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“This is my beautiful family. They are not the same colour as me.”

Morning File, Wednesday, June 3, 2020

June 3, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 1 Comment

News 1. “We need answers and justice. This tragedy cannot have been for nothing” The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Jennifer Henderson speaks with Erica Surette, whose mother, Patricia West, died in Northwood Centre nursing home after contracting COVID-19. On Tuesday, lawyer Ray Wagner filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of […]

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All hail the queen bees

Morning File, Thursday, May 7, 2020

May 7, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 8 Comments

News 1. Search continues for missing boy Searchers in Truro are still looking for a three-year-old boy who went missing Wednesday afternoon. Dylan, who is described as having brown hair, rosy cheeks and a green left eye and blue right eye, was visiting his grandmother when he disappeared. CBC reports that Dylan’s grandfather, Norman Brown, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Crouse, blueberries, Canada Honey Council, community garden, COVID-19, Immigrant Settlement Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS), Jennifer Watts, missing boy Truro, Norman Brown, Nova Scotia Beekeeper Association, queen bees, Wood N Hive Honey

Gardening is good for your mental health through the pandemic, but don’t expect it to replace your grocery run

May 3, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. It was late April, and the Halifax Seed Company was already sold out of “a significant number of varieties,” co-owner Emily Tregunno said. “The goal would be to sell out near the end of June.” At heritage seed suppliers Annapolis Seeds, it’s the same story. In […]

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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).

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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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