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Missteps, Mistakes, and Miscommunications

Morning File, Monday, April 4, 2022

April 4, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

News 1. How a series of failures likely led to murders on the morning of April 19, 2020 In the days following the murders of April 18 and 19, 2020, we saw people outraged at what seemed like police inaction or incompetence, and those who had no patience for that view, arguing that it was […]

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Testimony at Province House: July 15 voting day is “bad for democracy”

October 19, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson 3 Comments

There are signs democracy is alive and kicking in this province, despite the second-lowest voter turnout on record during last August’s provincial election — only 55% of eligible voters participated. But last night, for nearly six hours, the Law Amendments Committee of the Nova Scotia Legislature heard impassioned testimony from university students, teachers, and political […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Angela Simmonds, Claudia Chender, Elections Act, Lydia Houck, Nick Harris, Paul Wozney, Progressive Conservatives, provincial elections, Rob Smith, Student vote

Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives win majority government

August 18, 2021 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Tim Houston’s health care-focused campaign resonated with voters across the province, if the results are any indication, with the the Progressive Conservative Party trouncing the Liberals on the way to a majority government. “We made history in this election. And not just here in Nova Scotia, but in all of Canada. We proved that just […]

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PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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