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Remembering Robert Devet

Morning File, Friday, October 15, 2021

October 15, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 2 Comments

  News 1. 26 new cases of COVID-19 announced Nova Scotia announced 26 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, with active cases now at 198. Tim Bousquet has the run-down on all the data you need here. Asymptomatic pop-up testing continues today, from noon to 7pm at the Halifax Convention Centre and Centennial Arena. One of […]

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Stephen McNeil’s austerity philosophy: if only everyone were paid less, we’d all be rich

Morning File, Friday, October 25, 2019

October 25, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Prisoners and the vote Reports El Jones: On Monday, Canadians voted in the federal election. Voting is a right for all Canadians, and this includes people who are incarcerated. Despite being able to vote, prisoners report that they experienced barriers to casting their ballot. Prisoners in the Atlantic Institution, a federal men’s maximum […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: $15 minimum wage, Cst. Jennifer McPhee, economic growth, GDP, Philip Croucher, Premier Stephen McNeil, shoplifting cop

The Climate Emergency

Part 3: How to turn off the economic growth engine

October 24, 2019 By Linda Pannozzo Leave a Comment

At about 14 minutes into the recent Federal Leaders’ debate there was a back and forth between Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, and Maxime Bernier, leader and founder of the People’s Party of Canada, in which Bernier — who advocates for free-market policies, liberalized trade and private property rights — called […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured Tagged With: Anders Hayden, Anthropocene, Atomic Age, climate emergency, ecological economics, economic growth, Elizabeth May, Federal leaders' debate, free market, GHG emissions, Great Acceleration, greenhouse gas emissions, Income inequality, Jonathan Swarts, Lars Osberg, Maxime Bernier, Milton Friedman, neoliberalism, Peter Victor, sustainable prosperity

Would you like to buy a stadium?

Morning File, Friday, September 27, 2019

September 27, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Strike for climate Today’s “strike for climate” is the main local event for this week’s climate actions. People are meeting at 11am at Victoria Park — half the park is closed due to the collapsed crane, but the “back,” southern half is open. From there, strikers will march to Nova Scotia Power, thence […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brooklyn Currie, Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway (CBNS), CFL stadium request for funding, climate strike, Const. Jennifer McPhee, corporate registry, crane incident, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), economic growth, Gardner Pinfold, GDP, Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), klepto cop, lobbying, Mary Campbell, Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS), nail gun, Port of Sydney Development Corporation, Schooners Sport & Entertainment, Shannon Park, Shawn Wade Hynes, shoplifting cop, Stacey Dlamini, stadium financing, stadium traffic, StadiumCo, Stephen Thomas, Steve Bruce, Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

The climate emergency: Why it’s time to ditch the language of economic growth

September 26, 2019 By Linda Pannozzo 2 Comments

This is the first in a 4-part series exploring climate change and economic growth, green or otherwise. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel set in a near-future totalitarian state, the women are subjugated in various horrific ways including that they are allowed to move around anywhere within town but are unaware that […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured Tagged With: carbon laundering, climate emergency, consumption-based accounting, Ecology Action Centre, economic growth, Gardner Pinfold, GDP, greenhouse gas emissions, Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), Paris Agreement, production-based accounting, Stephen Thomas

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 man wearing a purple jean jacket and sporting a moustache lies on the green grass surrounded by pink plastic flamingos

Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

Listen to the episode here.

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