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Bad bosses and cranky customers

Morning File, Tuesday, June 9, 2020

June 9, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 1 Comment

News 1. Report: Canadians plan to avoid restaurants ‘for the foreseeable future’ A recent survey shows 52% of its respondents will be avoiding dining in at restaurants for “the foreseeable future.” Yvette d’Entremont spoke with Sylvain Charlebois, a Dalhousie University professor and the lead author on the survey from Dalhousie University and Angus Reid. Says […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessibility, bad bosses, bad customers, call the manager, childcare, customer service, daycares, domestic violence, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, Equity Watch, Fight for $15, gun control, labour, Lisa Cameron, living wage, Miia Suokonautio, minimum wage, Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities, shopping carts, toxic workplaces, transition houses, women's issues, YWCA

Afua Cooper: “We need to smash those [racist] stereotypes and see the humanity in each and every one of us”

Morning File, Wednesday, May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019 By Erica Butler 3 Comments

News 1. Bank of Canada acknowledges that climate change will impact the economy “For the first time ever, the Bank of Canada has released a report examining the threat climate change poses to the country’s financial system,” reports Karina Roman for the CBC. The report in question is the Bank’s annual Fiscal System Review, which […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Afua Cooper, Alicia Draus, Bank of Canada, Catherine Tully, climate change, Connor Smithers-Mapp, Equity Watch, Freedom of Information request, Graeme Gibson, Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), human resources (HR), Ipsos Reid, Josh K. Elliot, Judy Haiven, Karina Roman, Leslie Oliver, Margaret Atwood, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), privacy breaches, Racism, Rella Black History Foundation, Rick Howe Show, Robert Devet, Silver Donald Cameron, Task Force on Commemoration, Victoria Walton, Viola Desmond, Wanda Robson, Yvonne Colbert

The Kasian report cost $3.4 million — 78 per cent higher than budgeted

Morning File, Friday, October 19, 2018

October 19, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 5 Comments

News 1. Kasian report This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. The bill from a consultant hired by the province to develop the master plan to replace the crumbling Victoria General Hospital has come in at $3.4 million — a whopping 78 per cent higher than budgeted. Toronto-based Kasian Architecture was awarded a $1.9 million […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Constance Backhouse, Equity Watch, halifax port operations overview, house cleaning Upper Tantallon, Jennifer Henderson, Kasian Architecture, Marla MacInnis, Mary Campbell, Nova Scotia ports, VG replacement report, Zane Woodford

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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

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