At a meeting where it was expected to debate defunding the police, Halifax’s police board voted to debate appointing a committee to define defunding the police — at its next meeting. The board of police commissioners had a lengthy agenda for its meeting on Thursday, but after starting more than half an hour later due […]
Not only the lonely are lonely during COVID-19
Morning File, Wednesday, June 17, 2020
News 1. Dead Wrong on Uncover Tim Bousquet’s podcast Dead Wrong, on CBC’s Uncover, is now live and you can listen to the first couple of episodes here. Everyone at the Examiner knows how hard he’s worked on this podcast for the past several months, but, of course, his work on the Dead Wrong series […]
Gunning for change: doctors in the gun control debate in Canada
When Dr. Rod Wilson first heard about the mass shooting that started in Portapique the night of April 18, and ended the next morning when police finally caught and shot the gunman in Enfield at the end of a 13-hour rampage through three counties in Nova Scotia, painful memories flooded in. “It took me back […]
“There’s some fiddle for ya”: A Portapique love story
One of the many poignant stories coming from the Portapique murders involves the Tuck family: mother Jolene Oliver, father Aaron (Friar) Tuck, and their 17-year-old daughter Emily Tuck, all senselessly and horrifically murdered in their house that Saturday night. As we try to wrap our heads around the tragedy, male violence — “a pandemic in its […]
“There’s a person down there with a gun”: first responder audio from the beginning of the murder spree
The Halifax Examiner has obtained audio of first responders responding to the call to Portapique Saturday night, soon after the mass murder spree began. This audio clip starts at about 11:08pm Saturday night. Here’s a rough transcript of that audio: So there’s a structure fire. There’s a person down there with a gun. They’re still […]
Really F***ing Cool: Morning File, Saturday, July 8, 2017
News 1. On Board the Eisenhower Despite my faithful participation in the No Harbour For War protests against the Halifax International Security Forum (thanks Peter McKay!) it turns out that I am not considered a security risk, and so I was invited to a reception to celebrate the “241st Anniversary of the Independence of the United […]