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The racist (and dumb) iconography of the anti-gun control zealots

Morning File, Monday, June 15, 2020

June 15, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Black Lives Matter “We have been watching the Black Lives Matters protests and the conversations about police violence,” write a group of people in a federal prison. “We have been taking part in our own conversations with prisoners of all races. We would like to share some of our conversations and conclusions with […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: anti-gun control meme, Black Lives Matter, Doctors for Firearm Safety & Responsibility (DFSR), Evelyn White, gangbanger, gangster, gun control, Jason Stitt, Joe Bass Jr., Joe Logon, mass murder shooting spree, Michael Ackermann, pit bull, police violence, Portapique cemetery, Robyn van Nus, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, tank armoured vehicle

The Department of Health refuses to tell us the names of all 10 nursing homes with COVID-19

Morning File, Friday, April 24, 2020

April 24, 2020 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 8 Comments

News 1. Four more COVID-19 related deaths “The province announced 55 new COVID-19 cases in the province on Thursday afternoon, the largest single-day increase so far,” reports Yvette d’Entremont: There were also four more deaths associated with the disease, all reported at long-term care facilities. Three deaths occurred at the Northwood long-term care facility in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Admiral Long Term Care, backlash, CANADALAND, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dale Smart, Department of Health, Don Van Natta Jr, Donald Walker, Evelyn White, fake cop, fake RCMP car, impersonating cop, investigative journalism, Jesse Brown, Jonathon Gatehouse, murder shooting spree timeline, Northwood, nursing homes, Oceanview Manor, Ontario Justice Norman Douglas, pandemic, Portapique, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, RCMP deleted tweet, Stephen Archibald and spring

Inez Rudderham: The face of the healthcare crisis in Nova Scotia

Morning File, Friday, April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

I’m Suzanne Rent  and I’m filling in for Tim this morning. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Basic income Erica Butler chatted with Evelyn Forget who wrote Basic Income for Canadians. Forget will one of several speakers be at the Basic Income: The Evidence Speaks conference at the Halifax Central Library tomorrow. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Rankin, Andy Bowers, beer, Blacklegged tick, brewing, Brewster Festival, Donna Lugar, Evelyn White, Inez Rudderham, Jeremy White, Kelly Costello, Lezlie Lowe, Lyme disease, Melanie Bock-White, Miranda Anthistle, NS Health Authority, paula Allen, Premier Stephen McNeil, sexist hockey fans, telecommuting, Terry Rudderham, Toronto Maple Leafs, working from home

Sometimes a tax hike isn’t really a tax hike

Morning File, Friday, March 1, 2019

March 1, 2019 By Erica Butler 5 Comments

News 1. Halifax budget: what we mean when we say, “taxes are going up” On Thursday, city council voted to approve $5.2 million worth of “extra” items for the city’s operating budget in 2019/20. The list includes things like funding another year of implementation of the Moving Forward Together plan, keeping library staffing levels, and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Angela MacDonald, Assistant Fire Chief Corey Beals, coyote on Windmill Road, Evelyn White, Frankie MacDonald, FUNSCAD strike, Georgette Young, GST/HST fraud, Halifax city operating budget 2019/20, Herring Cove Road changes, John Collins, Lydia Saker, Nadia Saker, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Advocate, NSCAD strike, Richard Cuthbertson, tax increases

60 years ago, Springhill Mining Disaster hero Maurice Ruddick went to Georgia, where he couldn’t stay with his fellow white miners

December 7, 2018 By Evelyn C. White 1 Comment

Travelling near Springhill recently, I thought about Stacey Abrams, the Georgia politician who, in a bitter gubernatorial race against a white male opponent, lost her bid to become the first African-American woman to lead a state. The annual dispatch of a Christmas tree from Nova Scotia to Boston commemorates the province’s ties to Massachusetts residents […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Evelyn White, Marvin Griffin, Maurice Ruddick, Springhill Mining Disaster

CN wants to buy HalTerm, and what that means for other prospective megaports in Nova Scotia

Morning File, Friday, December 7, 2018

December 7, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. ServiCom ServiCom has closed its call centre in Sydney, and laid off all 600 workers. “ServiCom site director Todd Riley blasted the company’s executive team for misleading him and all employees at the centre,” reports Chris Shannon for the Cape Breton Post: “Any time would be hard, but Christmastime? To me, it’s a very […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alicia Draus, Canadian National Railway Co. (CN), Chris Shannon, Deputy Mayor Tony Mancini, Evelyn White, Halterm, Jean Jacques Ruest, Justin Boutilier, Maurice Ruddick, megaport, plastic bag ban, Rick Grant, ServiCom, Stephen Archibald and Acadian Bus Lines terminal, Susan Bradley, Tiffany Chase, Todd Riley, Tufts Cove oil spill, Zane Woodford

Halifax CFL team: the Richard Butts connection

Morning File, Friday, November 2, 2018

November 2, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

November subscription drive Today, I could write a long thing telling you about how important your subscription is, or you could read what I wrote yesterday and today I’ll just post a picture of a cute dog: Your dog can also wear a Halifax Examiner T-shirt, but only if your dog buys an annual subscription. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allscripts, Anthony Leblanc, anti-Black racism and the CFL, Canada Games Centre renovation, Cerner, CFL team, Chief Bob Gloade, Clayton Developments, Evelyn White, Health records contract, Irving Shipyard, John McPhee, Maritime Football Limited, Mayor Mike Savage, Millbrook First Nation, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Pam Berman, Paul Schneidereit, Richard Butts, ship maintenance contracts, subscription drive, Terry Jones

Africville in Black and White: “hybrid performative piece” about Africville premieres tonight

September 18, 2018 By Evelyn C. White Leave a Comment

I was heartened to spend time this summer with Black scholar Chana Kai Lee who arrived in Halifax to conduct research on, among other topics, Africville. Now home, the associate professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Georgia recalled her experience at the Africville Museum. “My visit affirmed my appreciation for […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Africville, Chana Kai Lee, Cyrus Sundar Singh, Evelyn White, Faith Nolan, Juanita Peters

“I Am Queen Mary”: a story of Black liberation, art, and dental intervention

April 5, 2018 By Evelyn C. White 3 Comments

As a Black woman who marks a dental visit in Denmark as a milestone in my life, I was thrilled to learn that the country now boasts a major public art work that honours a woman of African descent. Recently unveiled in Copenhagen, the “I Am Queen Mary” statue pays homage to Mary Thomas, a […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Alison Tuton, Andrew Nette, Copenhagen Denmark, Evelyn White, Huey Newton, Jeannette Ehlers, La Vaughn Belle, Mary Thomas, Queen Mary

The Rape of Recy Taylor

March 2, 2018 By Evelyn C. White Leave a Comment

In her book Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975, acclaimed University of Ottawa Law professor Constance Backhouse examines (among other topics) the life of Rose Marie Roper, an Indigenous woman from British Columbia. In April 1967, Roper’s nude and brutally beaten body was discovered “lying face down … near a garbage dump,” Backhouse […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Bassam Al-Rawi, Constance Backhouse, Crystal Feimster, Danielle L. McGuire, Dinah Washington, Evelyn White, Fabienne Colas, Judge Gregory Lenehan, Max Richter, Nancy Buirski, racist stereotypes, Recy Taylor, Rosa Parks, Rose Marie Roper

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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.

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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.

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