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Horsing around with taxpayers’ money for some connected guy’s get-rich-quick scheme

Morning File, Monday, March 4, 2019

March 4, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Glen Assoun In 1999, Glen Assoun was convicted of the murder of his former girlfriend, Brenda Way. He spent 16-and-a- half years in prison and four-and-a-half years under strict conditions of parole. Throughout, he maintained his innocence. The murder of Way and conviction of Assoun is the subject of the first three parts […]

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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 […]

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Students say new Dalhousie Interim President Peter MacKinnon should resign

Morning File, Tuesday, January 22, 2019

January 22, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

This is a somewhat abbreviated Morning File as I’m tied up with another project; I hope to finish that project soon, maybe even today. News 1. Peter MacKinnon Yesterday, there was a welcoming reception for new interim Dalhousie President Peter MacKinnon at the Dal Arts Centre. A group of students dressed in black and carrying signs […]

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The Northern Pulp Mill pollution plan may be an economic disaster in the making: Morning File, Wednesday, February 14, 2018

February 14, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

1. Dirty Dealing, part 2 Right now, as we publish, Frances Martin, the Deputy Minister of the Department of the Environment, is appearing before the legislature’s Public Accounts committee, where she is being asked about the Environmental Assessment for Northern Pulp Mill’s plan to discharge mill effluent into the Northumberland Strait. The Northumberland Strait is […]

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Unnamed bureaucrats have offered to give the city treasury to a female Scythian warrior: Morning File, Thursday, October 19, 2017

October 19, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Divest The Atlantic School of Theology has quietly divested from companies that intensively use fossil fuels, according to a press release issued by Divest Dal: A letter from AST President Rev. Neale Bennet states that “Atlantic School of Theology (AST) has already essentially begun the process of divesting from fossil fuel investments.” The […]

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The Shipping News: Morning File, Wednesday, June 28, 2017

June 28, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Torture ship The Chilean sailing ship La Esmeralda arrived in Halifax yesterday. It is currently at anchor and will move to Pier 20 behind the Seaport Market tomorrow afternoon. During the Pinochet years, La Esmeralda was a torture prison, reported the Guardian when the ship pulled into London in 2015: A series of […]

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Divest Dal: Examineradio, episode #103

March 17, 2017 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week we speak with Simon Greenland-Smith and Cameron Lowe of Divest Dal, a student lobby group working to get Dalhousie University to stop investing in fossil fuels.   Also, Bassam al-Rawi was lost but now he’s found, Stephen McNeil takes a hit in the polls, Canso could be the next Cape Canaveral, and the New […]

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Bullshitter of the day: Martha Crago. Morning File, Wednesday, March 15, 2017

March 15, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Update: Bassam Al-Rawi has been found and served Monday, the Examiner reported that over a week of trying, police had not been able to locate taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi to serve documents notifying him his case would be brought before the Court of Appeal. There had been multiple, but unconfirmed reports that Al-Rawi had left […]

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Dalhousie’s Board of Governors rejects divestment from greenhouse gas-intensive corporations

November 25, 2014 By Tim Bousquet

by Rachel Ward Dalhousie’s Board of Governors has rejected divestment, at the recommendation of its investment committee. The committee report said divesting would make no impact on climate change and in fact hurt relationships the university has with fossil fuel companies that fund research on campus. Two faculty board members criticized the committee during the...

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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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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