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Making the right choice in addressing period poverty

Morning File, Friday, April 5, 2019

April 5, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

I’m Suzanne Rent and I’m filling in for Tim today. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Dartmouth pharmacies make right choice in addressing period poverty Today, Highfield Park Pharmachoice in Dartmouth will start giving away feminine hygiene products to their customers in need. The pharmacy made the announcement on their Facebook page […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACORN Canada, Anthony Morgan, Atlantic Journalism Awards, Brian Moore, Cassidy Bellefontaine, City Nature Challenge, City of Lakes Pharmachoice, Councillor Jaimie McEvoy, Dave Ireland, David Chiasson, El Jones, feminine hygiene products, Highfield Park Pharmachoice, iNaturalist, Joan Baxter, living wage, Mary Campbell, medicinal cannabis, Michelle Gray, MLA Karla MacFarlane, New Westminster, period poverty, Piece Hall Halifax UK, power outage, Prince’s Lodge rotunda, RCMP, roadside saliva test, Rockingham Heritage society, Sharon Ingalls, street checks report, Vancity Credit Union, Walter Regan

How many pink shirts will it take to fix this?

Morning File, Thursday, April 4, 2019

April 4, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

News 1. How many pink shirts will it take to fix this? A few days ago, the news broke that two former NDP cabinet members had complained about Zach Churchill’s behaviour while they were in office. One was Ramona Jennex, but the other wasn’t named. Now we know who it is: Denise Peterson-Rafuse (formerly my […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: art vs sport, Atlantic Journalism Awards, Burger Week, Culture GDP, Denise Peterson-Rafuse, El Jones, Elizabeth McMillan, Jenn Stuart, Joan Baxter, massage therapy, opt-out organ donation, Premier Stephen McNeil, Ramona Jennex, Sport GDP, Stadium support, Steohen Kimber, Stephen Archibald and schlocky fountains, Taryn Grant, Zach Churchill, Zane Woodford

The Beaverbank Connector highway exit is a death trap

Morning File, Monday, December 3, 2018

December 3, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

1. Six demonstrators arrested outside Canada Post facility “I was sitting at home when I got the community call-out for a solidarity action at the Canada Post on Almon Street on Sunday night,” writes El Jones. “Since I live in the area, I decided to go down and see what was happening and join in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alfred Burgesson, Atlantic Journalism Awards, Bailey Roy, Canadian Museum of Immigration, Cape Breton Post, Charlottetown CAO Peter Kelly, Damien Roy, Future City Builders, Gordon Dalzell, hoax related to terrorist activity, housing crisis, Irving Oil refinery explosion, Laura Lyall, Mary Campbell, pedestrian killed Beaverbank Connector, RCMP Cpl. Jullie Rogers-Marsh, Ryan Ross, SaltWire, Saltwire layoffs, T.J. MacGuire, Zane Woodford

Shameless and immodest self-promotion: Morning File, Monday, May 8, 2017

May 8, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Life after pulp Linda Pannozzo has meticulously documented the destruction of Nova Scotia’s forests, the effects of unrestrained clearcutting on forest health and species, the “regulatory capture” of the provincial Department of Natural Resources by forest product industries, and how all these trends have been exacerbated by the biomass sham. In her latest piece, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anna Shoub, Atlantic Journalism Awards, collision in Barney's River, commercial property taxes, Enterprise Reporting: Print, highway twinning, Tim hates flying

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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