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Killam still profiting during pandemic

Morning File, Friday, August 7, 2020

August 7, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 11 Comments

News 1. McNeil stepping down Stephen McNeil is stepping down as premier. Zane Woodford reports on the surprise announcement, which McNeil made Thursday during a post-cabinet news conference. Says McNeil: Seventeen years is a long time, and it’s long enough. Today I’m announcing I will be stepping down and leaving public office. I have informed […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: borealization, boulevard garden, COVID-19, Donna Evers, Duff Evers, Electric City, Emile Stehelin, Eric Nielsen, eviction ban, Georges Island, Graham Steele, Hal Theriault, JD Irving, JDI, Joshua Noseworthy, Killam Properties, Kingswood, landlords, meadow garden, moratorium, Niki Jabbour, Nova Scotia Liberal Party, NS coastline, pandemic, Paul H. Stehelin, Premier Stephen McNeil, rent hikes, Sam Langford, snakes, Stacey Doucette, Stephen McNeil stepping down, Steven Laffoley, Tom Beckley, Weymouth

Historical sexual harassment on Sable Island

Morning File, Friday, July 10, 2020

July 10, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 11 Comments

News 1. McNeil doesn’t want any negative talk about assault at border This item was written by Tim Bousquet CTV reporter Natasha Pace asked McNeil about a provincial worker being assaulted on the border, and the union’s demands that those workers be given better support. McNeil tries to dodge the question by giving that “I […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, gender divide, Graham Steele, Isabel Humphrey, Kerry Clare, Natasha Pace, Nova Scotia Archives, online classes, P.S. Dodd, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, provincial worker assaulted at border, Ronit Milo, Sable Island, school reopening, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), shooting Eastern Passage, Sylvia Fuller, transcribing, working from home, working mothers, Yue Qian

The ban on uranium exploration and mining is safe – for now

September 25, 2019 By Joan Baxter 1 Comment

After yesterday’s meeting of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development, Nova Scotia’s Uranium Exploration and Mining Prohibition Act seems to be safe. At least for now. The agenda for the meeting, chosen by the Progressive Conservative caucus, was “uranium exploration in Nova Scotia.” There has been a moratorium on the practice since […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Don James, Graham Steele, Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS), MLA Claudia Chender, MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, PC MLA Pat Dunn, Peter Oram, Raymond Plourde, Rick Horne, Sean Kirby, Simon d'Entremont, uranium mining

We are eagerly awaiting the ridiculous architectural renderings that are certain to accompany the stadium sales pitch

Morning File, Monday, March 25, 2019

March 25, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

1. Leading With Transit “Listen, I wouldn’t blame you if you were done with discussing the future of transit in Halifax,” writes Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: We had the Moving Forward Together (MFT) plan, for which thousands of folks chimed in with their hopes and dreams for buses in the region. Then we had […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Boat Harbour remediation project, Coalition for Radical Life Extension, Curve, El Jones, Graham Steele, immortality, James Strole, Joan Baxter, Joanna Cagan, Neil deMause, Nora Young, Northern Pulp effluent pipe, Pavilion, Quinpool Road bridge, Racism, Richard Woodbury, Southwest Properties, Spark, stadium, Vaportecture, Washington NFL stadium, Woman Hailing a Cab

It can happen here

Morning File, Friday, June 8, 2018

June 8, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

1. It can happen here President Donald Trump. Premier Doug Ford. Two years ago this would have been unthinkable. Now it’s reality. And these aren’t just some weird blips in history. There’s always been an undercurrent of nativism in North American history, and no manner of wishful thinking is going to make it go away. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Scheer, burning down the White House, Donald Trump, Graham Steele, Haley Ryan, Halifax-rural divide, Hate Politics, Hate Radio, John Boileau, John Lohr’s planned strategy of hate, Matt Whitman is a Trump copycat, Premier Doug Ford, Robert Ross, Rush Limbaugh, Stephen Archibald and Washington DC, the Coast

Matt Whitman’s idiocy and free speech: Morning File, Tuesday, February 27, 2018

February 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Windsor & Hantsport Railway “A Virginia businessman wants a piece of the action before the city can turn the old Windsor & Hantsport Railway into a trail,” writes Rick Grant: Robert T. Schmidt’s claim to all of the rail line is contested, and the province has gone to court to force him to maintain […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: advice for free speech advocates, Alison Auld, Brett Bundale, citizen complaints against city councillors, Clay George, free speech, Graham Steele, Haley Ryan, Hassan Ali Kheireddine, Heather Hemming, Jessica Leeder, Lebanese man dies, Liette Doucet, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation, Premier Stephen McNeil and teachers, Richard Woodbury, Rick Mehta, right whales, Whitman is a blowhard

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

New map reopens the fracking debate: Morning File, Wednesday, January 10, 2018

January 10, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Trudeau and Abdi “A 23-year-old former refugee from Somalia waited in a segregated cell in New Brunswick Tuesday night as about two dozen of his supporters called attention to his case at the prime minister’s town hall in Lower Sackville, N.S,” reports Emma Smith for the CBC. I detailed Abdi’s plight in yesterday’s Morning File. I don’t see any news […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Blue Thunder, Community Economic Investment Fund (CEDIF), Fracking, Graham Steele, Jonathan McClelland, Just a Gigolo, Onshore Atlas of shale gas potential, spitting on cops, The city's website sucks, Victor Willis, West Nova Agro Commodities Ltd.

Examineradio, episode #138: Are you an effective citizen?

November 24, 2017 By Terra Tailleur 1 Comment

  Graham Steele has a new book, The Effective Citizen: How to Make Politicians Work for You. “It’s actually an optimistic book because what it says to people is you can get things done.” Tim sits down with Steele to find out how that really works. (Pro tip: record your conversation the next time you meet […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Examineradio 138, Graham Steele, Maggie Rahr, mental health, podcast, politics, Terra Tailleur

The most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on: Morning File, Monday, November 20, 2017

November 20, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

Give us all your money! Or, you know, ten bucks a month. I’m no good at this “beg for subscriptions” thing, but I think I’m supposed to tell you that this is about the cost of a latte a week. Or about 33 cents a day — 32 cents on the long months; we’re really […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aly Thomson, Boston Christmas tree myth, Brett Bundale, CBRM secrecy, CFL franchise in Halifax, Don't trust a Tim, Graham Steele, Jeremy Fraser, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Mary Campbell, Micheline Leclerc, MLA Claudia Chender, MLA Lisa Roberts, Moshe Lander, smoke bomb in Wal-Mart, street checks, subscription drive, Tim Houston, Zane Woodford

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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).

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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.

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