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The housing crisis on the South Shore

Morning File, Wednesday, November 4, 2020

November 4, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

It’s November and that means it’s subscription drive time here at the Halifax Examiner. Your subscriptions are what support the Examiner and its writers. So, I’m writing today’s Morning File because of your support.  I started reading the Examiner in its early days when it was a one-man show with Tim writing Morning Files and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Bridgewater, COVID-19, Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), Dr. Robert Strang, Dr. Theresa Tam, Endangered Species Act, Healthy Forest Coalition, homelessness, housing crisis, housing hub, Jacqueline Foster, Lindsay Lee, Lisa Ryan, Mainland Moose, masks, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Paul Withers, racism in justice system, Randy Riley, rural housing, South Shore, Tusket river hydro dam, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

Environmentalists say logging companies are rushing clearcuts near Lake Deception before new forest regulations come into effect

November 20, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Environmental groups are pushing back against three proposed cuts in a rural area near Lake Deception north of Shelburne. The cuts are on Crown land allocated to 13 companies in the WestFor group, which includes Northern Pulp, Louisiana Pacific, Ledwidge Lumber, and Harry Freeman & Sons. These “variable retention” cuts (a forest industry euphemism for...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: clearcuts, clearcutting on Crown lands, forestry, Healthy Forest Coalition, Lahey Report on Forestry, Lake Deception, Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin, Mike Lancaster, People for Ecological Forestry in Southwest Nova Scotia, Shelly Hipson, WestFor

Department of Lands and Forestry employees are lobbying the government to delay cleanup of Boat Harbour

Morning File, Friday, January 25, 2019

January 25, 2019 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Scott Brison Writes Jennifer Henderson: “Being the President of the Treasury Board is a bit like peeing in a dark suit,” chuckles Scott Brison.“It gives you a warm feeling, but nobody notices.” Brison, the Liberal Member of Parliament for Kings-Hants, resigned his Cabinet post a couple of weeks ago and, after 22 years […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Boat Harbour, Boat Harbour Act, Bob Bancroft, Cheryl Rudderham, David Steeves, Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), Derek Gilby, East Coast Environmental Law Association, Healthy Forest Coalition, Ian Gunn, Jamie Simpson, Jim Rudderham, Northern Pulp Mill effluent, Nova Scotia Forest Notes, Nova Scotia Forest Technicians Association (NSFTA), Rick Andrews, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen

If you’re going to play in the sandbox, you should at least know what the sandbox is for

Morning File, Monday, January 7, 2019

January 7, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Why was Lamar Eason suspended? Writes Stephen Kimber: “People don’t like to talk about race, culture, bias,” Bayview Community School principal Lamar Eason explains, adding elliptically: “Doing your job can lead to questioning the people employing you. Understandably, people get defensive. But [race relations officers] are not there just to support schools; we’re […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alice Aiken, Atlantic cod, Bob McDonald, Bruce Wark, container ship fire, Corbett Lake, Frances Willick, Fred Harrington, grey seals, Hailey Desormeaux, Healthy Forest Coalition, icy trails Point Pleasant Park, Jeff Hutchings, Lamar Eason, Linda Pannozzo, MSVU crows, MSVU Motherhouse Lands development, Paul Withers, sandbox, seal cull, seal kill, SURGE, timeclocks, tree harvesting on Crown Land, Yantian Express

True love: KFC, a bottle of Vodka, Sun Chips, and a copy of the Uranus Examiner

Morning File, Friday, September 14, 2018

September 14, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. South Shore bus service “Starting this week,” writes Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler, “Maritime Bus now offers three trips  day, seven days a week, from Halifax to south shore destinations like Chester, Bridgewater, and Lunenburg.” And hopefully, the provincial and municipal governments involved will get on board with promoting the heck out of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barbara Darby and chickens, death in custody, Don Evans, Frances Willick, Healthy Forest Coalition, Joshua Evans, Lahey report, Michael McGowan, subscriber supported journalism, Uranus

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).

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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