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Halifax’s Come From Away moment

Morning File, Tuesday, January 14, 2020

January 14, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

News 1. Owls Head Provincial Park has been deleted from the province’s map of parks and protected areas Tim writes on the disappearance of Owls Head Provincial Park from the map of main protected areas on the province’s website. CBC’s Michael Gorman reported that the province removed Owls Head from a pending protected status list. […]

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Another loss for local journalism

Morning File, Tuesday, January 7, 2020

January 7, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

News 1. Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes Tim Bousquet wrote this item. “Environmentalists who celebrated extra cash in last year’s municipal budget for park land protection are worried a reduced budget for next year means the city is again forgetting about Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes,” reports Zane Woodford: Halifax regional council is working on the capital […]

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Zombie ideas that won’t die

Morning File, Thursday, December 12, 2019

December 12, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

I’ve said this before, but when I first started writing for the Examiner, a friend asked how much Tim paid. After I’d replied, the person I was speaking with said, “Oh, so it takes [x] monthly subscriptions just to pay for you to do one Morning File.” I’d never thought of it in such bald […]

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Ain’t nothin’ goin’ on but the rent in Halifax

Morning File, Wednesday, May 1, 2019

May 1, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 14 Comments

News 1. HRP’s new police chief Dan Kinsella, a veteran of the Hamilton, Ontario police force, is the new chief for the Halifax Regional Police, reports Francis Campbell at the Chronicle Herald.  Kinsella has 32 years of experience with the Hamilton Police Service and is now its deputy chief of operations. In a statement, Kinsella […]

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The first transit passes for people on social assistance arrive this week: a great start that still needs some tweaks

July 26, 2018 By Erica Butler

Starting this week, Community Services will be mailing out about 3,300 new annual transit passes to Halifax residents who are on income assistance, along with their spouses and dependents. The passes will be good for all buses, including MetroLink and MetroX routes. Another approximately 7,700 people are currently eligible to receive the passes, and over...

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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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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