Auditor general Evangeline Colman-Sadd

Halifax auditor general confirms the city’s website redesign was a mess

January 21, 2020 By Zane Woodford

It will come as no surprise to anyone who has logged on to halifax.ca: the city’s auditor general has confirmed that the redesigned website was riddled with errors when it went live in 2017. But in a report published Tuesday and presented to council’s audit and finance standing committee, auditor general Evangeline Colman-Sadd wrote that...

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The politics of resentment at Province House

Morning File, Thursday, April 19, 2018

April 19, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Audits “The municipality has failed to completely implement more than half of the recommendations made by its auditor general between 2014 and 2016, and it’s unclear what percentage of the recommendations made before that were implemented,” reports Zane Woodford for StarMetro Halifax: Auditor general Evangeline Colman-Sadd presented a report to regional council’s Audit […]

Jacob Samson, looking seriously at the camera, wearing a white Tshirt under a black and blue argyle sweater.

Episode 39 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

The actor and playwright Jacob Sampson drops by the studio this week ahead of opening night for Shakespeare By The Sea’s mainstage show of the season, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It’s his first time on stage—in this case the grounds of Point Pleasant Park—in over two years! He chats about easing back into the rehearsal hall, this season’s motto—choose kindness—and the journey of the award-winning play he wrote for himself, Chasing Champions, a little-known story about the Nova Scotian boxer Sam Langford. Plus: a sweet song from the new Dusted album. Listen to the full episode 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.

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