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HRM women: Hell no, we don’t want a stadium

Morning File, Wednesday, November 13, 2019

November 13, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

November subscription drive Last week, I talked about Phil Moscovitch and a piece he wrote for a Morning File in July about Becky from Lockeport. I said what I loved about the Examiner is that the simplest observations, like Moscovitch seeing someone wearing a Future Proofing Lockeport t-shirt, turned into the best stories. That’s true, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Angela Morriscey, bad parking, Barack Obama, carbon monoxide leak, CCGS Hudson, CFL stadium and women, Councillor Sam Austin, Danny Chedrawe, Dave Hebert, Francis Campbell, Gordon Stewart, Minister Christopher Mitchelmore, MLA Tammy Martin, pedestrian struck Windmill Road, service industry workers' tips, Skye Halifax, tipping systems, Twisted Sisters

On the beach

Morning File, Tuesday, August 13, 2019

August 13, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 8 Comments

News 1. Military ban on some tattoos Lee Berthiaume reports for the Canadian Press that the military has issued new guidelines on acceptable tattoos. This after photos of a Halifax-based sailor with an “Infidel” tattoo spread online and in the media. The new rules, which apply whether a tattoo is visible or not, lay out […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: baseball, Brackley Beach, Chester Race Week, climate change, Coast Guard vessel, Councillor David Hendsbee, Dave Hebert, Gail Harding, Glenn MacDonald, Josh Healey, Kevin Richardson, Nevil Shute's On the Beach, Nova Scotia U17, ocean temperatures, PEI, right whales, Shaina Luck, Stephen Archibald and envelopes, tattoos

Who killed Robin Hartrick?

Morning File, Tuesday, September 11, 2018

September 11, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. “Culture of fear” “A former correctional officer who worked at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (the Burnside jail) is concerned that the lack of attention to conditions in the jail will lead to violence and to people getting hurt,” reports El Jones: The former correctional officer contacted the Halifax Examiner and spoke about […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brenda Way, CAO Jacque Dubé, councillor Waye Mason, Dave Hebert, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, dumbass graffiti, Fred MacGillivray, Glen Assoun, Halifax Water, Margaret (Robin) Hartrick, NASA, ocean temperatures, Paul Withers, Scott Ferguson, Stephen Archibald and old schools, Ticket Atlantic, Trade Centre Limited, water restrictions Lake Major

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

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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