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Home for Christmas

They were children raised in Canada, under care of the state. Now, as adults, they are being denied the most fundamental right: the right to rights. Deemed non-citizens, they are being torn from their families and communities, and deported to countries they don't remember or know.

December 23, 2017 By El Jones 2 Comments

On Wednesday, I went to Las Posadas, a Latin American celebration (traditionally over nine nights) that re-enacts the search for lodgings by Mary and Joseph. A procession goes from house to house, singing a traditional song asking for shelter. The family inside refuses, until finally they let everyone in. Visiting family for me means going to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abdoul Abdi, Ahmed Hussen, Ali Reza Mohammed, Debra Spencer, deportation, El Jones, Fliss Cramman, foster care, Habtom’s experience with detention, Halifax Refugee Clinic, Julie Chamagne, refugees

The stuff that dreams are made of: Morning File, Monday, November 7, 2016

November 7, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 20 Comments

November Subscription Drive Paul McLeod reported for the old Daily News, allnovascotia, and the Chronicle Herald. He now reports on US politics for Buzzfeed. He writes: I’m writing this for two reasons. One, I’m a passionate believer in robust, independent media that champions the interests of the people against the ever-powerful political class. Two, I owe Tim […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alison Auld, Andrew Killawee, CAMET tender, Chronicle Herald, El Jones, Fliss Cramman, free reporting, Gary A.O. MacKay, Liberal Party ad, Linda Pannozzo, Paul McLeod, paywall, Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Club, tax subsidy, Waegwoltic Club, Wanda Thomas Bernard

Welcome To Post-Racial Halifax: Morning File, Saturday, October 22, 2016

October 22, 2016 By El Jones 9 Comments

1. A special Examiner report on racism being over Lindell Smith was elected to city council for District 8 in a historic landslide win on October 15. “This is so great!” enthused Blanche White. “Halifax really showed that we’re colour blind! Black, white, green, purple, polka dotted, whatever, it doesn’t matter to me!” The Halifax […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Centre for Islamic Development, Fliss Cramman, Good Robot Brewing Company, John O'Neill, Lindell Smith, Nova Scotia Nurses Union, racism is over, security measures, Simone Brown, Stephen McNeil, surveillance culture

Government officials are using private email to keep information from you: Morning File, Wednesday, September 28, 2016

September 28, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Right to Know Week This is Right to Know Week, and today is Right to Know Day: Each year on September 28, approximately 40 countries and 60 non-governmental organizations celebrate Right to Know Day. The purpose of Right to Know is to raise […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: access to information, Anne Bertrand, Catherine Tully, Clarence Bennett, Fliss Cramman, Freedom of Information, Jean Laroche, job ad, Karissa Donkin, Merlin Nunn, Michael Gorman, NB Liquor, Premier’s Delivery Unit, Right to Know, Senior Delivery Officer

Blais of Glory: Morning File, Saturday, September 24, 2016

September 24, 2016 By El Jones 1 Comment

1. Mr. Blais goes to the Chamber of Commerce Police Chief Jean-Michel Blais spoke at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on Friday, and CBC provides us with text of the speech. The speech takes place in the context of comments reported earlier in the day, where Blais argued that dropping crime rates across Canada do […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: crime rate, Darlene MacEchearn, deportation, Dr. Alex Mitchell, Elizabeth Fry Society, Fliss Cramman, Halifax Regional Police, Jean-Michel Blais, restorative justice, Rob Gordon, Todd McCallum

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Two young white women, one with dark hair and one blonde, smile at the camera on a sunny spring day.

Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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