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Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 2 — Preston–Chezzetcook-Eastern Shore

September 23, 2020 By Zane Woodford 2 Comments

The municipality’s geographically largest district stretches along the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia from Lawrencetown to Ecum Secum. Inland, it includes North and East Preston, Lake Echo, Porters Lake and Musquodoboit Harbour. There are four candidates trying to canvas that massive area in this fall’s election: David Boyd, David Hendsbee, Nicole Johnson and Tim Milligan. […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Elections, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, Chezzetcook, climate crisis, David Boyd, David Hendsbee, District 2, Eastern Shore, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, living wage, Nicole Johnson, Preston, Tim Milligan

Dirty Dealing

Part 3: Elevated Levels of Cancer-Causing Air Emissions Coming from Abercrombie Pulp Mill, Peer-Reviewed Study Reveals

March 8, 2018 By Linda Pannozzo 4 Comments

In a study published in 2017, Dalhousie University researchers reported that air levels of three volatile organic compounds (VOCs) near the Abercrombie pulp mill in Pictou County exceeded cancer risk thresholds and “are of primary health concern in terms of population risk.” Over an eight-year period (2006-2013), 1,3-butadiene, benzene, and carbon tetrachloride were found to […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: Abercrombie Pulp Mill emissions, Boat Harbour Advisory Committee, Boat Harbour remediation project, Chrissy Matheson, Dan Fagin, Dave Gunning, David Boyd, Emma Hoffman, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment Canada, Environment Minister Randy Delorey, Erin Brockovich, Granton air monitor, Health Minister Leo Glavine, Joan Baxter, Jong Sung Kim, Judith  Guernsey, Kate Sherren, Ken Swain, Linda Pannozzo, Margaret Miller, National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS), Northern Pulp emissions, Pantelis Andreou, Paul Sobey, Pictou County, Tony Walker, volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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