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Street checks are banned. Now what?

October 19, 2019 By El Jones 1 Comment

On Friday, Justice Minister Mark Furey announced that street checks would be permanently banned following a legal opinion written by former Nova Scotia Chief Justice Michael MacDonald and researcher Jennifer Taylor that concluded street checks are illegal. We should, of course, not have needed this opinion to ban checks, which the Black community has already […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Chief Justice Michael MacDonald, Count Us In, Jennifer Taylor, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Michael Jackson, United Nation's Decade for People of African Descent

The second cruise ship berth may be Sydney’s very own Washmill underpass fiasco

Morning File, Thursday, April 5, 2018

April 5, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

1. Transit passes “The province and the city are cooperating on a plan that will put transit passes into the hands of 16,800 people with some of the lowest incomes in Halifax,” reports Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: The potential deal includes everyone within range of a bus stop receiving income assistance, including those currently […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill Turpin, CBRM Mayor Cecil Clarke, Chief Justice Michael MacDonald, Chrétien–McNeil meeting, doctor shortage in Metro, DSME plant, Haley Ryan, Jean Laroche, John McCracken, Judge Gregory Lenehan, Karen Foster, Keith Doucette, Mary Campbell, megaprojects, Michael Gorman, Northern Pulp Mill releases communications, Nova Scotia minimum wage increase, NS Health Authority, Sydney's second cruise ship berth

Court Watch: Henneberry’s unsuccessful appeal and the Sandeson murder trial

April 19, 2017 By Tim Bousquet

Court dismisses Henneberry’s appeal On Thursday last week, when the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal dismissed Victoria Henneberry’s appeal of her guilty plea to murder, family members of murder victim Loretta Saunders applauded. Miriam Saunders, Loretta’s mother, told reporters she can now begin to heal and advocate for the larger issues raised by her daughter’s...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Andrew Starzomski, Chief Justice Michael MacDonald, Justice Beveridge, Justice Joshua Arnold, Justice Van den Eynden, Mark Scott, Miriam Saunders, murder convictions without bodies, trial of William Michael Sandeson, Victoria Henneberry appeal

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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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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