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Acadian, francophone group hosting rally to support French first-language education, private member’s bill

April 13, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

A group representing Nova Scotia’s Acadian and francophone parents is holding a rally outside the legislature on Wednesday to support French first-language education and to urge MLAs to support a Liberal private member’s bill. “We’re often not very loud about our needs as a community and as an education system,” Caroline Arsenault, president of the […]

Filed Under: Education, Featured, News, Politics, Province House Tagged With: Acadian Affairs, Acadian Affairs and Francophonie, Acadian and Francophone Education Act, Acadian education, Caroline Arsenault, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Clare, Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP), Department of Education, Fédération des parents acadiens de la Nouvelle-Écosse (FPANE), Glaze Report, Marcel Cottreau, Nova Scotia legislature, private members' bill, Ronnie LeBlanc, Section 23, Yvette d'Entremont

The problems with the testing relied on by the Glaze Report: Morning File, Thursday, February 22, 2018

February 22, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Teachers “The Nova Scotia Teachers Union’s executive announced most of its members voted in favour of illegal job action, but president Liette Doucet said the union is inviting the province to work with it,” reports the CBC: “We want Minister Churchill and the premier to meet with us to discuss the recommendations of the Glaze report,” Doucet […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abdoul Abdi deportation hearing, Benjamin Perryman, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Glaze Report, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, Liette Doucette, Mary Campbell, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), recyclable textiles, standardized tests, Textile recycling, town hall meeting, Yvette d'Entremont

The Cornwallis statue and manufactured history: Morning File, Monday, January 29, 2018

January 29, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Baillie resignation “While the Conservative response to the sexual harassment allegations against Jamie Baillie represents progress of a sort, there are still lessons we can learn from what the party did — and didn’t do — in this case,” writes Stephen Kimber. Click here to read “The PC party’s response to the Baillie […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cornwallis statue and manufactured history, David Jones, Dennis Patterson, Evelyn White, Glaze Report, Joan Baxter, Julia-Simone Rutgers, Khyber building, Mayor Mike Savage, Mi'kmaq history, pedestrian struck Queen Street, Richard Starr, Sexual harassment at Province House

Family drama: Morning File, Thursday, January 25, 2018

January 25, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 23 Comments

News 1. Baillie forced out by allegations of sexual harassment Yesterday, on the lunch hour, PC leader and MLA Jamie Baillie cryptically tweeted that he was resigning immediately:   Then, at 3:13pm, the PC issued this statement: PC PARTY STATEMENT January 24, 2018 For immediate release HALIFAX, NS – The following is a joint statement […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alfred Kroeber, Avis Glaze, Donald McLeod Campbell, Dr. Fingers, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Glaze Report, Graham Steele, Ishi, Jamie Baillie sexual harassment allegations, Mary Campbell, Matt Whitman does something stupid, Matt Whitman ignorant or racist, NDP Leader Gary Burrill re Jamie Baillie, NSLC request for information, Rebecca Joseph, recreational cannabis, Ross Lord, school boards to be eliminated, Theodora Kroeber, Ursula Le Guin, WestFor clearcut

PRICED OUT

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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

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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.

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