News 1. Glen Assoun deserves immediate compensation From the court documents released Friday related to the Assoun case, I’ve come to understand three broad themes: Shoddy police investigation First, the police investigation into Brenda Way’s murder was shoddy, in that potential suspects were not properly investigated. These suspects include Avery Greenough, a violent man with […]
The Nova Scotia government is giving “generous provincial grants” to gold mining companies
Morning File, Thursday, June 20, 2019
News 1. Dylan Corkum tells the true story of his Herald interview To be honest, I felt a little bad yesterday when I called out Dylan Corkum for his vox pox interview with Herald writer Heather Laura Clarke Sara Ericsson*. I mean, Ericsson is fair game (as am I and every other reporter), but Corkum […]
We’re about to learn just how subservient Nova Scotia is to the forest industry
Morning File, Tuesday, December 4, 2018
1. Clearcutting “The McNeil government is promising less clearcutting on crown lands through new ‘interim’ harvesting guidelines introduced yesterday in response to a comprehensive report on forestry practices prepared by University of King’s College president Bill Lahey last August,” reports Jennifer Henderson: It’s unclear how much the controversial practice will be reduced until after permanent […]
Halifax council and the Martha Mitchell effect
Morning File, Wednesday, October 17, 2018
News 1. Pardons “The federal government will announce on Wednesday morning that it intends to proceed with a plan to grant pardons to Canadians who have past simple possession charges,” reports CTV: Sources have confirmed to CTV News that the government intends to issue pardons, and not record expungements or amnesty, for cases of possession […]
Trying to get straight answers from the provincial government is an exercise in frustration and futility
Morning File, Thursday, October 4, 2018
Joan Baxter here again, filling in for Tim who is in Toronto for Wrongful Conviction Day, and being recognized by Innocence Canada, a non-profit organization dedicated to identifying, advocating for, and exonerating individuals convicted of a crime that they did not commit. He is being awarded the the Tracey Tyler Award for his reporting on the […]
The convention centre is running a $4 million operating deficit this year… and that’s just the beginning of the costs
Morning File, Monday, September 10, 2018
News 1. Mehta Stephen Kimber writes: Last winter, Acadia University said it was investigating [Rick] Mehta “for the manner in which you are expressing views that you are alleged to be advancing or supporting and, in some instances, time that you are spending on these issues in the classroom.” We need to parse that sentence. […]
Understand how Andy Fillmore derailed a plan to demolish the Cogswell Interchange and you’ll understand how we got the Nova Centre
Morning File, Wednesday, May 9, 2018
News 1. The Halifax Examiner and Cape Breton Spectator’s exposé on the security failure Yesterday, the Halifax Examiner and Cape Breton Spectator went to court to ask Justice Gregory Lenehan to unseal a search warrant Halifax police executed on the house of a 19-year-old Halifax man suspected of illegally downloading information from the FOIPOP website. […]
Swimming in cats: Morning File, Friday, January 20, 2017
News 1. Fish “‘Some sort of environmental event’ is the likely cause of the recent swath of herring mortalities that washed up along the shore of St. Mary’s Bay, provincial government representatives heard Jan. 19,” reports Chris Muise for the Yarmouth Vanguard: Bumping back a planned meeting on the lobster fishery, the Standing Committee on Resources invited […]
The Dutch invented hockey: Morning File, Monday, November 14, 2016
November Subscription Drive El Jones is the former poet laureate of the city of Halifax, a professor, a prisoner advocate, and author of Morning File each Saturday in the Examiner. She writes: I could say that the Examiner is valuable because it provides me with a platform to write commentary from a Black, political perspective. I […]
George Tsimiklis is the worst landlord in town
Part 1: the sad state of Tsimiklis's properties
Yesterday, CBC reporter Elizabeth Chiu beat me to a story I’ve been working on for months: City orders vermin-infested, ‘unsafe’ Halifax apartments shut down Kent Mullin is homeless but in a way, he’s relieved. His apartment — unsafe, a fire hazard and infested with cockroaches, mice and bedbugs — wasn’t much better than being on […]