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Who are we building bike lanes for, anyway?

August 9, 2019 By Erica Butler 13 Comments

After the announcement about $25 million in funding towards a minimum bike grid for central Halifax and Dartmouth, there was a lot of talk about who would benefit from such an investment. One of the main numbers that got thrown around was 1%, a perfectly good statistic supplied by Statistics Canada, as far as it […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: active transportation, Adonia Lugo, Andrew Keatts, bike infrastructure, Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC), Matt Whitman and cyclists

Could Nova Scotia fisheries collapse again? Morning File, Wednesday, December 20, 2017

December 20, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

News 1. Transportation data “The numbers have been in for a few weeks, and they are… unimpressive,” reports Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: Naturally, I mean the 2016 census “journey to work” survey numbers, part of the long form census that 1/4 of us are asked to complete. Here’s how our mode share breaks down: […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ahsan Habib, Auditor General Michael Pickup, Australian rock lobster fishery, China and the Nova Scotia fishery, Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC), Erica Butler, gaps in health care, jellyfish, Judy Haiven, Labour standards for the holiday season, Leatherback sea turtles, lobster industry, MacDonald Bridge, Marieke Walsh, Mary Campbell, McNeil's low point, Ron Coleman, Terra Ciolfe, Transportation data

Transportation data is “our wake-up call”

DalTRAC's Ahsan Habib on the census, and why Haligonians don't like to take surveys.

December 20, 2017 By Erica Butler

The numbers have been in for a few weeks, and they are… unimpressive. Naturally, I mean the 2016 census “journey to work” survey numbers, part of the long form census that 1/4 of us are asked to complete. Here’s how our mode share breaks down: Transit mode share: 11.8% (down from 12.5% in 2011) Walk...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Ahsan Habib, census numbers, Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC), DalTRAC’s Tracking Progress 2016 report, Erica Butler

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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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