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Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 15 — Lower Sackville

October 1, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Paul Russell didn’t have much time to get used to being a councillor. After winning a special election in District 15 last October, Russell is up for the ultimate annual performance review as voters head back to the polls. Russell is facing four candidates this time around, down from a field of nine others in […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Anthony Mrkonjic, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, David Schofield, District 15, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Jay Aaron Roy, living wage, Mary Lou LeRoy, Paul Russell

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 14 — Middle/Upper Sackville-Beaver Bank-Lucasville

October 1, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Lisa Blackburn was almost acclaimed for a second term. But on the final day for nominations, the deputy mayor got a challenger with Greg Frampton adding his name to the ballot. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: What should Halifax be doing to create more affordable […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 14, Greg Frampton, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Lisa Blackburn, living wage

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 13 — Hammonds Plains-St. Margarets

September 30, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

With Matt Whitman hoping to step up to the mayor’s chair, District 13 is an open race. There are nine candidates hoping to take the controversial councillor’s place in the district, which includes Hammonds Plains, Tantallon, Hubbards and Peggys Cove. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, Darrell Jessome, Derek Bellemore, District 13, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Harry Ward, Iain Taylor, living wage, Nick Horne, Pamela Lovelace, Robert Holden, Tim Elms, Tom Arnold

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 12 — Timberlea-Beechville-Clayton Park-Wedgewood

September 30, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

After winning District 12 in 2016, Richard Zurawski is facing off against two of the runners up from last time and a newcomer in next month’s election. Candidates John Bignell and Iona Stoddard both ran in the district in 2016, and Eric Jury is adding his name to the ballot for the first time. The […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 12, Eric Jury, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Iona Stoddard, John Bignell, living wage, Richard Zurawski

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 11 — Spryfield-Sambro Loop-Prospect Road

September 29, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

Halifax’s longest-serving councillor gave plenty of notice that he wouldn’t be running for a ninth term. Coun. Stephen Adams, first elected in 1991, made the announcement a full year before this fall’s election, and 12 candidates have stepped up to take his place in District 11. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Ambroise Matwawana, Bruce Cooke, Bruce Holland, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, Dawn Edith Penney, District 11, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Hannah Munday, Jim Hoskins, Kristen Hollery, Lisa Mullin, living wage, Matthew Conrad, Patty Cuttell, Pete Rose, Stephen Chafe

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 10 — Halifax-Bedford Basin West

September 29, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

With Coun. Russell Walker stepping aside after 27 years, the race for District 10 has attracted eight candidates. Walker only scraped by in 2016, winning the district — including Fairview, Rockingham and part of Clayton Park — with 35 votes. The runner-up, Andrew Curran, is on the ballot again, and so is the third-place finisher, […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Andrew Curran, candidate questionnaire, Christopher Hurry, climate crisis, Debbie MacKinnon, District 10, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Kathryn Morse, Kyle Morton, living wage, Mohammad Ehsan, Renee Field, Sherry Hassanali

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 9 — Halifax West-Armdale

September 28, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

Confirmed in a recount, Shawn Cleary beat the former councillor for District 9, Linda Mosher, by little more than 100 votes in 2016. Cleary is hoping to win again, and the district, which includes the west end and crosses the rotary into Armdale, has four other candidates vying for the seat in this election. The […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Bill Carr, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 9, Gerry Lonergan, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, living wage, Shaun Clark, Shawn Cleary, Stephen Foster

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 8 — Halifax Peninsula North

September 28, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Lindell Smith won his seat in District 8 in a crowded field of seven candidates in 2016. Four years later, he’s looking for a second term from the voters of the north end of Halifax, and facing two challengers: Virginia Hinch and Dylan Kennedy. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 8, Dylan Kennedy, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Lindell Smith, living wage, Virginia Hinch

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 7 — Halifax South Downtown

September 25, 2020 By Zane Woodford 2 Comments

Incumbents aren’t safe in District 7. In 2012, Waye Mason beat four-term councillor Sue Uteck by 114 votes. Uteck challenged in 2016, and Mason won by more than 1,300 votes. This time around, Mason faces three challengers for the district, which includes downtown Halifax and the south end. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, Craig Roy, District 7, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Jen Powley, living wage, Richard Arundel-Evans, Waye Mason

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 6 — Harbourview-Burnside-Dartmouth East

September 25, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Tony Mancini first won his seat in a byelection in 2016 after the former councillor became the area’s member of parliament. Mancini had to defend that seat just a few months later in a general election, and beat the only other candidate, Carlos Beals, now his colleague on the board of police commissioners. This time […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 6, Douglas Day, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Ibrahim Manna, living wage, Tony Mancini

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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.

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