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McNeil government: if John Perkins doesn’t like being wrestled to the floor at a public meeting, he can file a complaint

May 31, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson 3 Comments

If you aren’t keen on police roughing you up and cuffing you at a pubic meeting, or corporations dialing up the Mounties to act as bouncers, then go file a complaint with one of two watchdogs that investigate actions by RCMP officers. That’s the identical response which Premier Stephen McNeil, Justice Minister Mark Furey, and […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Atlantic Gold and RCMP, Atlantic Gold public meeting, John Perkins, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Minister Derek Mombourquette, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil, PC leader Tim Houston, Raymond Plourde, Serious Incident Response Team, Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia (SuNNS)

Justice Minister Mark Furey hasn’t seen the video of the RCMP arresting John Perkins at Atlantic Gold’s public meeting

May 30, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 7 Comments

This afternoon, reporter Jennifer Henderson was part of a post-cabinet meeting scrum involving Justice Minister Mark Furey. Henderson relates that Furey was asked about the video of events at a public meeting hosted by Atlantic Gold. The video, which was published by the Halifax Examiner, shows showing an RCMP officer throwing meeting participant John Perkins […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Atlantic Gold public meeting, John Perkins, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Raymond Plourde, RCMP, Terry Mosher

Atlantic Gold meeting fallout continues

Morning File, Thursday, May 30, 2019

May 30, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Straight Outta Spryfield “After a month of waiting with boat ready to go, a new ferry service across the Northwest Arm is set to begin service sometime this week, or early next,” reports Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: David Backman will be running his new 22-foot saltwater pontoon boat from the dock near […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allscripts, armoured vehicle, Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Gold and RCMP, Atlantic Gold public meeting, Ava Czapalay, Brian Krebs, Cape Breton Regional Police Services (CBRPS), Catherine Berliner, Chuck Porter, David Backman, Denise Perret, Deputy Minister shakeup, Donna Macdonald, First American Financial Corp., FOIPOP security failure, Jeff Conrad, Joanne Munro, John Perkins, Justin Huston, Kelliann Dean, Lindsay Souvannarath, Mary Campbell, Melissa MacKinnon, Minister Mark Furey, Minister Ralph Goodale, Mobile Command Center, Nancy MacLellan, Natasha Clarke, Northwest Arm ferry, One Patient One Record, Patricia Arab, Paul Schneidereit, Paul Sobey, Peter Ziobrowski, Sandra Cascadden, Staff Sgt Jodie Wilson, Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia (SuNNS), tech startups, Tom Marrie, Tracey Barbrick, Tracey Taweel, Unisys Canada

Halifax police are using Stingray cell phone capturing devices, in apparent warrantless searches

Morning File, Tuesday, May 28, 2019

May 28, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Fallout from Atlantic Gold event Mining Journal explains itself as follows: Founded in 1835, Mining Journal is the world’s most respected mining investment and business title, covering all aspects of the industry, from grass-roots exploration, through financing and development, and production and marketing. It uniquely combines this high-level investment and finance coverage with […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACOA loans, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atlantic Gold information session, Atlantic Gold public meeting, Barbara Darby and donkeys, BetaKit, Bill dicks, Brian Lowe, bullshit, Chris Adams, Chris Keevill, David Crow, First Angel Network (FAN), gShift Labs Inc, Halifax Police, IMSI catcher, influencers, InNetwork, international mobile subscriber identity-catcher, John Perkins, Jonathan Mullen, Junathan Mullen Mink Ranch Ltd, Kieran Delamont, KnowCharge, Krista LaRiviere, Mining Journal, mink industry, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), Organic Management Solutions, Peter Moreira, Ross Finlay, search warrants, St. Barbara Limited, StartupNorth, Stingray, Victory Farms Inc, warrantless searches

Winnipeg shows us how drinking can be allowed in public spaces

Morning File, Monday, May 27, 2019

May 27, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Atlantic Gold’s spin job “It has been fascinating — but discouraging — watching as Atlantic Gold and the RCMP try to justify the violent arrest of John Perkins at an information session on mine tailings dams and management, which the Vancouver-based mining company hosted last Thursday in the firehall in Sherbrooke on Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Argyle Street, Atlantic Gold information session, Atlantic Gold public meeting, Barrington Street multi-use trail, Cassie Williams, City Hall, David Coles, Diana the goose, drinking outside, Elizabeth May, gender discrimination, Joan Baxter, John Perkins, lawyers, Mary Campbell, Pete Seeger, Prince Andrew, Raymond Plourde, The Forks Park, Winnipeg

Setting the record straight on Atlantic Gold’s spin job

May 27, 2019 By Joan Baxter 8 Comments

It has been fascinating — but discouraging — watching as Atlantic Gold and the RCMP try to justify the violent arrest of John Perkins at an information session on mine tailings dams and management, which the Vancouver-based mining company hosted last Thursday in the firehall in Sherbrooke on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, a fiasco you […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Gold public meeting, Cochrane Hill gold mine, Dustin O’Leary, Francis Willick, James Millard, John Perkins, Keith Doucette, Madeline Conacher, Maryse Belanger, RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke, RCMP violent arrest, Scott Beaver, Sherbrooke RCMP, Terry Moser

RCMP violently remove and arrest citizen at public meeting about gold mine

A security guard working for Atlantic Gold called police to have John Perkins removed from a public information session on the proposed Cochrane Hill mine.

May 24, 2019 By Joan Baxter 20 Comments

The above video is a segment of a longer video taken by author Joan Baxter. To view the full video click here; a more complete version of events is captured by the video taken by Scott Beaver, which is included in whole below. If yesterday’s information session was meant to convince the people of Sherbrooke […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Gold public meeting, Cochrane Hill gold mine, Dustin O’Leary, Élise Franceline Jordan-Rochichaud, James Millard, Joan Baxter, John Perkins, Madeline Conacher, Maryse Belanger, Peter Lightall, Raymond Plourde, RCMP, Scott Beaver, St. Barbara Limited, Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia (SuNNS), tailings dams

PRICED OUT

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

A blonde woman and a white man with a dark beard, both wearing pajama bottoms and either a red or a pink bra, have a pillow fight on a bed.

Episode 84 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

After a year’s worth of singles and videos, the Halifax duo is finally releasing its first recorded project in the form of FLUTTER, a six-song genre-agnostic EP that’s deeply personal and incredibly catchy. Art Ross and Aaron Green return to the show a year later to dish on their music-industry immersion, why Ross’ sapphic lyrics strike all kinds of chords, and where you can see them this summer.

Listen to the episode here.

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