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Kipple and bots

Morning File, Wednesday, September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 18 Comments

News 1. The Nova Scotia mass murderer may have done a dry run Tim Bousquet reports on revelations from court documents that the man behind the April 18-19 murders, who the Examiner calls GW, may have visited several key locations before the killings. In partially redacted court documents, GW’s common-law spouse says the pair “drove […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: candidates' answers, chatbot, chatterbot, Colin Sproul, ELIZA, Emma Smith, heritage site, Indigenous fishermen, James Dinneen, Joseph Weizenbaum, Kelly Regan, Liberal Party, lobster fishery, Megan Bailey, Michael Gorman, Misti Yang, moderate livelihood fishermen, Open Mic House, Peter Slattery, Replika, ride-hailing companies, Spotify, therapy bots, Tina Comeau, Viacom Listen bot, Winslow

Where do you go when you gotta go?

Morning File, Tuesday, February 25, 2020

February 25, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 9 Comments

News 1. Supported living This item is written by Tim Bousquet. In 2013, the Nova Scotia government accepted a report titled “Choice, Equality and Good Lives in Inclusive Communities: A Roadmap for Transforming the Nova Scotia Services to Persons with Disabilities Program.” That 56-page report clearly identified the reliance on large institutions to house people […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessible housing, accessible washrooms, affordable housing, African Nova Scotians, Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, Bobbie-Jean MacKinnon, Brenda Small, Brenda Thompson, Bruce Nunn, Carbon Arc Independent Cinema, Cassidy Chisholm, Cermaq Canada, Cineplex, Community Homes Action Group, Courtney Pyrke, Emma Smith, Garden Food Bar and Lounge, Harold Ritchie, Joann Hamilton-Barry, Jonathan Fowler, Kevin Cormier, Kourash Rad, Lezlie Lowe, Maggie-Jane Spray, Marilyn O’Neil, Marshalltown Alms House, Marshalltown poor house, Meinhard Doelle, Network of Independent Canadian Exhibitors, New Brunswick Public Library Service, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DFA), open-pen fish farm, poor houses, rapid transit service, Seafarmer's Conference, Siloën Daley, supported living, Sylvie Nadeau, Tom Smith, Wendy Lill, William Lahey

Fawning over robots

Morning File, Wednesday, January 15, 2020

January 15, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

News 1. City keeps policing report secret The city is keeping a $200,000 consultants’ report into police services private. Councillor Lorelei Nicoll requested the report in 2018 as a way to identify service gaps and ways to save money. The report has been completed, but you can’t read it. Zane Woodford writes about the report’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: AI, Andrew Rankin, Astra Taylor, automation, booting cars, councillor Matt Whitman, drunk tanks, East Coast Prison Justice Society, Emma Smith, Enginuity, Erin MacInnis, fake news, fauxtomation, Finland, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, fires South End, four-day work week, Harry Critchley, Joshua Bernas, Leah Genge, Mary-Dan Johnston, Matt Whitman and Uber, One-Shot Parking Solutions, Paul Palmeter, propaganda, Ramsey McGlazer, robots, Uber in Halifax, Victoria Walton

Zombie ideas that won’t die

Morning File, Thursday, December 12, 2019

December 12, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

I’ve said this before, but when I first started writing for the Examiner, a friend asked how much Tim paid. After I’d replied, the person I was speaking with said, “Oh, so it takes [x] monthly subscriptions just to pay for you to do one Morning File.” I’d never thought of it in such bald […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron MacCallum, Amanda Dodsworth, ambulance services, Andre Denny, Andrew Rankin, Anthony Romeo, Aon, Auditor General Michael Pickup, Blair Rhodes, Bobby Seal, CFL stadium, civil asset forfeiture, Constable Emmanuel Aucoin, Councillor Mitchell Tweel, Dave Stewart, Emma Smith, Gareth E. Rees, Government secrecy, income assistance, Jackie Torrens, Jean Laroche, Kate Letterick, Kendall Worth, mental illness, Michael Gorman, Minister Randy Delorey, MLA Susan Leblanc, not criminally responsible, Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program, PC MLA Pat Dunn, Peter Lederman, Phil Tibbo, Premier Doug Ford, QE2 redevelopment, Raymond Taavel, red tape reduction, Robert Devet, Sandy Simpson, Sarah Stillman, Simon Lewsen, Stephen Archibald and parking garages, TrentonWorks

