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What would you build if Halifax council gave you $20 million?

Morning File, Wednesday, December 11, 2019

December 11, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 9 Comments

News 1. Halifax is getting a stadium Council voted in favour of spending $20 million on a stadium, although the Atlantic Schooners will have to find a new location, Zane Woodford with The Star Halifax reports. A staff report recommended spending the $20 million, but told Schooner Sports and Entertainment (SSE) its preferred spot of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betty MacKenzie, Black man tasered, CFL stadium, Councillor David Hendsbee, Councillor Lindell Smith, councillor Matt Whitman, councillor Richard Zurawski, Councillor Sam Austin, councillor Shawn Cleary, Councillor Tim Outhit, councillor Waye Mason, crane incident Sydney, doctor shortage, Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital, Edith Marshall, Elizabeth Chiu, Elwin LeRoux, ER Closures, Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) privacy breach, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Jo-Anne Landsburg, Lucy MacDonald, MLA Lloyd Hines, MP Sean Fraser, puppy mill, Quinpool Road, Rob Currie, school closure, Sheet Harbour, Sheet Harbour and Area Chamber of Commerce and Civic Affairs, Sheila Martin, stadium financing, traffic stop, Tyler Kennedy, Zane Woodford

Northern Pulp owes the province $85 million

Morning File, Monday, November 18, 2019

November 18, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

Philip Moscovitch told me yesterday that I buried the lede when I announced a couple of weeks ago that I’ve been hired by the CBC to write and host a podcast series about the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun. So here it is right in the lead (let the lede v lead wars begin): I’ve […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Africville, Alakai, Bay Ferries, Becky Pritchard, Captain Skip Strong, Eddie Carvery, Elizabeth Chiu, Emma Smith, Glen Assoun podcast, North Atlantic landslides, Northern Pulp loans, Paul Merrill, Yarmouth ferry

Halifax is getting ruff with canine owners in these dog days of summer

Morning File, Monday, August 12, 2019

August 12, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

News 1. MyHealthNS Jennifer Henderson reports on MyHealthNS and the decision by McKesson Canada to pull the plug on the online portal that gave doctors access to results for X-rays, MRIs, and blood tests. The portal also allowed patients to book appointments and correspond with their doctor through email. Health Minister Randy Delorey made the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, Alex Cooke, Alex Quon, Brightwood Brewery, cigarette butts, Councillor Sam Austin, cyclist struck Devonshire Avenue, Dean’s Flowers, Dennis Evans, doctor shortage, dog ban, dogs, E coli, Elizabeth Chiu, emergency room closures, Geir Simensen, Haley Ryan, Holly Winchester, Jack Julian, Jodie Fitzgerald, John Dimick, littering, MLA Rafah DiConstanzo, Nina Tardif, QE2 dream home, servers and bartenders, short term rentals, Skipper Hill Estates, Smith's Bakery, Stubborn Goat Beer Garden, Tara Fleming, Troy Fahie, Vanessa Myers, Wesley Schultz

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria! Morning File, Wednesday, December 27, 2017

December 27, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Yarmouth ferry “The [U.S.] federal border protection agency has offered a reprieve that may allow the Portland-Nova Scotia ferry to return to Maine next year, if the city can find up to $2 million for upgrades to its ferry terminal,” reports Jake Bleiberg for the Bangor Daily News: The Cat ferry’s 2018 season appeared […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adina Bresge, Andrew Rankin, bicyclist struck Portland Street, coyote pelt bounty, Delilah Saunders, Direction 180, Elizabeth Chiu, Jake Blieberg, Kate Allen, Kim Watson, Methadone and Gottingen Street, Mike O’Brien, moose population Cape Breton, MV Asterix, Rose Courage, Steven McGrath, whale deaths 2017, Yarmouth ferry reprieve, Zach Churchill

