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Examineradio 128: Why Indigenous Studies Matters

September 8, 2017 By Terra Tailleur Leave a Comment

  The talented Maggie Rahr fills in while Tim is away. She speaks with Diana Lewis about the growing interest in the Indigenous Studies minor program at Dalhousie University. Plus Maggie and Terra talk about abortion doulas, David Hendsbee, Peter Kelly and the Oxford Theatre. (direct download) (RSS feed) (Subscribe via iTunes)

Filed Under: Education, Featured Tagged With: abortion doulas, David Hendsbee, Diana Lewis, Examineradio, Maggie Rahr, Oxford Theatre, Peter Kelly, podcast

The Hendsbee Facepalm. Examineradio, episode #117

June 23, 2017 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week we speak with James Covey of the Halifax Wanderers Supporters Group about the viability of professional soccer in Halifax and city council’s approval of a “pop-up” stadium on the Wanderer’s Grounds. Premier McNeil dismisses The Coast’s scathing article on the treatment of former Liberal staffer Michelle Coffin, claiming he didn’t even bother to read […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: David Hendsbee, Examineradio, Indigenous, Kyley Harris, living wage, Maggie Rahr, Michelle Coffin, podcast, Premier Stephen McNeil, soccer, Wanderers Grounds

“Systemic Failure” in Al-Rawi case: Morning File, Tuesday, April 18, 2017

April 18, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. “Systemic Failure” in Al-Rawi case Elaine Craig, a law prof at Dalhousie, has written a paper titled “Judging Sexual Assault Trials: Systemic Failure in the Case of Regina v Bassam Al-Rawi.” The abstract: The recent decision to acquit a Halifax taxi driver of sexual assault in a case involving a very intoxicated woman, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bassam Al-Rawi, civil disobedience, Cranky Letter of the Day quandary, David Hendsbee, Elaine Craig, Gaetz Brook Connector, Jacinthe Tremblay, Justin Brake, polar bear prison, Prison phone calls

Questioning the developer-donation-councillor connection ‘an insult to my integrity’

What can be done to clear this fetid air? “If they weren't accepting donations [from developers], no one would be questioning their integrity...”

April 3, 2017 By Stephen Kimber

Let us now insult Steve Streatch and impugn his integrity, and while we’re at it, let’s do the same to some of his councillor colleagues. Streatch represents District 1, a sprawling, suburban-rural Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley constituency. It is far from central Halifax. Central Halifax is where Armco Capital Inc., one of the city’s biggest developers,...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Armco, Bill Karsten, campaign finance, David Hendsbee, Developers, Steve Streatch

David Hendsbee, Shadow Chaser: Morning File, Wednesday, March 22, 2017

March 22, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Liberals double-down on IBM deal they criticized four years ago as a “huge clusterfuck” Back in 2012, I reported on the then-NDP government’s decision to outsource the province’s SAP operations to IBM: By handing 73 union jobs to the notoriously anti-union IBM, Nova Scotia’s NDP has turned its back on its core support in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Younger, Armco, Bruce Wark, Catherine Turnbull, Centre Plan, clusterfuck, David Hendsbee, Divest Mount Allison, IBM, Lindell Smith, Mohamed Abdinasir Ali, Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), Nova Scotia client innovation centre, NS Liberals, NS NDP, Peter Kelly, SAP, Stephen Law, Waye Mason

The crises in our taxi industry and justice system: Morning File, Thursday, March 2, 2017

March 2, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. The crises in our taxi industry and justice system “A Halifax taxi driver found with an intoxicated, unconscious, mostly naked woman in his cab and her DNA on his mouth has been acquitted of sexual assault by a judge who said there wasn’t enough evidence to prove the woman’s ‘lack of consent,’” reports […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anna Quon, Appeals Standing Committee, Bassam Al-Rawi, Bob's Taxi, Brad Johns, Chief Judge Williams, Dave Buffett, David Hendsbee, Francis Campbell, Gloria McCluskey, Haley Ryan, Halifax Taxi Drivers Owners Association, Judge Gregory Lenehan, Matt Whitman, Russell Walker, sexual assaults by cab drivers, Steve Adams, Steve Bruce, taxi industry

Developer fees and unwarranted secrecy: Halifax council recap, July 22, 2014 meeting

July 23, 2014 By Tim Bousquet

  Tuesday’s council meeting was lengthy, going long into the evening. Most of the items were resolved as expected, and as I outlined Monday in the council preview. The exceptions and additions are below. Developer fees Council discussed the “Capital Cost Contributions”—CCCs for short, which are fees to be charged to developers—for about two hours. The...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Council recap, David Hendsbee, Dawn Sloane, Merlin Nunn

The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

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