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The Torstar sale leaves a gaping hole in the Canadian news scene, but journalism can still thrive

Morning File, Wednesday, May 27, 2020

May 27, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. COVID-19 updates “A woman in her 80s who had an underlying medical condition has died after contracting the COVID-19 virus. She was a resident of the HRM but not a resident of Northwood or any other long-term care home,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The news came at today’s daily briefing by Dr. Robert Strang, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, councillor Waye Mason, COVID-19, electric buses, fast ferries, forest fires, Halifax Transit, Jim Rudderham, Jordan Bitove, Josh Rubin, journalism, Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin, legacy media bailouts, Navigator, NordStar Capital, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), pandemic, Paul Rivett, rapid transit service, Toronto Star, Torstar

Australian magpies have learned to sound like sirens

Morning File, Friday, January 3, 2020

January 3, 2020 By Erica Butler 5 Comments

News 1. George Elliott Clarke apologizes, but will go ahead with lecture Renowned poet George Elliott Clarke is at the centre of a controversy based out of the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, where he was slated to give the Woodrow Lloyd annual lecture, which he had titled, “‘Truth and Reconciliation’ versus ‘the Murdered and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Australia bush fires, Australian magpies, Canadian traffic laws, councillor Richard Zurawski, diesel buses, electric buses, Francis Campbell, George Elliott Clarke, Halifax Transit, Humboldt truck driver, Jaskirat Sidhu, Kathryn Moore, Kelsey Lane, Pamela George, Parker Donham, pedestrian struck Cogswell Street, pedestrian struck North Park Street, Radheyan Simonpillai, Steven Kummerfield, Vision Zero

Enhancing the tourist experience by putting parking on protected land

Morning File, Tuesday, December 24, 2019

December 24, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

It’s Christmas Eve and I have no idea if anybody is reading or not. If you’re here, enjoy the Morning File. I usually work only minimally between Christmas and New Year’s, and I hope you get some time off too. News 1. Christmas in prison A prisoner we are calling JC offers a moving piece […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Beckwith Gilbert, Bee Morrison, Caitlin Grady, Canadian Ferry Association (CFA), Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Capp Larsen, coastal barrens, councillor Richard Zurawski, David Burke, electric buses, Frances Willick, Francis Campbell, Government secrecy, Halifax Field Naturalists, Jaida Regan, Joan Dawson, John Beale, Kent Martin, Kitty Gilbert, Lighthouse Links Development Company, living wage, Loaded Ladel Co-op, Marine Atlantic ferries, Mayor Mike Savage, Michael Gorman, Owl's Head Provincial Park, Peggy's Cove, Roger Crooks, Serge Buy, Stephen Archibald and Chignecto Ship Railway, Victoria Walton

Dealing with Dalhousie’s past

Morning File, Friday, September 6, 2019

September 6, 2019 By Erica Butler 9 Comments

News 1.  Dalhousie report on its racist past released The Dalhousie panel appointed to look into the attitudes and actions of the school’s founder has published its report, writes Frances Willick for the CBC. In an opening note, the report’s lead author and panel chair Dr. Afua Cooper ties the historical findings to current day […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Afua Cooper, Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), Dalhousie Report, electric buses, electric vehicle (EV), Frances Willick, Halifax Transit tickets, Hurricane Dorian, iPolitics, Jean Laroche, Karen Hutt, Lafarge cement plant burning tires, Lord Dalhousie, Marco Morency, Michael Gorman, NDP defection to Greens, Nova Scotia Power outages, Zane Woodford

Who killed the electric bus? Halifax Transit turns down electric bus funding, opts to stick with diesel instead

July 10, 2019 By Erica Butler 4 Comments

City staff are “mothballing” an electric bus pilot project for which council had already approved $1 million in funding, in the process turning down another $2.25 million in federal funding secured to help fund the project, according to documents obtained under a Freedom of Information request. An electric bus generates about 62 fewer tonnes of […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Environment, Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: climate change, CUTRIC, Dave Reage, electric buses, Halifax Transit, Jacques Dubé, Josipa Petrunic, Nova Scotia Power, PTIF, WSP

How and why electric buses will (probably) come to Halifax

January 24, 2019 By Erica Butler 17 Comments

Halifax’s first electric buses won’t hit the road as soon as planned, but don’t blame your local city councillor or the leadership at Halifax Transit for the delay. Blame Doug Ford. Among Ford’s many post-election climate change policy reversals was the cancellation of two funding contributions to electric bus pilot projects in York Region and […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: ABB, Brendan Elliott, Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), Dave Reage, electric buses, Halifax Transit, Josipa Petrunic, New Flyer, Nova Bus, Nova Scotia Power, Premier Doug Ford, Proterra, Shawn Connell, Siemens

Africville and Electric Buses: Morning File, Thursday, December 1, 2016

Why are there so few Views lately?

December 1, 2016 By Katie Toth 16 Comments

Hi Halifax, Katie here! Tim says he’s tired so is taking the morning off. (I secretly think he just wants to see my memes though.) News 1. Court must decide whether to approve Africville lawsuit Over 50 years ago Africville, the historic Black Nova Scotian community outside Halifax, was razed to the ground in the name of so-called “urban […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Africville, Chebucto Family Centre, electric buses, Halifax Regional Police, Halifax Transit, Morning File, Nova Scotia Teachers Union, owl, teachers, teachers strike

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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