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The Assoun wrongful conviction: the McNeil connection

Morning File, Monday, July 8, 2019

July 8, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp Mill’s missing environmental data “If Premier Stephen McNeil is wavering on the Northern Pulp / Paper Excellence file, entertaining notions on amending the Boat Harbour Act so that effluent from the Pictou County pulp mill can continue to flow into the lagoon after January 31, 2020, he would do well to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: acting Chief of Police Robin McNeil, Anthony McNeil, Centre Plan, Chris Blanchard, Chris Cline, climate change, deputy police chief Chris McNeil, Don Blankenship, Donkin coal mine, Donkin Mine safety violations, Fred Fitzsimmons, Glen Assoun documents, Innocence Canada, Irving Shipyard, Jerome Kennedy, Justice James Chipman, Mainland Moose, Matthew Moore, Phil Campbell, police malfeasance, Premier Stephen McNeil, Ryan MacDonald, Sean MacDonald, Trevor O'Neil, Victoria Road development, Wellington Street development

The Donkin mine is a disaster waiting to happen

Morning File, Thursday, January 3, 2018

January 3, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Donkin collapse “Work at the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton has been suspended after a roof collapse late last week,” reports the CBC: There was no mining operation underway when the collapse occurred Dec. 28 and no injuries were reported, said Shannon Kerr, a spokesperson for the provincial Labour Department. … Donkin mine vice-president Shannon […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alicia Draus, Charles Mandel, Chris Blanchard, Chris Cline, Devon Cupery, Don Blankenship, Donkin mine roof collapse, ice on sidewalks, John Calder, Kameron Coal, Massey Energy, Performance Coal Company, Shannon Campbell, Shannon Kerr, sidewalk snow clearing, Springhill Mining Disaster, The Cline Group, The Wisconsin Resource Council, Waye Mason, Zane Woodford

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

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Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

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