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Deputy mayor, union concerned about proposed cuts to Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency budget

May 11, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The union representing Halifax firefighters says it’s frustrated with proposed budget cuts due to COVID-19, and the deputy mayor says she can’t support a key part of the plan — the closure of a fire station in her district. Regional council’s budget committee will start […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Brendan Meagher, coronavirus, COVID-19, Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn, Fire Chief Ken Stuebing, Halifax city operating budget 2020/21, Halifax Professional Fire Fighters Association, Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency (HRFE), pandemic

Morning File: the changing Sackville fire narrative

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

March 13, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Fire department re-assigns cause of fatal Sackville fire In a press release issued yesterday, the Halifax fire department is now saying that the March 3 fatal fire in Sackville was started by “smoking materials”: Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) investigators have completed the investigation of the fatal house fire in Lower Sackville. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alderney Gate Pedway, Brendan Elliott, Clem Chisholm, Crackdown on pot shops, deputy fire Chief Roy Hollett, fatal Sackville fire, Fire Chief Ken Stuebing, Francis Campbell, Geoff Budden, Jacob Barker, John McPhee, Judge Wynne Anne Trahey, Justin Brake criminal charges, medicinal marijuana, weather

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.

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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