Bad news for local journalism

Morning File, Wednesday, November 20, 2019

November 20, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 10 Comments

News 1. Torstar shuts down StarMetro newspapers The Toronto Star is closing down all of the StarMetro newspapers across the country, including the The Star Halifax. Other papers affected include those in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton. Seventy-three people, including journalists and those working in advertising and distribution, will lose their jobs. In Halifax, Star […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abel Bowen, Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia, Alice House, almanac, Anjuli Patil, Belcher's Farmers Almanac, Bob Hepburn, Carman King, Charlene Gagnon, Claudia Jahn, Clement Horton Belcher, Dean Stienburg, Dog Island podcast, Elizabeth Fry Society, Elizabeth McMillan, Emma Smith, Fairmount, Gwen Davies, Haley Ryan, Halifax Regional Police Association, Home for Good, Karyn Pugliese, Keith Grant, Kelly O'Neil, Marguerite Centre, Sara Spike, Sarah Ritchie, secure housing, shit pay, shitty jobs, Sickboy podcast, Simon Thibault, soccer referee pay scale, speed limits, StarMetro, supportive housing, Taryn Grant, Tim Fedak, tipping and slavery, tipping systems, Torstar, Trap Neuter Return, Yvette d'Entremont, YWCA Halifax

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

Are anti-vaxxers meeting with your MLA?

Morning File, Tuesday, November 5, 2019

November 5, 2019 By Erica Butler 11 Comments

November subscription drive It’s getting frosty out there, which means its the time of year when we at the Examiner take a stab at convincing you and yours (those who aren’t already subscribers) to support the continued existence and growth of the Halifax Examiner. From her first Morningfile back in May 2015, El Jones has […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, AirDNA, Alexander Quon, anti-vaxxer, Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), collapsed crane removal, Dena Churchill, El Jones, Elizabeth May, Emma Smith, Green Party, Irving Shipbuilding, Jo-Ann Roberts, Kim Hart Macneill, Marine Fabricators, MLA Steve Craig, Neil Lovitt, Port of Sydney, short term rentals, subscription drive, Tom Ayers

Lands, forests, oceans, and more

Morning File, Wednesday, August 22, 2018

August 22, 2018 By Philip Moscovitch 12 Comments

I’m Philip Moscovitch filling in for Tim, who was sitting by a campfire last night. On Twitter I’m @PhilMoscovitch. News 1. Forestry Review Bill Lahey released his much-anticipated review of forestry practices in the province late yesterday morning. Jennifer Henderson reports for the Halifax Examiner: Bill Lahey’s prescription was sweeping: “We need a new paradigm […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: adult learning, Bill Lahey, Emma Smith, Joe Howlett, Karissa Donkin, Ken Schwartz, Kim Pittaway, Lahey Review of Forestry Practices, Mi'kmaw Summer Games, Peggy's Cove tourists, Philip Moscovitch, Shalan Joudry, TJ Colello, Waneek Horn-Miller

Smokers are victims of a cruel marketing campaign, so why are we further victimizing them?

Morning File, Monday, July 23, 2018

July 23, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 13 Comments

News 1. Election intervention “Americans are right to be outraged at the outrageous Russian interference in their 2016 presidential elections,” writes Stephen Kimber: They are correct to be appalled not only that their Putin-puttana-ed president continues to pretend that what happened didn’t happen, but also that their commander-in-chief and his principle-free, me-too Republican Congressional congregation […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: containerized farming, Emma Smith, Jennifer Henderson, NB Power, Paul Chernick, Peter Ritchie, Phil Hatcher, Philip Girvan, smart meters, Smoking ban

Silver Sands: the best Halifax-area beach we ever destroyed

Morning File, Monday, June 25, 2018

June 25, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 17 Comments

News 1. BP spill On Friday, BP reported a small spill of synthetic lubricating mud at its West Aquarius drill site on the Scotia Shelf drill site. The government regulator has ordered drilling suspended until an investigation is complete. News of the spill is posted to the incident page of the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: BP spill, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB), Cow Bay Beach, Emma Smith, Glitter Bean Café, Katy Parsons, Lorelei Carey, Magen Lilli Hudak, Maritime Bus, Media & the Law webcast, MLA Suzanne Lohnes-Croft, Nick Ritcey, pedestrian struck Rocky lake Drive, Rainbow haven bus, Rissers Beach bus, Scotia Shelf drill site, Silver Sands Beach, Smiling Goat Café, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

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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 white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

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