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A Tale of Two Families: Morning File, Saturday, December 24, 2016

December 24, 2016 By El Jones 1 Comment

A Tale of Two Families 1. Punishment It’s been almost a decade since Ashley Smith’s death in prison. Every year, her sister tells me, she hangs a special ornament for Ashley in the centre of the Christmas tree “as we try to get through the holidays.” Many of us know Ashley’s story, and it may […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ashley Smith, Ben Sichel, Christmas in prison, Corey Ward, Fritz Musser, Rebekah Friesen, transformative justice

The airport wants people working there to get paid shit: Morning File, Friday, September 9, 2016

September 9, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 17 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Victoria General Jennifer Henderson reports that planning for replacing the Victoria General is bogged down and “off to a slow and lethargic start.” Click here to read “Planning for a new Victoria General Hospital stumbles along.” This article is behind the Examiner’s pay […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: airport, Ben Sichel, Bruce Belliveau, California Stars, Carolyn Ray, Deep Sky Eye Observatory, G4S, Graham Steele, Hajin Shipping Lines, Michael Tutton, Port of Halifax, Preston Mulligan, Robert Devet, Ships Start Here, Tim Doucette, Victoria General

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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