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The obsolete local newspaper: Morning File, Wednesday, May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Court Watch This week, Christina Macdonald looks at the Jimmy Melvin Jr and William Sandeson trials, Gabor Lukacs’ big small claims court victory, and points us to a really cool chart. Click here to read Court Watch. This article is behind the Examiner’s paywall and so available only to paid subscribers. Click here to purchase a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ben Thompson, business model for newspapers, Christina Macdonald, crosswalk flags, dead tree newspaper, election budget comparison, Labi Kousoulis, local newspapers, Metro Centre, Richard Starr, shared services agreement, World Trade and Convention Centre

Bulding A Better Nova Scotia Through Poetry: Examineradio, episode #109

April 28, 2017 By Russell Gragg 2 Comments

Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate, woke City Council with an electrifying poem she read in Chambers titled “Not Perfect.” The subsequent meeting saw a resolution passed to revisit the idea of renaming Cornwallis Street and removing the Cornwallis statue in, uh, Cornwallis Park. Also, the Liberal government released a meaningless budget designed to buld on a stronger […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: budget, Christina Macdonald, Edward Cornwallis, election, Erica Butler, Examineradio, Jennifer Henderson, Lindell Smith, podcast, Rebecca Thomas, Stephen Kimber

Is the province out $200 million? Morning File, Thursday, January 26, 2017

January 26, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Atlantic provinces must repay “hundreds of millions” of dollars to Ottawa Charlottetown Guardian reporter Teresa Wright drops a bombshell this morning: Ottawa is asking all four Atlantic provinces to repay hundreds of millions of dollars in harmonized sales tax revenues the finance department says it overpaid to the region. The Guardian has learned Prince Edward Island, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brendan Maguire, Chris Lambie, Christina Macdonald, court reporting, Dal SUB photos, Finance Canada, Graham Steele, Haley Ryan, Introducing: Court Watch, J.L. Ilsley High School, Jack Aubry, Lisa Roberts, Marcus goes ice fishing, miscalculation, overpaid HST, property damage Mount Olivet Cemetery, Schools and political spoils, Stephen Archibald, Stephen McNeil, teachers contract negotiations, Teresa Wright, Vaughan Davies

If we do not amuse them we are going to lose them: Morning File, Thursday September 29, 2016

September 29, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Pipe “When heaving waters in the North Atlantic wrenched a string of massive steel pipes from a drilling ship off Nova Scotia’s coast, one of the 20-tonne sections of the plummeting coil struck the seabed just 12 metres from the top of an undersea oil exploration well,” reports Michael Tutton for the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ashley MacDonald, bomb threats, Christina Macdonald, Community Services, Denise MacDonald-Billard, drilling ship, Gary LeDrew, halloween candy, housing allowance, Ian Gulliver, Jennifer Hoegg, Lynn Hartwell, math joke, Michael Tutton, Mike Campbell, Nova Centre, Richard K. Guy, Shell Canada, Stephanie vanKampen, The Carleton

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

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.

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