Election 2021: Welcome to ‘stupid season’

"An election" — as here-and-gone Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell once infamously but correctly explained — "is no time to discuss serious issues.” The real reason we are going to the polls in the middle of August is because the Liberals hope, and believe, no one will be paying attention.

July 18, 2021 By Stephen Kimber

It’s 7:37 am on Saturday morning and I hit refresh on my computer news feed. Again. A few minutes earlier, on CBC Radio’s Weekend Morning, newsreader Sarah Haliburton — squeezed between host Bill Roach’s usual eclectic musical selections (Dennis Lee’s iconic “Alligator Pie” followed by “Two Sleepy People,” the Fats Waller version) — began her…

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Jacob Samson, looking seriously at the camera, wearing a white Tshirt under a black and blue argyle sweater.

Episode 39 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

The actor and playwright Jacob Sampson drops by the studio this week ahead of opening night for Shakespeare By The Sea’s mainstage show of the season, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It’s his first time on stage—in this case the grounds of Point Pleasant Park—in over two years! He chats about easing back into the rehearsal hall, this season’s motto—choose kindness—and the journey of the award-winning play he wrote for himself, Chasing Champions, a little-known story about the Nova Scotian boxer Sam Langford. Plus: a sweet song from the new Dusted album. Listen to the full episode here.

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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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