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With ‘surprisingly modest’ financial impact due to COVID-19, Halifax Water cuts costs and keeps rates flat

June 2, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax Water has not been hard hit by the pandemic, and while it cancelled a rate hike planned for this year, the utility’s general manager says hikes are coming. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) heard Halifax Water’s rate application on Monday. In […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Cathie O'Toole, coronavirus, COVID-19, Halifax Water, Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB), pandemic, Peter Gurnham, Stephen McGrath, water rates

Halifax Water makes the case for its accelerated lead pipe removal plan

June 1, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Halifax Water wants to pay to replace every lead pipe in the city over the next 18 years with a plan that’s unrivalled across the country, but the utility heard concerns on Monday that the timeline may still be too slow for some homeowners. The utility made the case for the plan to its regulator,...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bruce Outhouse, Cathie O'Toole, Concordia University Institute for Investigative Journalism, Halifax Water, James Campbell, lead in drinking water, lead pipes, Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB), StarMetro Halifax, water rates

Charlottetown CAO Peter Kelly accused of exceeding authority and awarding untendered contracts

August 13, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

Peter Kelly, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the city of Charlottetown, is accused of improperly, and possibly illegally, exceeding his authority with the awarding of contracts. The allegations were made by councillor Bob Doiron at the monthly meeting of Charlottetown council Monday night. Reached by phone at his home Tuesday evening, Doiron said that […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Auditor General Larry Munroe, Bob Doiron, CAO Wayne Anstey, Cathie O'Toole, Charlottetown, Dave Stewart, Harold MacKay, Kelsey L. Becker Brookes, Mary Thibeault, Mayor Philip Brown, Peter Kelly, Power Promotional Events, Scott Messervey, Sue Osberg, Westlock County Alberta

The Cabot Links airport uses a “social enterprise” designation created for farmers’ markets

Morning File, Thursday, July 11, 2019

July 11, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Halifax Transit turns down electric buses “City staff are ‘mothballing’ an electric bus pilot project for which council had already approved $1 million in funding, in the process turning down another $2.25 million in federal funding secured to help fund the project, according to documents obtained under a Freedom of Information request,” reports […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic Compassion Club Society, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Bruce Phinney, Cabot Cliffs, Cabot Links, cannabis, Cape Breton Island Airport, Cape Breton Island Airport Community Interest Company, Cathie O'Toole, Chisholm Avenue sinkhole, Glenora Distillery, Halifax Water, Mary Campbell, Sewage Plant Estates, sinkholes, social enterprise, swatting, Utility and Review Board (UARB), VistaCare, Wayne Gillian

City Hall has a problem keeping women finance directors

Morning File, Wednesday, March 28, 2018

March 28, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Ferry “Remember the Big Lift?” asks Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: The astronomically expensive Macdonald bridge deck replacement caused a lot of inconvenience over roughly two years, but there was a silver lining. To help compensate for evening and weekend bridge closures, Halifax Transit increased ferry service during evenings and weekends, and people […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amanda Whitewood, Black janitors Founders Square, Bruce Fisher, CAO Jacques Dubé bizarre text message, Cathie O'Toole, City Hall has a problem keeping women finance directors, Dale MacLennan, free-speech advocates, gender dynamic at City Hall, Greg Keefe, Harold MacKay, Jean Chrétien and Stephen McNeil, Jean Laroche, Jerry Blackwood, Karla MacFarlane, Peter Kelly, Scott Ferguson, Sydney container terminal, Wayne Anstey

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

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