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February 12 was a strange day for the man who two months later would murder 22 people

That snowy Wednesday morning, he had a bizarre run-in with Halifax police — one he gleefully bragged to Frank Magazine about. That evening, he was ticketed by an RCMP cop for driving 1-15 kph over the speed limit on a rural gravel road in Portapique — but the cop won't talk about it.

August 10, 2020 By Paul Palango 40 Comments

Last February 12 began as a poor-weather day in Nova Scotia. The province was pretty well shut down because of an overnight snowstorm. Schools and public buildings were closed in Halifax and Truro. The temperature was hovering around the freezing mark. More snow was forecast. It was not the kind of day to be wandering […]

Don’t make waves in Canada’s ocean playground! Morning File, Thursday, October 12, 2017

October 12, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. Burnside Expressway The routing of the proposed Burnside Expressway was moved, reports Halifax Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: From 1991 up until sometime in 2012, the plan for the Burnside expressway was a shorter, more direct route than is currently proposed. Since it was conceived, the plan had been to build the road […]

Vinessa Antoine, a Black woman with shoulder-length curly hair, standing in front of a pale blue-green background, wearing jeans and a white shirt

Episode 49 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

The Halifax-set Diggstown, which launched its third season this week on CBC TV, was part of the wave of #NSFilmJobs able to shoot in the COVID-light province over the past year and a half, with the added bonus of being able to employ tonnes of local actors. Star Vinessa Antoine joins the show from Toronto to chat about Marcie Diggs’ emotional evolution, what she learned from her years in soaps, and her favourite place to eat in Dartmouth. Creator Floyd Kane — a Dalhousie law grad before he moved into producing, writing, and directing — also beams in to talk about threading the pandemic into the current season, how the team fits so much story into such a short episode run, and what’s up with that Fox broadcasting deal that was announced off the top of the year.

Listen to the full episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

Recent episode transcripts 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.

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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