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Speed humps coming to some Halifax-area school zones

June 15, 2020 By Zane Woodford

The city is planning to install speed humps on 10 streets around seven schools in Halifax and Sackville this summer, but a large portion of the municipality is left off the map. Halifax regional councillors wanted to speed up efforts to slow down traffic across the municipality during this year’s original, pre-COVID-19 budget process. They...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Paul Russell, Councillor Sam Austin, Councillor Steve Craig, Councillor Tim Outhit, Erin DiCarlo, School Zone Speed Humps, speed hump, traffic calming measures

Ain’t nothin’ goin’ on but the rent in Halifax

Morning File, Wednesday, May 1, 2019

May 1, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 14 Comments

News 1. HRP’s new police chief Dan Kinsella, a veteran of the Hamilton, Ontario police force, is the new chief for the Halifax Regional Police, reports Francis Campbell at the Chronicle Herald.  Kinsella has 32 years of experience with the Hamilton Police Service and is now its deputy chief of operations. In a statement, Kinsella […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amy Moonshadow, basic income, Basic Income Conference, Basic Income Nova Scotia, Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia, Catherine Mah, Cherry Brook, Clary Croft, Councillor Steve Craig, Dan Kinsella, Danny Cavanagh, Evelyn Forget, Francis Campbell, Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Halifax police chief, Helen Creighton, Henry Bishop, Ian Jones, income assistance, Jane's Walk Halifax, Kourtney Kobel, Mary Richardson, Michael Lightstone, Mincome, Neil Lovitt, rent in Halifax, Robert Devet, Sable Island horses, Sankofa Songs, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, Sherry Borden Colley, Vince Calderman, Wayne MacNaughton, William Riley, Zack Metcalfe, Zane Woodford

Here’s a tip: Don’t take your staff’s gratuities

Morning File, Friday, April 12, 2019

April 12, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

I’m  Suzanne Rent and I’m filling in for Tim today. You can follow me on  Twitter @Suzanne_Rent. News 1. Two women could be in running for police chief job Halifax will likely get a new police chief in May and rumour has it there are two women in the running for the job, reports Francis […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anne Theriault, Annie Bernard-Daisley, Anthony Leblanc, Barbara McLean, Canada lands Company, Cassidy Bernard, Councillor Steve Craig, cycling, First nations, Francis Campbell, gratuities, Halifax police chief, Heather Watts, Jeff McNeil, Judy Haiven, Ken Filkow Award for Freedom of Expression, Living Earth Exhibit Hall, Missing and murdered Indigenous women, Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Nova Scotia Museum, Ontario Science Centre, PEN Canada, Port Morien Wildlife Association, Premier Stephen McNeil, Shannon Park, Silent Steeds: Cycling in Nova Scotia to 1900, Small History NS, Sonia Thomas, spring bear hunt, stadium proposal, tipping

Get out into the country, city slickers!

Morning File, Tuesday, March 26, 2019

March 26, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

I’m Suzanne Rent and I’m filling in for Tim today. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Budget day in Nova Scotia It’s budget day in Nova Scotia and as expected healthcare will be one of the key spending areas. In an interview with Keith Doucette from Canadian Press, Finance Minister Karen Casey […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Amber Lee Neil, budget day, Chief Jean-Michel Blais, Councillor Steve Craig, Don Mills, Eldon Turner, Eldon’s Soup and Sandwiches, Grabher, Halifax Transit, Jack Julian, Jean Laroche, living wage, Matt Whitman complains about trees, Michelle Stewart, Phil Moscovitch, rural Nova Scotia adventures, rural transit, Scot Wortley, street check report, vanity licence plates, volunteering, work for free

Pedestrian safety: Drivers need to do better

Morning File, Tuesday, February 26, 2019

February 26, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 11 Comments

Hi, I’m Suzanne Rent and I’m filling in for Tim this morning. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Cogswell plan needs more input, group says Council will vote today on design plans for the Cogswell Interchange, reports Francis Campbell at The Chronicle Herald. The plan includes commercial and residential space, green and […]

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Why did the McNeil government subsidize my trip to Maine?

Morning File, Wednesday, February 13, 2019

February 13, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Weather There’s weather today. 2. Divest Dal Today was a huge win for @DivestDal and a moment to show @DalPres what Dal students are all about. Dalhousie BOG committed to signing onto the UN's Principles of Responsible Investing, which includes recognizing the risk that fossil fuels pose to our endowement fund. #DalDoBetter pic.twitter.com/0ioIo3vfBJ […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bay Ferries, Councillor Steve Craig, Divest Dal, Information and Privacy Commissioner Catherine Tully, Murray Brewster, Premier Stephen McNeil, Seyed Abolghasem Sadat Lavasani Bozor, taxi bylaw, taxi driver sexual assault, taxi licences, taxi medallion holders, UN's Principles of Responsible Investing, vehicle pedestrian collision report, vehicle-pedestrian collisions in Halifax, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, Yarmouth ferry, Yarmouth ferry subsidy

The Halifax police department makes over half a million dollars each year from running criminal background checks for citizens

November 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet

The price of police background checks How much is too much to pay for a background check to apply for a job or to volunteer for a non-profit group such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters or a school breakfast program? It’s a question worth asking in Halifax, where the fees to check if a person has...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: background checks, Big Brothers and Big Sisters Halifax, Commissionaires Nova Scotia, Councillor Steve Craig, Halifax Board of Police Commissioners, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Immigrant Settlement Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS), Jonathan Leard, Laura Smith Howlett, Veronica McNeil

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.

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