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Electric doohickeys

Morning File, Tuesday, August 27, 2019

August 27, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 14 Comments

News 1. What caused the fire at the Barho family’s home? On February 19, 2019, a fire killed the seven children of the Barho family, who had come to Canada as refugees from Syria. The fire department has yet to release any information on what caused the fire or what could have been done to […]

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A look at who’s paying less than a living wage

Morning File, Friday, August 16, 2019

August 16, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

News 1. Indigenous employee talks about harassment at CFB Halifax Ashley Burke with CBC talks with Steve Morrisey who’s now on sick leave from his job at DND from the harassment he says he suffered from a superior on the job. Morrisey tells Burke “it was hell.” It’s been just one complete disaster. The harassment […]

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Licensing bicycles won’t help

Morning File, Wednesday, August 14, 2019

August 14, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 7 Comments

News 1. John Perkins sues “Sixty-eight-year-old John Perkins of Earltown is striking a blow for democracy after he says he was forcibly hauled out of a public meeting by an RCMP officer last May,” reports Jennifer Henderson: Perkins held a news conference in Halifax yesterday to explain why he is filing a lawsuit against Atlantic […]

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Changing the racist names of Nova Scotia’s geographic locations

Morning File, Friday, July 12, 2019

July 12, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 11 Comments

News 1. Report in Assoun case to be released today Tim is over at the courthouse this morning where a report from the Department of Justice will be released today, giving the public a first look at information that led to Glen Assoun’s release. I’m  sure Tim will have more on this later today. 2. […]

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Journalmalism 101: This week, Halifax lost four very good Canadian Press reporters; in return we got… Christie Blatchford

Morning File, Friday, March 29, 2019

March 29, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. Street checks Yesterday, I wrote: This is how it goes. Every now and then something happens — a Black man with the resources and gumption to do something about it stands up to the harassment, the results of a CBC Freedom of Information request are published — that make it temporarily impossible for […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Cooke, Alexa MacLean, Aly Thomson, Brett Bundale, Canadian Press (CP) layoffs, Christie Blatchford, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Keith Doucette, local reporting, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Premier Stephen McNeil, Quinpool Road bridge reconstruction, Racism, Selena Ross, Spring Garden Area Business Association, Spring Garden Road update, Stephen Archibald and Quinpool Road concrete bridges, street checks report, Taryn Grant, trespassers at hospital, Zane Woodford

The North End Pub fire still burns: insurance company asks the court to declare Grafton-Connor bankrupt

Morning File, Friday, January 4, 2019

January 4, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. North End Pub A fire destroyed the North End Pub on March 7, 2007, but the insurance fight continues. Local lore has it that the day of the fire there was a guy on a winning streak on the VLT machines who refused to leave on his own accord when the fire engines […]

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Get over that “secret tunnel” delusion: Morning File, Thursday, June 15, 2017

June 15, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. NSBI There are two CBC stories from yesterday involving Nova Scotia Business Inc. The first is from Paul Withers: The Nova Scotia Crown corporation responsible for economic development in the province says it needs to be more ‘inclusive’ when it refers potential clients to commercial real-estate brokers. Nova Scotia Business Inc. called in […]

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An earthquake did not destroy Halifax yesterday: Morning File, Friday, January 13, 2017

January 13, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Biomass, Freedom of Information and the Silence of the DNR Company Men Yesterday, we published Part 4 of reporter Linda Pannozzo’s “Biomass, Freedom of Information and the Silence of the DNR Company Men” series. Click here to read “The Case of the Disappearing Forest Age Class Data.” This article is behind the Examiner’s paywall […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexa MacLean, Ashley Ellsworth, baby born on bridge, Ben Rodgers, David Giles, Gloria McCluskey, Heide Pearson, housing prices, Jacob Boon, Madelyn Jane Ellsworth, Paul Palmeter, pharmacy errors, Zane Woodford

The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

Click here to go to the DEAD WRONG home page.

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