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 […]
Nova Scotia to increase COVID-19 testing
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nova Scotia has just three known active cases of COVID-19, all of which are related to travel — two had travelled internationally, and the third had travelled in Canada but outside the Atlantic Bubble. In all three cases, the infected person self-isolated as required, and […]
Nova Scotia Power ratepayers overpaid for Water Street headquarters, rules UARB
Morning File, Monday, October 5, 2020
News 1. Lobster fishery at a crossroads This morning, we’ve published the first of a three-part series by Linda Pannozzo and Joan Baxter that looks at the lobster fishery, the Indigenous move to claim their court-affirmed treaty rights to a “moderate livelihood,” and the response from some non-Indigenous fishers, all in the context of the […]
A “second wave” doesn’t have to happen in Nova Scotia, but if it does, are we ready for it?
Morning File, Friday, October 2, 2020
News 1. COVID-19 There remain just two known active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, both related to international travel. One is in Nova Scotia Health’s Northern Zone, and the other is in the Western Zone. One of the two people is in ICU. So far, the self-isolation requirement for travellers seems to be working: […]
Fantasizing about a Sydney container terminal
Morning File, Monday, September 28, 2020
News 1. Polygraph tests “Among their concerns arising from a review of the Halifax Regional Police budget, the Nova Scotia Police Policy Working Group is highlighting the large amount spent by the force on polygraph tests,” writes El Jones: Polygraph tests, popularly known as lie detectors, are notoriously unreliable. In 1987, the Supreme Court of […]
This Cole Harbour council candidate shows why we need a municipal lobbyist registry
Morning File, Friday, September 25, 2020
News 1. Uber “The provincial government is making it easier to be a taxi or Uber driver, loosening the requirements to obtain the licence needed to be a driver for hire,” reports Zane Woodford: The move comes less than 48 hours after Halifax regional council passed bylaw amendments to legalize and regulate ride-hailing. Those amendments […]
We “drove the back roads”
On Saturday, April 18, the mass murderer and his common-law spouse travelled around the province, looking at various locations. Just hours later, those sites were associated with the murderer's rampage.
On Saturday, April 18, a man the Halifax Examiner refers to as GW, went on a drive with his common-law spouse (CLS). They “drove the back roads,” CLS said in a statement later given to RCMP Staff Sergeant Greg Vardy. “They … ended up near a penitentiary that GW said his uncle Glynn had been […]
Today’s forecast: power outages and falling cranes
Morning File, Tuesday, September 22, 2020
News 1. Weather There will be weather this afternoon, and then again Wednesday morning. It won’t be as bad as it could be, but will still be plenty powerful. As someone once said: charge your devices and order Chinese food. (Copy link for this item) 2. Expert: GW was not an informant “On Monday, Judge […]