News 1. Glen Assoun compensation “One of the most recognizable wrongfully convicted Canadians is adding his voice to the chorus calling for early compensation for Glen Assoun, the Nova Scotia man who spent 17 years in prison for a murder he did not commit,” reports Michael Gorman for the CBC: Few people can understand what […]
A look at who’s paying less than a living wage
Morning File, Friday, August 16, 2019
News 1. Indigenous employee talks about harassment at CFB Halifax Ashley Burke with CBC talks with Steve Morrisey who’s now on sick leave from his job at DND from the harassment he says he suffered from a superior on the job. Morrisey tells Burke “it was hell.” It’s been just one complete disaster. The harassment […]
Panglossian vox pop at the Herald: not a contrary word to be heard
Morning File, Wednesday, June 19, 2019
News 1. Steve Craig Steve Craig won the byelection for MLA in Sackville-Cobequid. (Preliminary results are above.) The district has long been solidly NDP, so a PC victory is notable, but I wouldn’t read too much into it. The NDP candidate, Lara Fawthrop, didn’t have Craig’s name recognition, and Craig is more on the “progressive” […]
We’ll all be rich if we give Ben Cowan-Dewar an $18 million airport
Morning File, Friday, June 14, 2019
News 1. SIRT is not equipped to investigate rape by cops The Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is tasked with investigating police, but it has no written policies for preserving rape kit evidence and its investigators have no specialized training in dealing with victims of sexual assault. Reporter Maggie Rahr brings us the case of […]