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Tourism is dead in its tracks: Where to from here?

April 9, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “There is nothing that compares to this, says Ross Jefferson, the CEO of Discover Halifax, a non-profit agency that works with Tourism Nova Scotia to promote the city to visitors. “It is eclipsing the financial crisis of 2008 and 9/11 when we saw the world […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Airbnb, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darlene Grant Fiander, Glenn Squires, Halifax Convention Centre, hotels, Noelle McGough, Out of the Cold emergency shelter, pandemic, Ross Jefferson, Tourism, Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS)

Let’s play The Game of Halifax!

Morning File, Thursday, February 27, 2020

February 27, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 7 Comments

News 1. Indigenous students at Hants East high school say they face tougher suspensions Aly Thompson at CBC reports on Indigenous students at Hants East Rural High School who say they are being discriminated against when it comes to punishments from staff. Thompson spoke with several students, including 16-year-old Xavier Sack from the Sipekneꞌkatik First […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, Aly Thompson, anti-Indigenous racism, bullying, Caora McKenna, Councillor James Goyetche, councillor Shawn Cleary, David Shepherd, East Hants Rural High School, Erin MacInnis, Fairbnb Coalition, Game of Halifax, Gary Adam, Kelly Cameron, Laurie Graham, Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton, Metro X commuter service, Michael Zwaagstra, Miguel Greer, MLA Hugh MacKay, Pink Shirt Day, Premier Stephen McNeil, PREVNet, Richmond County Council, short term rentals, Stuart Peddle, Susan McClure, Suzette Belliveau, Thorben Wieditz, Tom Ayers, Tourism Accommodations Registration Act, Travis Price, Warden Brian Marchand, Wendy Craig, Xavier Sack

The Ivany Report set a target of a $4 billion tourism industry in Nova Scotia by 2024. We’re nowhere near that. Now what?

December 3, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Despite making significant progress in attracting more visitors and generating $2.6 billion in revenue last year, the province’s tourism industry is still a long way from the goal of $4 billion by 2024 envisioned by the Ivany Report five years ago. “We’re updating our strategy which we are calling The Second Half,” Judy Saunders told...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Airbnb, Boeing 737 MAX grounding, Develop NS, Donna Hatt, ghost hotels, Halifax International Airport Authority, Halifax Stanfield International Airport, high speed internet, Ivany Report, Joyce Carter, Judy Saunders, Michele Saran, Minister Geoff MacLellan, short term rentals, South Shore Lobster Crawl, Tourism, Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS), Virginia Tudor

Feeling blue? Go to the purple house

Morning File, Friday, November 29, 2019

November 29, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 3 Comments

One of the stories I think the Examiner has covered best recently is the Northern Pulp saga. As Joan Baxter pointed out last week, deadlines are looming — both the December 17 deadline for the Department of Environment’s decision on the environmental assessment for the proposed pipe, and the January 31 deadline for Northern Pulp […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: age of consent, Airbnb, Brian Flinn, Business Minister Geoff MacLellan, coal, crane incident, Dirty Dealing parts 1-4 list, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Efficiency Nova Scotia, Infrastructure Minister Lloyd Hines, Mary Campbell, Meng Wanzhou, Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor, Minister Gordon Wilson, Northern Pulp saga, Nova Scotia Home for Coloured Children, police cars, Premier Stephen McNeil, Premier Stephen McNeil and China, provincial government business update, Schooner Sports and Entertainment (SSE), short term rentals, Stephen Archibald and Mabel Murple's, Street Check Apology Bingo

The Design Review Committee just chucked the HRM By Design rules out the window; now let’s pretend the Centre Plan matters

Morning File, Friday, November 15, 2019

November 15, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

November subscription drive Once again, I’m running out of time to cajole and beg for new subscriptions. However, Iris insists that I remind readers that if you buy an annual subscription this month, we will give you an Examiner T-shirt. Here’s one modelled by my friend Lisa Osmond: Also, I’ll have more details Monday, but […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: affordable housing, Airbnb, Andy Filmore, Bay Ferries, David Wachsmuth, Design Review Committee, Don Cherry, FOIPOP request Yarmouth ferry, HRM By Design, Joel Sparks, Julia-Simone Rutgers, Justice Duncan Beveridge, Justice Joel Fichaud, Justice Peter Bryson, Justice Peter Rosinski, Lisa Manninger, Mary Campbell, Nadia Gonzalez, Nicole LaFosse Parker, Nova Centre hotel, Paul Sampson, PC caucus, peak poppy, Peter Clewes, Remembrance Day, Samanda Ritch, Scott Campbell, Skye Halifax, Smitty's restaurant, Stephen Archibald and brooms, Sutton Place Hotel, Tim's dad, Twisted Sisters, United Gulf Developments Ltd., war, Zane Woodford

