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Halifax councillors should tell city staff to stop dithering and adopt a living wage policy already

Morning File, Monday, January 28, 2019

January 28, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Blackface Last Monday, some Dalhousie students protested at the welcoming reception for incoming interim president Peter MacKinnon. As I noted Tuesday, the students were particularly riled over MacKinnon’s book, University Commons Divided: Exploring Debate & Dissent on Campus, which included a section that downplays and excuses the wearing of blackface while mischaracterizing and sidelining those who object […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: arsenic, Bernie Smith, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Frances Willick, Halifax Port Authority, Halterm, Linda Campbell, living wage, Public Safety Strategy, Robyn Simon, Sebastien Labelle, The Bus Stop Theatre, United Way

CN wants to buy HalTerm, and what that means for other prospective megaports in Nova Scotia

Morning File, Friday, December 7, 2018

December 7, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. ServiCom ServiCom has closed its call centre in Sydney, and laid off all 600 workers. “ServiCom site director Todd Riley blasted the company’s executive team for misleading him and all employees at the centre,” reports Chris Shannon for the Cape Breton Post: “Any time would be hard, but Christmastime? To me, it’s a very […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alicia Draus, Canadian National Railway Co. (CN), Chris Shannon, Deputy Mayor Tony Mancini, Evelyn White, Halterm, Jean Jacques Ruest, Justin Boutilier, Maurice Ruddick, megaport, plastic bag ban, Rick Grant, ServiCom, Stephen Archibald and Acadian Bus Lines terminal, Susan Bradley, Tiffany Chase, Todd Riley, Tufts Cove oil spill, Zane Woodford

Major League Ambition

If the Port of Halifax is going to compete in a post-Panamex world, it will need a new, larger container terminal. But a Port Master Plan is delayed, and myriad difficulties are posed by potential new sites for a terminal. That leaves a massive expansion of the existing HalTerm in the South End.

September 23, 2017 By Rick Grant

Halifax has been a player and leader in the container terminal business for nearly half a century, having opened one of the first container terminals on North America’s east coast back in 1969 — Halterm in the city’s South End. Thirteen years later, in 1982, a second was opened in Fairview Cove in the North...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Calvin Whidden, Ceres terminal, Evan Koronewski, Halifax Port Authority, Halterm, Harold Kenny, Hector Jaques, Jean Jacques Ruest, Karen Oldfield, Merle MacIsaac, Port of Halifax, Rick Grant, Wolfgang Schoch

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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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