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The Donkin coal mine and the end of the world: sorry, kids! Morning File, Wednesday, March 1, 2017

March 1, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Gone Like the Wind I was excited when reporter Jennifer Henderson pitched her story about Innovacorp’s investment in a tech firm that appears to be struggling and for which promised returns have not yet, and likely never will, materialize. I’m always interested in these provincial economic development pursuits that go belly-up. But Henderson […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Danielle Fong, Donkin coal mine, Facebook fight, false claims, fog lights, Greg Fong, inclusion, Jennifer Henderson, Jim Bunn, LightSail, LightSail Canada, Richard Starr, Stephen McNeil, Trudy Fong, Wendy Jones

Gone like the wind

In a bid to salvage something positive from the collapse of the Bowater mill in Brooklyn, the province bought a $2 million equity stake in LightSail Energy. The compressed air energy storage company was started by Dartmouth whiz kid turned Silicon Valley darling Danielle Fong, who promised to build a renewable energy demonstration project at the former mill site. But the company has burned through $70 million, Fong's credibility is questioned, and the Brooklyn project may never materialize.

February 28, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson 6 Comments

“Creating a system that can store large amounts of renewable energy will have a positive impact all over the world.” That’s what then-Energy Minister Andrew Younger gushed in July 2014, as he stood outside the former Bowater Mersey paper mill in Brooklyn to announce the defunct plant would be where LightSail Energy would test its […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Andrew Younger, Bowater Mersey, Danielle Fong, Eric Wesoff, Greg Fong, Innovacorp, LightSail, LightSail Energy, OneWind Services, ReNova Scotia BioEnergy, Stan Mason, Stephen Duff, Steve Crane, Trudy Fong, Unify Energy, Vinod Khosla, Watts Wind Energy

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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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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