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Halifax’s big climate change action plan is ready, but the COVID-19 budget crunch means it’s already ‘jeopardized’

June 19, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

Halifax’s new climate change action plan aims for carbon neutral city operations in 10 years and carbon neutrality across the municipality by 2050, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put the ever-important short-term success of the plan in jeopardy. “The level of effort and timelines of this plan are ambitious and unprecedented,” reads the final chapter […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: CAO Jacques Dubé, carbon emissions, climate change, coronavirus, COVID-19, GHG emissions, Green Tax, HalifACT 2050, Halifax city operating budget 2020/21, Halifax municipal budget, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), pandemic

Birds of a feather attack together

Morning File, Thursday, October 31, 2019

October 31, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 2 Comments

News 1. Whitman running for mayor Matt Whitman is running for mayor in next year’s municipal election. Zane Woodford with The Star Halifax was at City Hall where Whitman announced his mayoral bid. I am absolutely convinced that my love for this great city, coupled with my determination to do right by you, its citizens, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, Barbara Darby and Halloween, Chuck Porter, collapsed crane removal, Delilah Saunders, GHG emissions, Halloween costumes, Hope for Wildlife, Hope Swinimer, Indigenous women, Matt Whitman runs for mayor, Maura Judkis, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Ryan Lorde akd Littles the General, Sullivan's Pond geese attack, Sustainable Development Goals Act, Willow Webb

“We need guts”

Morning File, Tuesday, October 29, 2019

October 29, 2019 By Erica Butler 1 Comment

News 1. Power back on after being cut for incident in South End NS Power cut power to thousands of residents in the South End Monday evening due to an incident on Harbourview Drive, which runs parallel to the rail cut and NS Power transmission lines. The information from police, via CBC News, is that […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Rankin, assault Gottingen Street, Bill 213, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Cst. Darren Michael Simpson, Geoff LeBoutilier, GHG emissions, Haley Ryan, Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP), Julia Sampson, menstrual products in HRM facilities, Michael Gorman, Money Mart, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Operation Warm, RCMP domestic assault, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), transportation priorities, Vision Zero

Halifax in two acts: The Hotel Barmecide

Morning File, Monday, October 28, 2019

October 28, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Crowns Writes Stephen Kimber: After a crazy week of blind-siding legislation, insults, distortions, bluster, meaningless committee hearings and more fact-free moments than you’d find in a Trumpian White House, the province and its Crown attorneys are right back where they began — at the bargaining table. Well, not exactly as illustrated… Click here […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: AIDAdiva, Air Canada, Bill 213, crane incident, crown attorneys, Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act (EGSPA), GHG emissions, Gus Reed, illness on cruise ships, John McPhee, Mark Parent, norovirus, Nova Centre hotel, shit wages, Sutton Place Hotel, YMCA

The Climate Emergency

Part 3: How to turn off the economic growth engine

October 24, 2019 By Linda Pannozzo Leave a Comment

At about 14 minutes into the recent Federal Leaders’ debate there was a back and forth between Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, and Maxime Bernier, leader and founder of the People’s Party of Canada, in which Bernier — who advocates for free-market policies, liberalized trade and private property rights — called […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured Tagged With: Anders Hayden, Anthropocene, Atomic Age, climate emergency, ecological economics, economic growth, Elizabeth May, Federal leaders' debate, free market, GHG emissions, Great Acceleration, greenhouse gas emissions, Income inequality, Jonathan Swarts, Lars Osberg, Maxime Bernier, Milton Friedman, neoliberalism, Peter Victor, sustainable prosperity

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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