• City Hall
  • Province House
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Commentary
  • @Tim_Bousquet
  • Log In

Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

  • Home
  • About
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Commenting policy
  • Archives
  • Contact us
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Manage your account
  • Swag

Kids and parents are reaching out for help during COVID-19 crisis

Morning File, Thursday, April 9, 2020

April 9, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1. Graphed: COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, April 8, 2020 Thirty-two new people in Nova Scotia have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the province’s total to 342 people. Eleven people are currently hospitalized; 77 people have fully recovered, and one person has died. Here’s a look at the numbers: Read the full story here. 2. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: arson, basic income, Chloe I. Clooney, coronavirus, COVID-19, Crisis Text Line, Crystal Simmons, Dolores Campbell, Dr. Wayne Lewchuk, fires South End, fires Victoria Road, Freedom Kitchen and Closet, Guaranteed Annual Income, Kathy Hay, Kids Help Phone, Kiran Pure, Laura Cattari, pandemic, pedestrian struck Portland Street, Rainie Murphy, Southern Ontario Basic Income Experience, Sweeter Things Bakery, Tamarak Institute, telehealth, virtual counselling, virtual doctors

Fawning over robots

Morning File, Wednesday, January 15, 2020

January 15, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

News 1. City keeps policing report secret The city is keeping a $200,000 consultants’ report into police services private. Councillor Lorelei Nicoll requested the report in 2018 as a way to identify service gaps and ways to save money. The report has been completed, but you can’t read it. Zane Woodford writes about the report’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: AI, Andrew Rankin, Astra Taylor, automation, booting cars, councillor Matt Whitman, drunk tanks, East Coast Prison Justice Society, Emma Smith, Enginuity, Erin MacInnis, fake news, fauxtomation, Finland, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, fires South End, four-day work week, Harry Critchley, Joshua Bernas, Leah Genge, Mary-Dan Johnston, Matt Whitman and Uber, One-Shot Parking Solutions, Paul Palmeter, propaganda, Ramsey McGlazer, robots, Uber in Halifax, Victoria Walton

The string of suspicious fires in the south end continues

Morning File, Thursday, January 2, 2020

January 2, 2020 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

Fires Yesterday, Halifax police issued the following press release: At 4:23 p.m., Halifax Regional Police and HRM Fire & Emergency responded to a structure fire inside an apartment building in the 5500 block of Victoria Road Halifax.  Multiple callers reported seeing smoke within the building.   HRM Fire attended and quickly extinguished the fire.  Tenants did […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: arson, Carol Elizabeth Jarrett, Christopher Bamford, Cst Charles Bruce, fires South End, Judge CHF Williams, Justice Arthur WD Pickup

The cruise ship industry disses the Yarmouth ferry

Morning File, Monday, August 19, 2019

August 19, 2019 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Health care photo ops “So last week, 10 out of 37 hospital emergency departments in Nova Scotia were closed for at least some part of the week,” writes Stephen Kimber: While our healthcare crises multiply, our leaders stage photo opportunities that resemble trying to slap Band-Aids on the backsides of rampaging elephants. Whatever […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abdilahi Elmi, Bar Harbor, Bill McKibben, biomass, cruise ships Bar harbor, Cyclone 4 rocket, Don Bowser, El Jones, entangled right whale, Fatuma Abdi, fires South End, Icarus Report August 19 2019, Jordan Gill, Maritime Launch Services Ltd., Martha Paynter, Meghan Groff, MP Andy Fillmore, North Sea cod, Olena Holubeva, Peter B. de Selding, Robert Wright, Ukrainian space industry, United Paradyne, Yarmouth ferry, Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoye

In the past 16 months, there have been 5 fires in the South End within 100 metres of each other

Morning File, Tuesday, July 23, 2019

July 23, 2019 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. The Glen Assoun case: a primer I’ve been doing a lot of reporting on the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun, and there’s more coming. So this is a good time to pause and provide an overview, a primer, if you will, so people not familiar with the case can get up to speed. Glen […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: fire Green Street, fires South End, Francis Campbell, Glen Assoun case primer, Matt Whitman says something stupid, pedestrian struck Lady Hammond Road, Samantha White

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.

Please subscribe to The Tideline.

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.

Sign up for email notification

Sign up to receive email notification of new posts on the Halifax Examiner. Note: signing up for email notification of new posts is NOT subscribing to the Halifax Examiner. To subscribe, click here.

Recent posts

  • The new provincial rebate is just the first step to getting more electric vehicles on Nova Scotia roads March 3, 2021
  • The cops who shot up the Onslow Fire Hall committed no crime, rules SIRT March 3, 2021
  • Greenwashing the goldfields March 3, 2021
  • Here’s when you can expect to be vaccinated March 2, 2021
  • Public health on life support: underfunded and underappreciated March 2, 2021

Commenting policy

All comments on the Halifax Examiner are subject to our commenting policy. You can view our commenting policy here.

Copyright © 2021