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It’s (past) time to defund the Halifax International Lobby Forum

The real questions for Harjit Sajjan should be these: Has the world become a better, safer place after more than a decade of Canadian-funded Halifax International Security Forum schmooze fests? And are there better ways to invest tax dollars to achieve that end? The answers: No. And yes.

April 18, 2021 By Stephen Kimber

When I first read the news that Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s minister of national defence, “wouldn’t commit to continuing to fund an annual security forum in Halifax,” my first thought was… Well, it’s about time. But then I kept reading and discovered Sajjan’s threat to the future of the annual Halifax-named but American-run, (yet significantly Canadian-funded)...

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The Ecology Action Centre says Nova Scotia can be completely off coal by 2030

Morning File, Monday, November 25, 2019

November 25, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

Hey, come to our party! Join us Sunday, December 1, 4-7pm at Bearly’s (1269 Barrington Street). Entry is free for all subscribers. If you’re not a subscriber already, you can click here to subscribe or purchase a subscription at the event. 1. Doctors’ deal Writes Stephen Kimber: When the government announces its new contract with […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Christine Oreskovich, decarbonization, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Halifax International Security Forum, industrial accident, Intertape Polymer Group, lead in drinking water, Peter Van Praagh, renewable energy, Roger Taylor, Ross Marshall, StarMetro, the Coast, Tom Leblanc, Torstar, Zane Woodford

Oil spills, protected areas, and the future of the planet

Morning File, Monday, November 19, 2018

November 19, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

November subscription drive I’m really bad at self-promotion, so I’m going to let Trevor Parsons give today’s plug for the November subscription drive: This @HfxExaminer travel mug won't help you survive in #WildNovaScotia, but it will keep your coffee warm on the way to the trail head. More importantly, subscribing to the Examiner helps to […]

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“Salacious details”: the Halifax connection. Morning File, Thursday, January 12, 2017

January 12, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. “Salacious details”: the Halifax connection Don’t think about an elephant. Now don’t think about Donald Trump and golden showers. OK, well, now that you can’t stop thinking about either, you might as well know there’s a Halifax connection to the latter story. Reports the Guardian: In mid-November, the documents took another route into Washington […]

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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.

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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.

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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