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Nova Scotia premier says he won’t fight decision on discrimination against people with mental disabilities

Tim Houston: "The overriding goal is we want to make sure that the supports are in place and that's the directive the courts have given. It's the right thing to do, it's a human thing to do, and it's what we'll do."

October 7, 2021 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Premier Tim Houston said his government won’t fight a Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision that found the province systemically discriminated against people with disabilities. Three people with mental disabilities — Beth MacLean, Joey Delaney, and Sheila Livingstone — filed a human rights complaint in 2014 against the provincial government regarding their institutionalization in the […]

Filed Under: Black Nova Scotia, Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: Assistant Chief of Emergency Management Erica Fleck, Beth MacLean, Black Family Meeting, Black Nova Scotians, Chief Justice Michael Wood, Community Services Minister Karla MacFarlane, Dartmouth, Department of African Nova Scotian Affairs, Dr. Késa Munroe-Anderson, Gray Arena, housing, Housing Minister John Lohr, human rights, Joey Delaney, Justice Cindy Bourgeois, Justice David Farrar, Justin Huston, Késa Munroe-Anderson, Mayor Mike Savage, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Nova Scotia Joint Community-Government Advisory Committee on Transforming the Services to Persons with Disabilities (SPD) Program, Pat Dunn, Premier Tim Houston, Sheila Livingstone

The only thing that can save journalism: “Subscribe Somewhere”

Morning File, Monday, February 11, 2019

February 11, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Canadian Press layoffs On Friday, the Canadian Press notified its staff that at the end of March it will be laying off six reporters nationwide, four of whom are in its Atlantic bureau in Halifax. The four Halifax reporters are Brett Bundale, Aly Thomson, Keith Doucette, and Alex Cooke. All are excellent reporters. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 99% Invisible podcast, Alex Cooke, Aly Thomson, Amanda Jess, Axem Neurotechnology, Blake Jackson trial, Brett Bundale, Canadian Press (CP), Canadian Press layoffs, Catherine Klimek, Christopher Friesen, Entrepreneurship, Evidence-based policing & research partnerships, former Premier John Hamm, free speech warriors, Gray Arena, Halifax Regional Police Strategic Plan, Keith Doucette, Mark Lever, Menlo Park police, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives, PC press release, SaltWire, Sarah Dennis, Selena Ross, Ship Victory, Soccer Nova Scotia, taxi driver sexual assault, Tesfom Kidane Mengis, The Blazer Experiment, Tim hates flying, Tony Ingram, Victor Cizanckas, Yarmouth ferry

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

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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