The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Today, the Department of Health and Wellness announced one newly discovered case of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said the new case is a resident of the Northwood retirement home, which now has 16 active cases […]
The Torstar sale leaves a gaping hole in the Canadian news scene, but journalism can still thrive
Morning File, Wednesday, May 27, 2020
News 1. COVID-19 updates “A woman in her 80s who had an underlying medical condition has died after contracting the COVID-19 virus. She was a resident of the HRM but not a resident of Northwood or any other long-term care home,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The news came at today’s daily briefing by Dr. Robert Strang, […]
Here’s what the RCMP doesn’t want you to know about the mass murder investigation
Documents newly obtained by the Halifax Examiner related to the April 18/19 mass murder in Nova Scotia are so redacted by the Crown that they provide no new information. But they do provide some insight into the police investigation. The Examiner joined with eight other media organizations to ask a judge to unseal search warrants […]
It goes against all his political instincts, but Stephen McNeil must now incur billions of dollars in government debt
Morning File, Friday, May 22, 2020
News 1. Government debt “Halifax councillors tackled cuts to the city’s capital budget on Thursday, adding and subtracting from a list of more than $100 million in projects that won’t be completed in 2020,” reported Zane Woodford yesterday. Click here to read “What won’t get done in 2020: Halifax councillors look at COVID-19 capital budget […]
This is why the Halifax Examiner keeps going to court
Morning File, Wednesday, May 20, 2020
News 1. New info on mass shooting Yesterday, I wrote two articles about the April 18/19 mass murders. One is “Court document provides new info on mass murder,” which provides new information about what happened in Portapique that terrible Saturday night and a chilling eyewitness account to the murders of Cst. Heidi Stevenson and Joey […]
Court document provides new info on mass murder
A court document obtained by the Halifax Examiner provides new information about the mass murder spree across Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19. The document is an “Information to Obtain” (ITO), which was delivered to a justice of the peace as an application for a search warrant related to the police investigation into the […]
Lots of people knew about the mass murderer’s destructive behaviour, and did nothing
People knew. Long before he went on a murder spree across Nova Scotia, killing 22 people, lots of people knew about the gunman, who we’re calling GW. They knew GW was disturbed, and called him a “psychopath,” a “sociopath,” “paranoid.” They knew he beat women. They knew he collected an alarming number of weapons, some […]
COVID-19 update: Northwood residents are still dying, and still being infected, despite an emergency plan announced four weeks ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Today, the province announced that four more residents of Northwood have died with COVID-19. That brings the total number of coronavirus-related deaths at the nursing home to 49, and the provincial total (including Northwood) to 55. At today’s briefing, Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief […]
A filthy rich American wants to profit from turning Owls Head into a golf course, and he apparently wants the Canadian taxpayer to subsidize the effort
Morning File, Friday, May 15, 2020
News 1. Police budget “The city’s board of police commissioners is recommending in favour of a $5.5 million cut to the Halifax Regional Police budget,” reports Zane Woodford: Chief Dan Kinsella told the board this week that there will be no impact on public safety from the reduced spending, about $4 million of which comes […]
Peter and me
Morning File, Monday, May 11, 2020
1. COVID-19 and politics I don’t want to be this guy again, but I haven’t had time this past weekend or again this morning to write a full article about Stephen McNeil’s criticism of the media for making politics with the COVID crisis. (I’ve been working pretty much non-stop on the podcast, which has some […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 168
- Next Page »