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Police review board hearing adjourned again as Jeannette Rogers seeks legal representation

November 4, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

A hearing of Nova Scotia’s police review board has been adjourned again, and potentially for much longer, to give Jeannette Rogers time to get a lawyer. “If the board wants to ensure this is a fair process, I need to be given them more time to find a lawyer to hear the case,” Rogers told […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Cheryl Gardner, Const. Donna Lee Paris, Const. Justin Murphy, Const. Ryan Morris, Corey Rogers, Dan Fraser, El Jones, Jeannette Rogers, Simon MacDonald

Selling your credibility is a bad idea

Morning File, Tuesday, November 3, 2020

November 3, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 11 Comments

Every November, the Halifax Examiner holds its annual subscription drive. Your subscriptions are what keep this enterprise going. The breaking stories, the opinion pieces, the first-person essays, the sharp commentary, the Morning Files — none of this would happen without your subscriptions. There are no ads, there is no branded content, there are no grants. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: affordable housing, Angela Rasmussen, Atlantic Tennis Centre, Bob Murphy, branded content, Bridgewater, Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Chad Roy, Corey Rogers, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Pugliese, Elizabeth McSheffrey, Jeannette Rogers, Kelly Crowe, Linden MacIntyre, Lisa Brosseau, Marina Oleinikova, masks, Michael Gorman, military propaganda, Minister Suzanne Lohnes-Croft, Misha Lanin, Owls Head, painted airbrushed cars Russia, Patty Cuttell, rural housing, Simon Houpt, sponsored content, Tandem, Taryn Grant, Theresa Blackburn, Tony burman, Yulia Shehirina

Police review board hearing adjourned to give Corey Rogers’ mother time to speak to a lawyer

November 2, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Nova Scotia’s police review board agreed to a two-day adjournment on Monday to give Corey Rogers’ mother time to speak to a lawyer. Rogers, 41, died in police custody in June 2016 after he was arrested outside the IWK for public intoxication. Police officers placed a spithood over Rogers’ head, and didn’t take it off […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Brian Bailey, Cheryl Gardner, Const. Donna Lee Paris, Const. Justin Murphy, Const. Ryan Morris, Corey Rogers, Dan Fraser, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), James Giacomantonio, Jeannette Rogers, John Withrow, Justice Simon MacDonald, Ron Pizzo, Stephanie Myles, Ted Murphy

Halifax police want at least $40,000 to release five years of cells data through freedom of information

August 5, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Halifax Regional Police want at least $40,000 in fees in order to hand over five years worth of data on people placed in their cells. That’s part of the response to a request from the Halifax Examiner through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPOP). There’s been heightened scrutiny of the cells […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: cells data, Cheryl Gardner, Chief Dan Kinsella, Const. Donna Lee Paris, Const. Dylan Jackman, Const. Justin Murphy, Const. Ryan Morris, Corey Rogers, Daniel Fraser, drunk tanks, East Coast Prison Justice Society, FOIPOP, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Harry Critchley, Insp. Greg Robertson, Jeannette Rogers, John Burke, Peter LaFitte, Prisoner Care Facility (PCF), Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), sobering centres, spit hood

How Halifax council can (and must) regulate police use of force

June 9, 2020 By Harry Critchley 4 Comments

As has already been reported, at today’s Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) Budget Committee meeting, every councillor with the exception of Steve Adams voted to approve an amendment to the budget that cancelled the purchase of an armoured vehicle for the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) and instead reallocate the funding. Specifically, after an hour in camera […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Board of Police Commissioners, Corey Rogers, Councillor David Hendsbee, Councillor Lindell Smith, councillor Matt Whitman, councillor Steve Adams, councillor Tony Mancini, Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) Budget Committee, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), John Traves, Kirk Johnson, Lisa Blackburn, Martha Paynter, Police Act of Nova Scotia, police use of force, police violence, spit hood, tank armoured vehicle, taser

Halifax police officers in Santina Rao case still working, chief waiting for investigation