The Police State Strikes Again: Morning File, Saturday, September 9, 2017

September 9, 2017 By El Jones 13 Comments

1. How the Prison Industrial Complex Screws Workers Elizabeth Chiu has a story on CBC about judges who are becoming frustrated with the length of time it is taking to transport prisoners to the court. Mounting frustrations over delays getting people accused of crimes into courtrooms in Dartmouth, N.S., have prompted one provincial court judge […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility construction, El Jones, Elizabeth Chiu, Judge Daniel MacRury, Levels of criminality, Michael Jackson, Perceived bias, Police Chief Jean-Michel Blais, prison industrial complex, prison workers, prisoner transport time, Racism, Robert Devet, Solidarity Halifax and Police Checks

Ghostly memories of the Chronicle Herald: Morning File, Monday, April 24, 2017

April 24, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Environmental Bill of Rights “Nova Scotia needs nothing short of an Environmental Bill of Rights if it wants to ensure its citizens can drink clean water, breathe clean air, and hold their governments accountable to make polluters pay,” reports Jennifer Henderson for the Examiner: That’s the position of a coalition of Nova Scotia environmental groups […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Elizabeth Chiu, Lynn Jones, Mark Hodgins, Nova Scotia teachers, Pedestrian struck Spring Garden Road, Peter Duffy, Rick Mayuk, sexual assault by ghost, splash pad Dartmouth

When pigs fly in Dartmouth’s blue sky: Morning File, Thursday, November 3, 2016

November 3, 2016 By Katie Toth 20 Comments

Today’s Morning File is written by Katie Toth. Tim will return tomorrow. November Subscription Drive Tim announced this morning that Stephen Kimber is joining the Examiner. This is fantastic news and is yet another reason to subscribe. Your subscription helps underwrite quality journalism. Click here to purchase a subscription. News 1. Public-private partnership was expensive; […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Canadian Federation of Students, Elizabeth Chiu, Erin Brown, Gordon Isnor, Home Crafters, Marian Munro, Matthew Meisner, McNeil government, Nina Corfu, Nova Scotia Hospital, P3, Parker Donham, Preston Mulligan, public-private partnerships, Remembrance Day, Scotia Learning Centres, Susan MacDonald, Sydney

It started badly and it’s ending wrong: Morning File, Friday, October 21, 2016

October 21, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Tidal power “Inshore fishermen from the Bay of Fundy made a last-ditch plea to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia yesterday to stall the placement of two massive, five-storey-high turbines on the bottom of the Minas Passage near Parrsboro until an appeal of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Convention centre, Copenhagen, Deb MacNeil, Elizabeth Chiu, EllisDon, Institute for Big Data Analytics, Joe Henry, Joe Ramia, Matt Brand, Nova Centre, OxyContin, Phil Pacey, Scott Ferguson, Stan Matwin, Stephen Archibald, Suspicious Packages, Suzanne Fougere, Trade Centre Limited

George Tsimiklis is the worst landlord in town

Part 1: the sad state of Tsimiklis's properties

September 29, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

Yesterday, CBC reporter Elizabeth Chiu beat me to a story I’ve been working on for months: City orders vermin-infested, ‘unsafe’ Halifax apartments shut down Kent Mullin is homeless but in a way, he’s relieved. His apartment — unsafe, a fire hazard and infested with cockroaches, mice and bedbugs — wasn’t much better than being on […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: bad landlord, Cleveland House, Elizabeth Chiu, George Tsimiklis, Heather Fairbairn, Ian Fairclough, Olive Branch Properties, Sherri Borden Colley, slumlord, Stavros Tsimiklis

Halifax Explosion 2: Morning File, Thursday, September 8, 2016

September 8, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Teachers The government has reached a tentative contract agreement with the teachers union. No details have been published, and a new contract is contingent on a vote of approval by union members. The McNeil government would very much like to go into an election with […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Canadian Federation of Students-Nova Scotia, Charlotte Kiddell, Dave Gunning, Elizabeth Chiu, Environment Department, Francis Campbell, Krista Higdon, Mainline Needle Exchange, Mayor Mike Savage, Mayors for Peace, Northern Pulp, NSGEU, Patricia MacSween, Peter Kelly, Takeshi Araki, teachers union, tuition fee hike

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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

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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