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Breaking News: Wanderers Ground “deemed unsafe” for Battle for New Scotland competition

August 27, 2015 By Tim Bousquet

Rugby Canada and the Glasgow Warriors say the city-maintained field isn’t safe to play on; Saturday’s game is moved to Spryfield’s Grave-Oakley Memorial Park Rugby took centre stage at a Halifax council meeting in June, when, citing the potential economic impact from thousands of spectators and a world-wide television audience, councillors approved $30,000 in support...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: rugby

Empire of Deception: Examineradio, episode #24

August 21, 2015 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week, we talk with author and journalism professor Dean Jobb about his latest book, Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation. Also this week, Nova Scotia Finance Minister Randy Delorey unveiled the Liberals’ new plan for dealing with public sector workers: let them battle […]

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Perflexitive! — Examineradio episode #23

August 15, 2015 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week, the candidate for the federal NDP in Kings-Hants was forced to resign after a Conservative-funded website publicized comments the candidate had made regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We spoke with the former candidate, Morgan Wheeldon, at length about his views, the decision the NDP made to remove him, and the slow but steady descent of […]

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Get On The Damned Bus: Examineradio, episode #21

July 31, 2015 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week we speak with Montreal-based Taras Grescoe. Grescoe is an award-winning author and public transit advocate. His most recent book, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile was released by HarperCollins Canada in 2012. Straphanger won the Mavis Gallant Prize for Nonfiction and was listed by the Globe & Mail as one of the […]

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Will Nova Scotia take environmental racism seriously?

July 29, 2015 By Moira Donovan

Indian Brook used to have the best water for miles around, said Dorene Bernard. But no one likes to drink it now. The change came in 2012, when the community’s water table was contaminated by digging at the nearby Nova Scotia Sand and Gravel pit. The community was issued a do-not-drink advisory, and the Department...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only

Environmental racism in Nova Scotia: Examineradio – Episode 20

July 24, 2015 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week, we speak with Dr. Ingrid Waldron, a sociologist and assistant professor at Dalhousie University, about environmental racism and its effects in Nova Scotia. Plus, Jimmy Melvin, Jr. is arrested in connection to the 2009 murder of drug rival Terry Marriott, Jr. Also, the provincial Liberal government mulls privatizing Service Nova Scotia as part of […]

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Why the NS Barristers’ Society lost the fight against ultra-conservative Trinity Western University (and why that’s a good thing) — Examineradio episode19

July 17, 2015 By Russell Gragg 1 Comment

This week, we speak with lawyer and gay-rights activist Kevin Kindred about the Nova Scotia Supreme Court overturning the provincial barristers’ society’s decision to bar Trinity Western University grads from practicing law in the province. We also talk to Shelburne resident Ed Cayer about his town’s plan to include a “Redneck Competition” in next week’s Founder’s […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Journalism, News, Province House Tagged With: Ed Cayer, Examineradio, Kevin Kindred, podcast, redneck

Hey, Mama! Examineradio — Episode 17

June 26, 2015 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week, the Friends of Green Cove — a group opposed to the controversial Mother Canada statue propsed for Cape Breton Highlands National Park — revealed that Parks Canada had donated $100,000 to the project’s development. This, despite the fact that the government agency’s role is to evaluate the project’s worthiness. We speak with Dr. […]

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Broadcasting Live from Charlie’s: Examineradio episode #16

June 19, 2015 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

This week’s episode recorded live at Charlie’s Club — the venerated North End hub of journalism. Because we could. Four-year-old concert scandal reveals new numbers! Three by-elections called in Nova Scotia! Too (two) many buzzwords and ‘paradigm shifts’ at #StepUpHalifax Conference! One plane drops from the sky without explanation! (And a partridge in a pear tree) Also, we […]

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Boutilier: Parliament is more open than Nova Scotia’s Province House. Examineradio, episode #15

June 12, 2015 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

This week, the Halifax Examiner revealed that a company receiving payroll rebates from NSBI is linked to the fraud and bribery scandals enveloping FIFA. Also, Toronto Star parliamentary reporter Alex Boutilier weighs in on the developing Evan Solomon situation, and compares journalists covering federal politics to his prior experience reporting on Nova Scotia’s Province House. And, […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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.

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