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Unearthing the city’s buried history

Morning File, Monday, January 27, 2020

January 27, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

News 1. New street checks almost the same as the old Stephen Kimber writes how even after a ban on street checks and an apology from the police chief, the practice still goes on. As former police officer Maurice Carvery says, “they haven’t stopped; they only changed.” This article is for subscribers. Please subscribe. 2. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alton Gas, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-NS), Carrie Low, Chris Miller, Chris Trider, Darlene Gilbert, David Jones, Eastern Battery, Environment Minister Margaret Miller, Fort Clarence, Grafton Park, Grassroots Grandmothers Circle, Imperial Oil refinery, Jennifer Copage, Jonathan Fowler, Justice John Bodhurtha, Lori MacLean, Madonna Bernard, Matt Spurway, Memorial Library, Michael Gorman, MP Sean Fraser, Owls Head Park, Paula Isaac, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, Ray Larkin, Robert Grant, shooting Chisholm St, Shubenacadie River, Sipekne’katik, Stephen Archibald and Poor House Burying Ground, Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Hood, Transportation and Public Works (TPW), two spaces, vehicle pedestrian collision report

More police needed to monitor police, and more turbines needed to pay for turbines

Morning File, Tuesday, December 17, 2019

December 17, 2019 By Erica Butler 4 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp “Yesterday, four days before his announcement was due on the Northern Pulp effluent treatment proposal, and less than 24 hours before the deadline for the provincial environment minister to announce his decision, federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson released a statement saying that he had ‘decided not to designate […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, bedsore death, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Carrie Low, Chrissy Dunnington, Jesse Thomas, Louise Riley, Mi'kmaw Place Names, More Caring Hands, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Pam Berman, Parkstone Enhanced Care, Paul Withers, pedestrian vehicle collisions stats, police budget, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, Polly Trottenberg, Rick Salutin, Robert Devet, Shannex, tidal turbine retrieval, Uber, Vision Zero

A place with islands to give away

Morning File, Tuesday, November 19, 2019

November 19, 2019 By Erica Butler 3 Comments

You can’t be everywhere at once. That’s why I’m thankful for the Halifax Examiner’s Jennifer Henderson. If I’m regretting not being able to go to this public meeting or that important announcement, Henderson has been, and can tell me all about it in the Examiner. Whether it’s the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s pursuit of P3 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, Carrie Low, Cassie Williams, Cheryl Maloney, Chief Morley Googoo, Chief Perry Bellegarde, El Jones, homelessness, Hurricane Island, Laura Fraser, Lionel Desmond, Liv Bank, Maureen Googoo, Meg Inwood, Minister Carolyn Bennett, Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association (NSNWA), Out of the Cold Shelter, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, Premier Stephen McNeil, rape investigation, Shaina Luck, street checks apology, Tripartite Forum, Zane Woodford

Board looks to expand police data collection to identify race-based patterns in all police stops

Morning File, Tuesday, September 17, 2019

September 17, 2019 By Erica Butler 2 Comments

News 1. Police data collection The police board has approved a motion to ask Halifax Regional Police for a plan to implement a Wortley report recommendation that would see racial data collected on all police stops, including traffic stops. Currently, that data is only collected for street checks, and shows that Black Haligonians are six […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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

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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