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Welcome to our new robot overlords: Morning File, Wednesday, January 17, 2018

January 17, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 17 Comments

News 1. The VG replacement report is finished, but you can’t see it “On Friday, December 29, the final work day of 2017, the province received a consultant’s report containing some highly anticipated information,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The report included a preliminary cost estimate, timeline, and master plan to replace services delivered out of the crumbling […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: affordable housing, councillor Waye Mason, Energy Minister Geoff MacLellan, Ernst and Young (EY), housing authority, Housing Nova Scotia, Offshore Energy Research Association, robot overlords, Stephen Dempsey, tidal energy will make us all rich

We’re Cooked: The Case for Ignoring Nova Scotia’s Fracking Potential

January 16, 2018 By Linda Pannozzo 1 Comment

On the same day that Nova Scotia’s governing Liberals introduced legislation to ban high volume hydraulic fracturing in the province, I happened to be on a “fracking tour” in the U.S. with a bus load of other environmental journalists in a place that had instead embraced it. We were headed from New Orleans to the […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Province House Tagged With: Bill McKibben, David Wheeler, Energy Minister Geoff MacLellan, Fracking, Jessica Ernst, Linda Pannozzo, Maritimes Energy Association, Seamus McGraw

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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