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Stories of the dead at Camp Hill Cemetery

Morning File, Tuesday, October 8, 2019

October 8, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 12 Comments

News 1. Seven councillors voting against Austin’s motion Councillor Sam Austin will put a motion before council today to ditch a staff review into the stadium proposal, but at least seven other councillors won’t support it, reports Anjuli Patil with CBC. Steve Streatch, David Hendsbee, Tony Mancini, Russell Walker, Matt Whitman, Steve Adams and Lisa […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Carter, Access Nova Scotia, Andrew Rankin, Anjuli Patil, Anne Irwin, Barbara Darby and feelings, bridge protest, Camp Hill Cemetery, Canadian Plastics industry Association, city support for stadium, Colleen Cosgrove, Councillor Sam Austin, councillor Steve Streatch, Craig Ferguson, David Maher, Dead in Halifax, Eat Pray Love, Ecology Action Centre, Elizabeth Gilbert, Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia, Graeme Benjamin, Jesse Thomas, Joe Hruska, leaders debate, license plate, Maggie-Jane Spray, Make Big Magic Weekend, Mark Butler, plastic bag ban, Shaina Luck, Waye Mason

A tale of two protests

While officials moved quickly to respond to student protests about the cancellation of high school rugby, they were quick to erect roadblocks when students wanted to protest climate change.

May 5, 2019 By Stephen Kimber

“In my view, kids should be in class.” Premier Stephen McNeil March 2019 “Something is happening here But you don’t know what it is, Do you, Mr. Jones?” Ballad of a Thin Man Bob Dylan (1965) One Friday. Two student protests. Two very different (immediate) results. On Friday at noon — less than 24 hours...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Education, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Citadel High School, climate change, Doug Hadley, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia, Fridays for Future, Greta Thunberg, Ivan Andreou, Joe Morrison, Premier Stephen McNeil, rugby, student activism, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Willa Fisher

No one cares that you want to bicycle across Canada

Morning File, Friday, May 3, 2019

May 3, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Extinction Rebellion High school students across Nova Scotia are demanding action on climate change, and will be walking out of classes today for mass demonstrations. In Halifax, students will march on MP Andy Filmore’s office, City Hall, and Province House. They are meeting at the gazebo in the Public Gardens at 12:30pm. Details […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ashley Morton, Chronicle Herald obituary, Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia, John Volken Academy, Margot Aldrich, Matthew Fee Jr, Nova Scotia Schools Athletic Federation, Point Pleasant Park tree thinning, Richard Starr, rugby, Rugby Nova Scotia

PCs put fracking back on the agenda

April 24, 2019 By Joan Baxter

Five years since Stephen McNeil’s Liberal government placed a moratorium on fracking in Nova Scotia, the Progressive Conservative party seems intent on putting it back on the agenda. In February this year, the two PC members of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development — MLAs Pat Dunn and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin — proposed...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Cumberland Energy Authority, Deputy Minister Simon d’Entremont, Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia, Fracking, MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, MLA Lisa Roberts, MLA Patt Dunn, Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition (NOFRAC), Oshean Junega, Pat Vinish, Progressive Conservative party (PC), Sandy MacMullin, shale gas development, Thomas Trappenberg

Extinction Rebellion: we must take urgent action on climate change

April 12, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

“Heading for Extinction and What to Do About It” was the focus of a public presentation at the Halifax Central Library yesterday afternoon hosted by Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia. Watch for a protest in the streets of Halifax next Monday — with citizens employing some of the non-violent confrontation and civil disobedience tactics borrowed from […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Journalism, News Tagged With: Carey Risley, Elinor Egar Reynolds, Environment Canada, Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia, International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Patrick Yancey, Veerabhadran Ramanthan, Yanyan Xu

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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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