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Put homeless people in unused hotel rooms

Morning File, Friday, March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Community spread and vindictive behaviour Yesterday, at the daily briefing on COVID-19, we learned that there is a possible case of community spread of the disease, probably related to a St. Patrick’s Day event. An hour or so after the briefing, the Nova Scotia Health Authority issued a release with details: FOR IMMEDIATE […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barbara Darby and Charlotte's Web, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, David Clark, Dr. Robert Strang, Elizabeth McMillan, eviction, Halifax Transit COVID-19, homelessness, Housing First, Jason LeBlanc, Lake Echo, Mayor Mike Savage, Nova Centre hotel, Premier Stephen McNeil, rents in NS, St. Patrick's Day, Sutton Place Hotel

Daily COVID-19 update: possible community spread case likely related to a St. Patrick’s Day celebration held in Lake Echo

March 26, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. There were five more positive cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia announced today, bringing the total to 73. That’s a drop from yesterday’s 13 new cases, but one of today’s cases is the first that cannot be traced back to travel or someone who was […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Daily COVID-19 update, Dr. Robert Strang, eviction, Lake Echo, Premier Stephen McNeil, St. Patrick's Day, Tina Thibeau

Daily COVID-19 update: the premier says there is no price-gouging

March 25, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 were identified in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, bringing the total to 68. All the new cases are either travel-related or related to earlier travel-related cases. One person remains in hospital, and the rest are self-isolating at home. Two people who […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Daily COVID-19 update, eviction, Premier Stephen McNeil, price gouging, rent hikes

No, landlords can’t require you to tell them if you have COVID-19

Morning File, Tuesday, March 24, 2020

March 24, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 17 Comments

News 1. Here’s why the liquor stores are open The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. I’ve seen a lot of joking about the liquor stores being open when almost everything else is shut down. Boy, we sure love our liquor in Nova Scotia, eh? If you’re wondering why it’s important to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Accessible Canadian Emergency Announcements in SL, coronavirus, councillor Waye Mason, COVID-19, eviction, homeschooling, Jim Vibert, landlords, Leah Genge, Linda Campbell, Nicole Munro, psychiatric treatment, working from home

Point, Click, Evict

Morning File, Thursday, October 24, 2019

October 24, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

News 1. Crowns strike The province’s crown attorneys have gone on strike. The government says the action is illegal and is seeking an injunction to get them back to work. Writing in The Star Halifax, Taryn Grant explains: About 80 per cent of members of the Nova Scotia Crown Attorneys’ Association (NSCAA) voted in favour […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Rankin, Anjuli Patil, Aron Spidle, bad tenants, bicycle licensing, bike licenses, biking in Winnipeg, Bill 203, Brooke Gladstone, Chris Parsons, climate change, crown attorneys, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Emma Norton, eviction, greenhouse gas emissions, Jack Julian, Jason Selby, Jeff Karabanow, John Collyer, Karissa Donkin, Kevin Russell, MLA Patricia Arab, Nadav Even-Har, On the Media podcast, Out of the Cold emergency shelter, Paul Schneidereit, pedestrian struck Robie and Coburg, Residential Tenancies Act, Stephen Thomas, Taryn Grant, Trevor Adams, violence in school

Saving the stuff that matters

Morning File, Thursday, August 29, 2019

August 29, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1.What is going on at the East Coast Forensic Hospital? El Jones looks into concerns about treatment at the East Coast Forensic Hospital after the death of Greg Hiles last week. Women’s Wellness Within has requested a meeting with Health Minister Randy Delorey and has called for an inquiry into Hiles’ death at the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adam Barrett, BlackBay Real Estate Group, Colchester Historeum, domestic violence, eviction, Frances Willick, freelance, gig economy, Graeme Benjamin, Herring Cove Road changes, Jason MacCullough murder, John MacPhee, Julia-Simone Rutgers, Kristin Matthews, late fees, Leigh MacLean, Not Without Us, Nova Scotia Archives, Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities, Paul Maxner, Portia White, sextortion email scam, Wudan Yan

How many adults looked the other way as children in their care were being sexually abused?

Morning File, Thursday, August 8, 2019

August 8, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Patrick McNutt This item contains accounts of sexual abuse of children. A police release from yesterday: Investigators with the Special Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigative Division have laid additional charges against a man in relation to multiple historical sexual assaults that occurred in the 1970s and 80s. Investigators have charged Michael […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adam Barrett, Ben Eoin, BlackBay Real Estate Group, Child sexual abuse, eviction, Frances Willick, Mary Campbell, Michael Patrick McNutt, Northern Pulp environmental assessment, Northern Pulp Mill effluent, Project Apollo, Taryn Grant, toxic waste, Unifor, world class

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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