AirBnBs increase housing costs for everyone, says urban planning prof

November 15, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

“It’s not the number of short-term rentals in a neighbourhood that affect how people feel about AirBnBs,” a McGill University researcher told a crowd of 120 people at the Central Library last evening. “It’s whether short-term rentals make their own housing situation worse by raising rents or forcing people to move elsewhere.” Urban planning professor […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Airbnb, Andrew Murphy, David Wachsmuth, housing crisis, Larry Haiven, Neighbours Speak Up, Neighboursspeakup, short term rentals, Vanessa Scammel

Are anti-vaxxers meeting with your MLA?

Morning File, Tuesday, November 5, 2019

November 5, 2019 By Erica Butler 11 Comments

November subscription drive It’s getting frosty out there, which means its the time of year when we at the Examiner take a stab at convincing you and yours (those who aren’t already subscribers) to support the continued existence and growth of the Halifax Examiner. From her first Morningfile back in May 2015, El Jones has […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, AirDNA, Alexander Quon, anti-vaxxer, Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), collapsed crane removal, Dena Churchill, El Jones, Elizabeth May, Emma Smith, Green Party, Irving Shipbuilding, Jo-Ann Roberts, Kim Hart Macneill, Marine Fabricators, MLA Steve Craig, Neil Lovitt, Port of Sydney, short term rentals, subscription drive, Tom Ayers

Town of Lunenburg wrestles with Airbnb threat

September 3, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

When “Old Town Lunenburg” received its UNESCO World Heritage Site designation in 1995, people anticipated an increase in tourism based partly on the charm of its working waterfront and historic areas. Changes to both have been resisted until this summer when the Town of Lunenburg began grappling with change on both a micro and macro...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: ABCO 3-H Holdings, Airbnb, AirDND Market Minder, Chris Huskilson, Gary Andria, Gregory Huskilson, HomeAway, Jason Huskilson, Jim Eisenhauer, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Harbour development, Lunenburg Mayor Rachel Bailey, Michael Huskilson, short term rentals, South Shore Housing Action Coalition, Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS)

Halifax is getting ruff with canine owners in these dog days of summer

Morning File, Monday, August 12, 2019

August 12, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

News 1. MyHealthNS Jennifer Henderson reports on MyHealthNS and the decision by McKesson Canada to pull the plug on the online portal that gave doctors access to results for X-rays, MRIs, and blood tests. The portal also allowed patients to book appointments and correspond with their doctor through email. Health Minister Randy Delorey made the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, Alex Cooke, Alex Quon, Brightwood Brewery, cigarette butts, Councillor Sam Austin, cyclist struck Devonshire Avenue, Dean’s Flowers, Dennis Evans, doctor shortage, dog ban, dogs, E coli, Elizabeth Chiu, emergency room closures, Geir Simensen, Haley Ryan, Holly Winchester, Jack Julian, Jodie Fitzgerald, John Dimick, littering, MLA Rafah DiConstanzo, Nina Tardif, QE2 dream home, servers and bartenders, short term rentals, Skipper Hill Estates, Smith's Bakery, Stubborn Goat Beer Garden, Tara Fleming, Troy Fahie, Vanessa Myers, Wesley Schultz

Halifax CAO Jacques Dubé is raising money for charity; this is a problem

Morning File, Tuesday, August 6, 2019

August 6, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. Spaceport “I hadn’t even made it into Canso when I happened upon the first person willing and eager to speak her mind on the proposed spaceport that Maritime Launch Services wants to construct in the picturesque community at the very end of Highway 16,” writes Joan Baxter: In a charming restaurant a few […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, Alex Halef, Armco Capital Inc, Armour Group, Banc Investments, Canso spaceport, CAO Jacques Dubé, Cape Canaveral, charity, Chincoteague Museum, David Darrow, Don Bowser, Frances Fares, fundraisers, Halifax Harbour Swim, Hector Jacques, Jack Julian, Jim Spatz, KBRS, Kevin Doran, King’s Wharf, Lawen Group, living wage, Maritime Launch Services (MLS), Misty, Ronald L'Esperance, Royer Thompson, Scott McCrea, Stephen Matier, United Way

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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.

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