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How many different ways can you say “short term gain for long term pain”?

Morning File, Wednesday, February 5, 2020

February 5, 2020 By Erica Butler 27 Comments

News 1. How can we convince you that gold mining is golden? “It looks as if someone is getting a little nervous about the growing backlash to the latest gold rush in the province,” writes Joan Baxter today in the Examiner. So far, two people have contacted me with concerns about a phone survey being […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb shooting, Bruce Budd, Donkin coal mine rockfall, electric vehicle (EV), First nations, Indian day schools, Jalen Colley, John Paul, John Ross, Joshua Gibson-Skeir, Kameron Coal, Nic Meloney, parking garage Summer Street, Scott Nauss, The Ocean, Transport Action Canada, VIA Rail, Wendy Martin

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 […]

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Will the new electric car rebate help us stop changing the climate?

April 25, 2019 By Erica Butler

This May, the federal government will start issuing a rebate up to $5,000 to people buying a new electric car. The program will cost Transport Canada $300 million, or roughly enough to provide 60,000 people with full $5,000 rebates on new EV (electric vehicle) purchases. When Darren Fisher tweeted to promote the incentive last week...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Darren Fisher, Doug Ford, Electric car rebate, Electric Mobility Canada, electric vehicle (EV), iZEV, Musgo Rider, Todd Litman, Union of Concerned Scientists, Victoria Transport Policy Institute

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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