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Nova Scotia cabinet round-up: Mandatory masks, open borders and more

July 31, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

Premier Stephen McNeil’s cabinet met Thursday and took questions from reporters afterward. Here’s what they talked about: Masks mandatory as of today Health Minister Randy Delorey was asked how his department intends to enforce a new policy requiring most adults and children over age 2 to wear a non-medical mask when they are inside public […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Brian Flinn, Business Minister Geoff MacLellan, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 and public schools, COVID-19 waiver, Dr. Robert Strang, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Health Minister Randy Delorey, Justice Minister Mark Furey, masks, mass shooting inquiry, Minister Bill Blair, Minister Labi Kousoulis, Minister Leo Glavine, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, school reopening, St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Tourism, Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines, Yarmouth ferry cancellation, Yarmouth ferry costs

Province announces design competition for new waterfront art gallery but still makes no mention of rising sea levels

January 17, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson

The McNeil government is taking the next step toward building a $100-million Art Gallery along the Halifax waterfront. The Department of Transportation Infrastructure and Renewal (TIR) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to design an “iconic” building to be built on the Salter lot across Lower Water Street from the Keith’s Brewery, where a...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: AGNS CEO Nancy Noble, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), climate change, Lynette MacLeod, Minister Leo Glavine, new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia RFP

With increasing sea level rise, does it make sense to build a new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia on the waterfront?

May 7, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

In the last three months, it’s been reported that the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than expected, which will mean a higher rise in sea-level than earlier projected; that temperatures in Canada are warming at approximately double the average global rate; and that more flooding is predicted for Atlantic Canada over the next 50...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), climate change, Coastal Protection Act, Develop Nova Scotia, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Halifax Waterfront cultural hub, Lynette MacLeod, Nancy Anningson, Peter Bigelow, sea level rise, waterfront

With increased projections of sea level rise and storm surges, does it make sense to put a Cultural Hub on the waterfront?

October 29, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

Question:  With signs of accelerating effects from climate change, should $200-300 million of public money be invested in a new building to last less than a century on the Halifax waterfront? When it comes to a new home for both the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Applied Geomatics, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), climate change, Jennifer Henderson, Minister Leo Glavine, Peter Bigelow, Queen’s Marque, Shannon Miedema, storm surge, Tom Smart

Now that the Leibovitz collection tax scam has failed, the Nova Scotia government is going to pay Leibovitz $2.3 million

Morning File, Thursday, May 24, 2018

May 24, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Fool’s Gold, Part 2 The Halifax Examiner and Cape Breton Spectator have co-published the second instalment of Joan Baxter’s investigation into mining in Nova Scotia. Click here to read Part 2 of “Fool’s Gold: Nova Scotia’s Myopic Pursuit of Metals & Minerals,” which looks at gold mining operations on the Eastern Shore. This article […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Annie Leibovitz photographs, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board (CCPERB), David Baines, FOIPOP security failure, Mary Campbell, Minister Leo Glavine, Mintz family, Nancy Noble, Preston Mulligan, Sydney Harbour dredge money, tax scam

The leaders of tomorrow: Morning File, Monday, October 16, 2017

October 16, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 20 Comments

News 1. Cap-and-trade Jennifer Henderson reports: Legislation introduced by the McNeil government to enable setting up a cap-and-trade system to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions as part of a Trudeau directive to slow climate change was debated briefly in the Legislature this week. What is missing from Bill 15 — “An Act to Amend Chapter […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, Annie Liebovitz photos collection, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), cult of inequality, Dalhousie drunken students, Diane Paquette, Ian Munroe, Lisa Bugden, partyocracy, pedestrian struck Halifax Waterfront boardwalk, Peter Kelly CAO Charlottetown, pitfalls of entrepreneurship, Richard Florizone, Stephen Kimber, tax reform, Teresa Wright, unsanctioned Homecoming celebration

Leo Glavine won’t say if the province is going to buy out Annie Leibovitz

August 17, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson

Nova Scotia taxpayers will have to wait a little longer to find out whether they’re on the hook for $2.3 million — about half the purchase price of the Annie Leibovitz collection of photographs donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS). The 2,070 iconic images feature some of the world’s biggest celebrities (Mick...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Al and Faye Mintz, Annie Leibovitz photographs, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, Colin Stinson, Jennifer Henderson, Leo Glavine

European weevil sex and other perversions: Morning File, Thursday, July 27, 2017

July 27, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Tax scam rejected for fourth time “A federal tribunal has — for the fourth time — rejected the bulk of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia’s enormous Annie Leibovitz collection, raising questions about whether the prints by the famous American photographer will ever be displayed in Halifax,” reports Richard Cuthbertson for the CBC: The […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Annie Leibovitz photographs, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Beech leaf mining weevils, Cape Breton tourism, Destination Cape Breton Association (DCBA), Ethan Hawke, FOIPOP CBRM, Glace Bay & Area Revitalization Plan, house fire Clam Bay, John Simmons, Justin Brake, Maudie, Muskrat Falls protestors jailed, Richard Cuthbertson, tourism development schemes

How the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia participated in an attempted tax scam: Morning File, Wednesday, July 12, 2017

July 12, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 18 Comments

News 1. Annie Leibovitz In October 2015, I wrote the following about the Annie Leibovitz collection: In 2013, it was announced that the Annie Leibovitz collection would be donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, but the photographs still haven’t been put on display, and there’s no hope that the collection will be displayed before […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Al and Faye Mintz family, Annie Liebovitz photos, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, Moira Donovan, Nancy Noble, Ray Cronin, Removing Cornwallis, Richard Cuthbertson, tax grab, urban Acadian forest

People are fallible, and that’s why internet voting is a horrible idea: Morning File, Tuesday, June 6, 2017

June 6, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Recounts Denise Peterson-Rafuse, the NDP candidate in the Chester–St. Margaret’s riding, has filed for a recount, I reported yesterday: Peterson-Rafuse, the incumbent, lost to Liberal challenger Hugh MacKay by just 90 votes, 3,112 to 3,022 total votes. PC candidate Julie Chiasson received 2,229 votes, and Green candidate Harry Ward received 413 votes. Thirty-four ballots were […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: American election, American privateers, American Revolution, Annie Leibovitz photographs, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, Denise Peterson-Rafuse, internet voting, Johan Gregor van der Schardt, John Hanc, Jordan MacEwan, Michel Samson, Michelangelo sculptures, Mintz family donation, Museum of Vancouver, Nancy Noble, NS election 2017, Pam Berman, Paul Withers, Randy Boswell, recount, Rob Wolf, Russian government hackers, The Icarus Report June 6, Why Nova Scotia wasn't the 14th state, William Sandeson trial

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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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