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City Hall tried to crawl through a loophole on gender discrimination

When last week's human rights commission hearing on gender discrimination in Halifax's fire service began, lawyers for HRM tried to get the complaint tossed on a technicality. The good news is that they lost. The bad news is that they tried.

May 26, 2019 By Stephen Kimber

In lawyer terms, it probably made sense. Scrounge in the legal underbrush for a technicality, a loophole to crawl through to derail potential litigation against your client. Save your client some unwanted publicity, maybe even a little — or a big — cash settlement. All good, all standard-issue Litigation 101. Unless, of course, your client...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Dennis James, Doug Trussler, Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service, Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), Karen MacDonald, Kathy Symington, Ken Steubing, Liane Tessier, Ron Stockton, systemic gender discrimination

Retired firefighter George Cromwell is suing the Halifax fire department, claiming racial discrimination

July 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

A Black man who is a retired firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the Halifax fire department, alleging that he has been discriminated against because of his race. George Cromwell’s detailed Statement of Claim references incidents that date back to soon after amalgamation of the predecessor governments into the Halifax Regional Munipality in 1996, and […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Allan Carmichael, Association of Black Firefighters, Barry Greer, Bill Williams', Blair Cromwell, Chris Lambie, Const. Gary Martin, Dave Laybolt, Doug Pierce, Doug Trussler, George Cromwell, George MacLellan, Gordie Skinner, Janet Myers, Jim Gillis, Joe Ryan, Marty Ward, Mary Ellen Donovan, Mayor Peter Kelly, Mike Eddy, racism in Halifax Fire Department, Richard Butts, Ron Cooper, Steve Thurber, Terry Bourgeois, Wayne Swinamer

Stephen McNeil’s pricey PR people suck at their jobs: Morning File, Monday, November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 23 Comments

November Subscription Drive Click here to purchase a subscription. News 1. McNeil’s pricey PR people suck at their jobs Yesterday on Facebook, Graham Steele posted an analysis of the McNeil government’s reaction to the collapse of negotiations with the teachers union. Steele’s entire post is worth reading, but I was most struck by this: The government’s communication strategy […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alton Gas, Centre Plan, conquered people, David Jackson, Doug Trussler, exemptions, former journalists, Graham Steele, HRM By Design, Jackie Foster, Laura Lee Langley, Laurie Graham, Marilla Stephenson, Nova Centre, Peter Kelly, PR, Ray Ivany, Robert Devet, Stephen McNeil

Failed leadership: What Halifax’s icy sidewalks teach us about the proposed fire department realignment

March 16, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

Two municipal issues are dominating the news in this never-ending winter: the failed clearing of ice from sidewalks and the proposed realignment of fire resources. At their heart, both issues speak deeply to the interplay between politics and governance, and both demonstrate how city councillors have failed to demonstrate the leadership that’s required to run […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Doug Trussler, Fire department

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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