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A virtual disaster: the Halifax Convention Centre

Morning File, Monday, July 13, 2020

July 13, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

1. McNeil and workers Writes Stephen Kimber: Our premier prefers to attack those who dare to question him. Just ask the unarmed, unionized compliance officer recovering from an assault at our border, or the Crown attorneys reprimanded for trying to protect their collective rights. Click here to read “Does Stephen McNeil believe in workers’ rights? […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Canadian Employee Benefits Conference, Canadian Medical Association Annual Meeting, convention centre hotel, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dawn Baldwin, Events East, Hal-Con, Halifax Convention Centre, Hotel Barmecide, Laura Penny, Nova Centre, pandemic, Rogers, Sutton Place Hotel, Suzanne Fougere, virtual conventions, virtual meetings, Zoom meetings

With the hyper-financialization of housing, private equity firms and REITs are making obscene profits on the backs of everyday people in Dartmouth and Halifax

Morning File, Friday, February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020 By Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter 11 Comments

News 1. Covid-19 I found yesterday’s New York Times’ The Daily podcast quite helpful in understanding the coronavirus, the threats of it, and the likely outcomes. The Guardian’s explainer is useful as well. The short of it: unless some surprise treatment emerges, this will probably become a global pandemic along the lines of the Spanish Flu […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Armco Capital, convention centre hotel, COVID-19, Cynthia van Kooten, financialization of housing, George Armoyan, Graeme Benjamin, Herveen Sachdeva, Highfield Park, Highfield Park Residential Inc., Hotel Barmecide, Howard Njoo, Jason Shannon, Katherine Williams, Michael Gorman, Michael Lawless, MLA Hugh MacKay, Patrick Condon, Penny Lawless, Prospectors and Developers of Canada Association (PDAC), Province House firearm, Public Health Agency of Canada, Push, REIT, Ron Meagher, Shannex, Sutton Place Hotel, Tedros Adhanom, Theresa Tam, Toronto Public Health (TPH), Urchin Properties, Willow Tree development

The Northern Pulp saga is a “really, really, really, really difficult time” for Pictou Landing First Nation

Morning File, Friday, December 20, 2019

December 20, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter 7 Comments

News 1. A “really, really, really, really difficult time” Joan Baxter wrote this item. About 300 people gathered yesterday in the school gymnasium at Pictou Landing First Nation for a rally to support the Boat Harbour Act. That legislation, passed in 2015 by Premier Stephen McNeil’s Liberal government with support of the Progressive Conservatives and NDP, […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: A’se’K, Boat Harbour Act, Brian Baarda, Chief Andrea Paul, Clean the Mill, convention centre hotel, Derek Ross, Dr. Richard Strauss, Elizabeth McMillan, Forest Nova Scotia, Haley Ryan, Jaddus Joseph Poirier, Linda Little, Lt. Derek de Jong, Michael Patrick McNutt, Murray Prest, Northern Pulp, Nova Centre, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry, Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators Association, Paper Excellence, Philip Croucher, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Premier Stephen McNeil, Ralph Francis, Renee Ross, Scott Maritimes, Star Halifax, Stirling McLean, Sutton Place Hotels, Taryn Grant, Unifor, Utility and Review Board, Wade Prest, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

Glen Assoun will receive early compensation

Morning File, Friday, September 13, 2019

September 13, 2019 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Glen Assoun will receive early compensation “The federal and Nova Scotia governments are making an initial payment to Glen Assoun, a man who spent 17 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder,” reports Michael Gorman for the CBC: Nova Scotia Justice Minister Mark Furey told reporters Thursday the payment would be made […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cedric DeChamp, cellphone internet failures, convention centre hotel, East Coast Greenery, Glen Assoun compensation, Halifax Convention Centre, HRM By Design, Hurricane Dorian, hurricanes and workers, Judy Haiven, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Kevin Bissett, Maggie Rahr, Michael Gorman, Michael Tutton, Nova Centre hotel, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil, Pat Stay, police chase, rape, Stephen Archibald and cast iron facades, Sutton Place Hotels

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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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