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One of Premier Tim Houston’s ‘friends’ tapped to run Crown corp wants to infill Dartmouth Cove

July 28, 2022 By Zane Woodford 5 Comments

One of the “personal friends” Premier Tim Houston appointed to look after consolidated Crown corporations is also the owner of a company associated with the application to infill Dartmouth Cove. Houston appointed Tom Hickey, CEO of Atlantic Road Construction and Paving Ltd., to run the newly-created Invest Nova Scotia, to be compensated up to $18,000 […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: 4197847 Nova Scotia Ltd, Atlantic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Atlantic Road Construction and Paving Ltd, Bruce Wood, Dartmouth, Dartmouth Cove, Develop Nova Scotia, Economic Development Minister Susan Corkum-Greek, infill, Innovacorp, Invest Nova Scotia, Jill Brogan, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Business Inc, Premier Tim Houston, pyritic slate, T. Hickey Enterprises, Tom Hickey, Transport Canada, Wayne Crawley, Zane Woodford

Residents organize against proposal to turn Dartmouth Cove into a ‘dump’

May 31, 2022 By Zane Woodford 8 Comments

Dartmouth is not having it. More than 150 people gathered at the Zatzman Sportsplex on Monday night to voice their opposition to a proposal to infill part of Dartmouth Cove. The area is part of the waterfront, with a multi-use path along the train tracks connecting Old Ferry Road to downtown Dartmouth. As the Halifax […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News, Politics Tagged With: 4197847 Nova Scotia Ltd, Bruce Wood, Coun. Sam Austin, Dartmouth, Dartmouth Cove, Develop Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Jill Brogan, Megan Blumenthal, MP Darren Fisher, NDP Leader Claudia Chender, pyritic slate, Transport Canada, Zane Woodford

Property owner applies to infill Halifax Harbour at Dartmouth Cove

May 18, 2022 By Zane Woodford 5 Comments

The federal government is seeking public feedback on a proposal to infill the Halifax Harbour at Dartmouth Cove, and the councillor and MP for the area aren’t impressed. 4197847 Nova Scotia Ltd., owned by Bruce Wood, applied in March to fill its 2.7-hectare water lot, PID # 00114132 or 1 Parker St., with rock from […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: 4197847 Nova Scotia Ltd, Bruce Wood, Coun. Sam Austin, Dartmouth Cove, Fisheries Act, King’s Wharf, Mill Cove, MP Darren Fisher, pyritic slate, Zane Woodford

PRICED OUT

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

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All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Episode 89 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.
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To sleep, perchance to dream — in this humidity?! Shakespeare By The Sea’s production of Hamlet — its first staged tragedy since 2019 — opens on August 5, and director Drew Douris-O’Hara and the man himself, Deivan Steele, stop by the show before rehearsal to chat. Topics include: climate change’s effect on outdoor theatre, the timelessness of Shakespeare’s most popular work, the failure of funding models in all times (not just during COVID), and the resilience of squirrels.

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