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Emera president Scott Balfour just got a million dollar raise; how’s your day going?

Morning File, Monday, April 12, 2021

April 12, 2021 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 17 Comments

News 1. Concrete capture “In 2017, Environment Minister (now Premier) Iain Rankin approved Lafarge Canada’s proposal for a one-year pilot project to burn scrap tires in its 55-year-old cement plant in Brookfield near Shortts Lake, about 13 kilometres south of Truro,” reports Linda Pannozzo: The plan to use tire derived fuel (TDF) at the Brookfield […]

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Unsung Heroes

Study after study after study have found that staffing levels at long-term care facilities need to be increased, so the Province of Nova Scotia is taking the predictable course of action: it's going to study it again.

April 12, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson 4 Comments

They say “a rising tide raises all boats.” But the waves of the pandemic have raised public awareness of partially submerged boats which have been floating in and out of political view for decades: income inequality, the precarious economic status of women, and weak spots in our health care system, to name a few.  Add […]

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5 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Sunday, April 11

April 11, 2021 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

Five new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Sunday, April 11). Four of the new cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone — two are related to travel outside Atlantic Canada and two are close contacts of previously announced cases. One case is in the Eastern Zone and is related to […]

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Premier Rankin talks a good game. Where have we heard that before?

During a Chamber of Commerce state-of-the-province event last week, our new premier postured back at the chamber's posturing about his government's budget. But should we have faith he means what he says?

April 11, 2021 By Stephen Kimber

Gavin MacDonald’s introduction was full of the expected whinging and woe-is-us, and — of course, as always — it arrived with its own neatly wrapped Santa’s wish list for the good girls and boys gathered last week in an appropriately socially distanced convention centre meeting room. MacDonald, a corporate lawyer who is also chair of...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Biodiversity Act, Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Premier Iain Rankin, Rankin budget

Concrete capture

Part 1: When Lafarge Canada proposed to burn Nova Scotia’s scrap tires as a solution to climate change, senior government scientists raised serious concerns, but the plan was approved anyway.

April 11, 2021 By Linda Pannozzo

[This is the first in a three-part series] In 2017, Environment Minister (now Premier) Iain Rankin approved Lafarge Canada’s proposal for a one-year pilot project to burn scrap tires in its 55-year-old cement plant in Brookfield near Shortts Lake, about 13 kilometres south of Truro. The company is part of Switzerland-based LafargeHolcim — a global...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, Subscribers only

8 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Saturday, April 10

April 10, 2021 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

Eight new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Saturday, April 10). Six of the new cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone — three related to travel outside Atlantic Canada and three that are close contacts of previously announced cases. Two cases are in the Western Zone — one is related […]

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Halifax tenders for redesigned Oak-Oxford-Allan intersection, part of bikeway project

April 10, 2021 By Zane Woodford

The municipality is looking for a contractor to rebuild the intersection of Oak, Oxford and Allan streets with traffic signals and new cycling infrastructure. The work is part of the city’s Allan/Oak Local Street Bikeway project, creating a cycling route, albeit with no protected bike lanes. The bikeway, like the one on nearby Vernon Street,...

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Subscriptions to the Halifax Examiner qualify for the Digital News Subscription Tax Credit

April 9, 2021 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner has qualified for the Digital News Subscription Tax Credit, under section 118.02 of the Income Tax Act. The tax credit allows individuals to claim up to $500 for subscriptions to qualified Canadian journalism organizations. See here for more details, and for the tax forms necessary to claim the credit. The Examiner’s QCJO# is […]

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2 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Friday, April 9; vaccine appointments opened for people 65 and over

April 9, 2021 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

Two new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Friday, April 9). One of the new cases is in Nova Scotia Health’s Northern Zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada; the other case is in the  Central Zone and is under investigation. Both cases are men. One is aged 20-19, and […]

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Sexism and schools: women fight back

Morning File, Friday, April 9, 2021

April 9, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 7 Comments

News 1. More pot, more booze: How Canadian parents coped with work-from-home and virtual school The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Canadians consumed more port and cannabis as a way to cope with kids doing school from home, Yvette d’Entremont reports. In a new […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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