to help answer questions that people raised by their biological […]
Mink were going to make us all rich; that didn’t work out so well
Morning File, Friday, October 9, 2020
News 1. Coronavirus COVID-19 has spread to 20 people connected to the Manoir Notre-Dame nursing home in Moncton — 13 residents, four staff, and two family members. The source of the outbreak is unknown at this time, and New Brunswick Public Health has issued the following advisory about potential exposure to the virus: On October […]
Introducing: The Tideline, with Tara Thorne
I’m excited to announce that the Halifax Examiner is producing a new entertainment podcast — The Tideline, with Tara Thorne. The podcast premieres next Thursday, October 15, with a new episode every week after. The Tideline is separate and distinct from the Halifax Examiner’s news coverage, but we are mirroring the Examiner’s advertising-free, subscriber-supported model. Yes, […]
SIRT lays assault charge against cop in case of 15-year-old Demario Chambers, but does not lay charges in the Walmart incident with Santina Rao
The Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), which is the provincial police oversight board, has laid a charge of common assault against Halifax police Cst. Mark Pierce for a February 21, 2020 incident that took place outside the Bedford Place Mall. In that incident, Pierce laid his hands on 15-year-old Demario Chambers, “and a struggle ensued,” according […]
“Greed is good” brought us Donald Trump
Morning File, Wednesday, October 7, 2020
News 1. Lobster fishery We’ve published the second instalment of Linda Pannozzo and Joan Baxter’s three-part series “Lobster fishery at a crossroads,” which dives into the history and context of the Indigenous rights to a “moderate livelihood” from the fishery, and the non-Indigenous response to it. In Part 2, Pannozzo and Baxter show the political […]
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