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Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 15 — Lower Sackville

October 1, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Paul Russell didn’t have much time to get used to being a councillor. After winning a special election in District 15 last October, Russell is up for the ultimate annual performance review as voters head back to the polls. Russell is facing four candidates this time around, down from a field of nine others in […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Anthony Mrkonjic, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, David Schofield, District 15, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Jay Aaron Roy, living wage, Mary Lou LeRoy, Paul Russell

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 14 — Middle/Upper Sackville-Beaver Bank-Lucasville

October 1, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Lisa Blackburn was almost acclaimed for a second term. But on the final day for nominations, the deputy mayor got a challenger with Greg Frampton adding his name to the ballot. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: What should Halifax be doing to create more affordable […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 14, Greg Frampton, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Lisa Blackburn, living wage

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 13 — Hammonds Plains-St. Margarets

September 30, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

With Matt Whitman hoping to step up to the mayor’s chair, District 13 is an open race. There are nine candidates hoping to take the controversial councillor’s place in the district, which includes Hammonds Plains, Tantallon, Hubbards and Peggys Cove. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, Darrell Jessome, Derek Bellemore, District 13, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Harry Ward, Iain Taylor, living wage, Nick Horne, Pamela Lovelace, Robert Holden, Tim Elms, Tom Arnold

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 12 — Timberlea-Beechville-Clayton Park-Wedgewood

September 30, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

After winning District 12 in 2016, Richard Zurawski is facing off against two of the runners up from last time and a newcomer in next month’s election. Candidates John Bignell and Iona Stoddard both ran in the district in 2016, and Eric Jury is adding his name to the ballot for the first time. The […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 12, Eric Jury, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Iona Stoddard, John Bignell, living wage, Richard Zurawski

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 11 — Spryfield-Sambro Loop-Prospect Road

September 29, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

Halifax’s longest-serving councillor gave plenty of notice that he wouldn’t be running for a ninth term. Coun. Stephen Adams, first elected in 1991, made the announcement a full year before this fall’s election, and 12 candidates have stepped up to take his place in District 11. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Ambroise Matwawana, Bruce Cooke, Bruce Holland, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, Dawn Edith Penney, District 11, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Hannah Munday, Jim Hoskins, Kristen Hollery, Lisa Mullin, living wage, Matthew Conrad, Patty Cuttell, Pete Rose, Stephen Chafe

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 10 — Halifax-Bedford Basin West

September 29, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

With Coun. Russell Walker stepping aside after 27 years, the race for District 10 has attracted eight candidates. Walker only scraped by in 2016, winning the district — including Fairview, Rockingham and part of Clayton Park — with 35 votes. The runner-up, Andrew Curran, is on the ballot again, and so is the third-place finisher, […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Andrew Curran, candidate questionnaire, Christopher Hurry, climate crisis, Debbie MacKinnon, District 10, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Kathryn Morse, Kyle Morton, living wage, Mohammad Ehsan, Renee Field, Sherry Hassanali

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 9 — Halifax West-Armdale

September 28, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

Confirmed in a recount, Shawn Cleary beat the former councillor for District 9, Linda Mosher, by little more than 100 votes in 2016. Cleary is hoping to win again, and the district, which includes the west end and crosses the rotary into Armdale, has four other candidates vying for the seat in this election. The […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Bill Carr, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 9, Gerry Lonergan, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, living wage, Shaun Clark, Shawn Cleary, Stephen Foster

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 8 — Halifax Peninsula North

September 28, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Lindell Smith won his seat in District 8 in a crowded field of seven candidates in 2016. Four years later, he’s looking for a second term from the voters of the north end of Halifax, and facing two challengers: Virginia Hinch and Dylan Kennedy. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 8, Dylan Kennedy, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Lindell Smith, living wage, Virginia Hinch

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 7 — Halifax South Downtown

September 25, 2020 By Zane Woodford 2 Comments

Incumbents aren’t safe in District 7. In 2012, Waye Mason beat four-term councillor Sue Uteck by 114 votes. Uteck challenged in 2016, and Mason won by more than 1,300 votes. This time around, Mason faces three challengers for the district, which includes downtown Halifax and the south end. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, Craig Roy, District 7, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Jen Powley, living wage, Richard Arundel-Evans, Waye Mason

Bike falls off bus, bus runs over bike, Halifax ordered to pay for bike

September 25, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Halifax Transit is to blame for the destruction of a man’s bicycle last spring, a small claims court adjudicator ruled in a decision released Friday. Adjudicator Augustus Richardson introduced the decision: When a bicycle falls off a bus operated by the Halifax Regional Municipality (“HRM”) and is damaged beyond repair when the bus rolls over […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Adjudicator Augustus Richardson, bike, bus, Curtis Heddon, Elise Martino, Halifax Transit, Jason Kehoe

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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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