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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 […]

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The redemption of Frank Anderson

Morning File, Monday, May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Transit passes “Soon, more people will get access to low income transit passes,” writes Erica Butler. “But the cap on this important program remains a needless obstacle.” Click here to read “Transit Pass Bingo.”  This article is for subscribers. Click here to subscribe. 2. This is North Preston Stephen Kimber introduces us to This […]

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Bullshitter of the day: Jacques Dubé

Morning File, Thursday, November 1, 2018

November 1, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

November subscription drive It’s time for our annual November subscription drive, so all month I’ll be banging the subscription drum a bit more frequently and a bit louder. The Halifax Examiner is just over four years old. As owner, I run this business very conservatively. The Examiner is financially sound, there’s zero debt, all taxes […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Audrey Parker, Bailey Roy, Brett Bundale, bullshit, Bullshitter of the day: Jacques Dubé, Calum Johnston, CBRM Mayor Cecil Clarke, Corey Roy, Damien Roy, Francis Campbell, Halloween hoax, Harry Frankfurt, innovation, Jacques Dubé, kids are terrible, Laura Brown, Mary Campbell, Michael MacDonald, Moshe Lander, Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), Rosalind Penfound, Roy brothers, Steve Sutherland, subscription drive, Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

Why would anyone seriously think that the Downtown Dartmouth plan would result in anything useful?

Morning File, Wednesday, October 24, 2018

October 24, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Carbon plan “Nova Scotians will pay more for electricity, gasoline, and home-heating  over the next four years as part of the province’s plan to reduce its carbon footprint and avoid a carbon tax Ottawa announced it will impose on four other provinces beginning this January,” reports Jennifer Henderson. “But Premier Stephen McNeil insists […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: bullshit, carbon plan, carbon tax, Design Review Committee, Downtown Dartmouth plan, highway death Musquodoboit Harbour, HRM By Design, innovation, Innovation Rebate Program, investigation, IWK CEO spending scandal, Michael Gorman, Michelin, Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), Stephen D'Arcy, Tracey Kitch, Zane Woodford

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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