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Jennifer Henderson: a reporter’s reporter

Morning File, Wednesday, November 7, 2018

November 7, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Jennifer Henderson One of the great unexpected pleasures I’ve had over the past four years was the day in 2016 when recently retired CBC reporter Jennifer Henderson contacted me to say she wanted to start writing for the Halifax Examiner. Of course I readily agreed, and Henderson has since become an important part […]

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What are we going to do with all the “I (heart) Amazon” T-shirts? Morning File, Friday, January 19, 2018

January 19, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Smart meters “Are smart meters Nova Scotia Power is proposing to install on every home over the next few years as smart as they should be?” asks Jennifer Henderson: Will ratepayers get the best bang for their buck ($133 million to automate meter-reading and provide them with online read-outs of daily energy consumption), […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amazon bid, Amazon HQ competition, convention centre riches

The 1971 plan to destroy Dartmouth: Morning File, Tuesday, November 28, 2017

November 28, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

We want your money November is almost over. Please subscribe! And if you’re already a subscriber, please consider spreading the word about the Examiner and asking your social media contacts to likewise subscribe. Thanks! News 1. NDP “Nova Scotia NDP president Bill Matheson and vice-president Judy Swift have both stepped down from their positions with […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alderney Landing is a piece of junk, Aly Thomson, Amazon HQ competition, barrier on Coburg Road, Bill Matheson steps down, Bob Mussett, Brian Palmeter, Const. Dianne Penfound, Councillor Sam Austin, crosswalks marked vs unmarked, Jacob Boon, Judy Swift steps down, NS NDP, pedestrian struck Coburg Road, Prince Albert Road, Richard Starr, Roger Taylor is wrong, Stephen McNeil vs Michael Pickup, Terry Izzard, Victoria Road expressway 1971

Another cool thing ruined by someone holding the camera the wrong way: Morning File, Friday, October 20, 2017

October 20, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Clayton Miller Back in July, Wagner’s law firm held a press conference to publicize “new evidence” in the Clayton Miller case: the videotaped testimony of Bryan McDonald, a Cape Breton Search & Rescue captain, who said he and his team of 10-15 people searched the area where Clayton’s body was later found, but found nothing. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amazon HQ competition, Arig al Shaibah, Bryan McDonald interview, Chris Benjamin, Clayton Miller, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, councillor Shawn Cleary, Dalhousie University racism, Danny Howatt, Group m5, Jacob Boon, Jamie MacNeil, lobbyist registry, Masuma Khan, Serious Incident Response Team

Unnamed bureaucrats have offered to give the city treasury to a female Scythian warrior: Morning File, Thursday, October 19, 2017

October 19, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Divest The Atlantic School of Theology has quietly divested from companies that intensively use fossil fuels, according to a press release issued by Divest Dal: A letter from AST President Rev. Neale Bennet states that “Atlantic School of Theology (AST) has already essentially begun the process of divesting from fossil fuel investments.” The […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aly Thomson, Amazon HQ competition, AST President Rev. Neale Bennet, Atlantic School of Theology, Business Navigator service, Dal Board of Governors meeting, Divest Dal, Ecology Action Centre, Forest funeral, Jacob Boon, Kati George-Jim, Lawrence Stordy, Lisa Brow, Maggie Rahr, pitfalls of entrepreneurship, Sackville Sports Stadium, Safia Haq, Tart & Soul Cafe

Bus ridership numbers are tanking and city council should do something about it: Morning File, Friday, September 29, 2017

September 29, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

News 1. Downeast Beer is kaput It appears the Down East Beer Factory on windmill has closeddoors locked for days, no note, not answering phonenot sure about brewery part pic.twitter.com/cG4Fm1eJv1 — HalifaxReTales (@HalifaxReTales) September 28, 2017 This explains O.H. Armstrong’s Small Claims Court action against Downeast — O.H. Armstrong must have been delivering goods, only to find […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amazon HQ competition, Cheryl Burchell, doctors, Downeast Beer Factory kaput, Halifax Transit's Performance Measures Report, Marieke Walsh, Mayor Mike Savage and Amazon, transit ridership numbers

The folly of chasing Amazon: Morning File, Monday, September 11, 2017

September 11, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

This is Tim Bousquet. I’m still vacationing and on the road, so this is an abbreviated Morning File. I just felt the need to jump in and say hello…. News 1. Chronicle Herald Stephen Kimber writes: It was Day 2 back on the job after an incredibly long, deeply bitter and divisive strike, and many […]

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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.

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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