January 20, 2020 By Zane Woodford

The officers involved are still on the job and Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella had little to say publicly on Monday about the violent arrest of a young Black mother at Walmart last week, citing an ongoing court case and a potential investigation. Kinsella addressed reporters after a meeting of the Halifax board of...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Corey Rogers, councillor Tony Mancini, Direction 180, East Coast Prison Justice Society, El Jones, Elizabeth Fry Society, Halifax Police budget, harm reduction programs, Harry Critchley, Leah Genge, managed alcohol programs, Mobile Outreach Street Health (MOSH), North End Community Health Centre, police brutality, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, racial profiling, Santina Rao, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), shopping while Black, sobering centres, Spryfield Medical Centre, Walmart

“A victory for tenants everywhere”

Morning File, Wednesday, November 27, 2019

November 27, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

Party this Sunday! The annual Halifax Examiner subscriber party takes place at Bearly’s (1269 Barrington Street) on Sunday, Dec 1, from 4 pm – 7 pm. Music! Giveaways! Merch! Writers meeting readers! Free entry for Examiner subscribers. You can subscribe here or you can buy a subscription at the event. I look forward to seeing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Naparstek, Black Power Hour, Chris Milburn, CN strike, Corey Rogers, double strollers, Doug Gordon, El Jones, Elizabeth Fry Society, Elizabeth McMillan, Gerald Regan, housing crisis, Jenna Hopson, Mayor Bill Steinberg, Pam Berman, parking rates, Peter Ziobrowski, public transit, Rebekkah Hyams, rent control, Sarah Goodyear, Sharon Hyman, Sylvain Charlebois, tenants rights, Uber

Ukrainian corruption and the Canso spaceport

Morning File, Tuesday, November 12, 2019

November 12, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

November subscription drive I was going to write a long thing this morning in support of our subscription drive, but got pulled away trying to make sense of the Ukrainian space industry. So I’ll keep it short. We need your money. Thanks. News 1. Waiting for Fitch “Bob Dylan didn’t need a weatherman to know […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Degtyarev, Andrew McKelvey, Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, Brett Ruskin, Canso spaceport, Cheryl Gardner, climate emergency, Corey Rogers, crane incident, Daniel Fraser, Don Bowser, Ekatirine Keramaris, Firefly Aerospace, Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, Irving Shipbuilding, Jack Sorbo, John Ball, John Misenor House, Lead Structural Formwork Ltd, Linda Pannozzo, Maritime Launch Services (MLS), Natasha Pace, Pavel Degtyarenko, Premier Stephen McNeil, Raymond Shannon, Roger Eckoldt, Steven Lutes, Ukrainian corruption, Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoye

The Halifax Examiner subscription drive: what your support funds

Morning File, Friday, November Friggin' 1, 2019

November 1, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

November subscription drive It’s that time again: a month when we unceasingly plead for new subscriptions. To be fair, for most of the rest of the year we mostly leave you alone; aside from a few gentle reminders here and there, there are no popup windows or other annoying admonishes. We’re usually a soft sell. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: #HalifaxExaminerSubscribe, Blair Rhodes, Cheryl Gardner, Corey Rogers, Daniel Fraser, Elizabeth Fry Society, flu shot, Hollis Street improvements, Hurricane Dorian, Joan Baxter, Michael Tutton, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), subscription drive, Tammy Gloade, unhappy divorce roadsign

Bearing Witness and Paying Tribute: Morning File, Saturday, November 18

November 18, 2017 By El Jones 8 Comments

1. What it’s like when someone dies in custody. An original report from prisoners Background. November 22nd will be 10 years since the death of Howard Hyde in custody. Hyde was tasered by correctional officers during a mental health crisis. His death also marks the last time there was a public inquiry in the province into […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betty Peterson, Charlotte Guy-Jeffies, Const. Greg McCormack, Corey Rogers, death in custody, El Jones, Howard Hyde, Judge Anne Derrick, Lynn Jones, Matthew Hines, Muriel Duckworth, New Waterford Power Plant Riot, police murder of a striking miner, Scot Wortley, the first statue of women in Halifax, This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner, Viola Desmond, William Davis

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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).

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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