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Halifax financial advisor John LeBlanc wants Google to turn over the names of people who complained about him: Morning File, Friday, July 14, 2017

July 14, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Chronicle Herald strike “The Nova Scotia government has called for an inquiry into the 18-month-old labour dispute between the Chronicle Herald, Canada’s largest independently owned daily newspaper, and the union that represents the paper’s editorial staff,” reports the Canadian Press: Ingrid Bulmer, president of the Halifax Typographical Union, said the government’s move was in response to the union’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: CFW Group demands commenters' names, Chronicle Herald strike, Daewoo, Elmwood Hotel, Ingrid Bulmer, John LeBlanc, Michael Gorman, Ryan Cameron, South Barrington Historic District, Stephen Archibald weeping willow gravestones, The Icarus Report July 14 2017

How can we make a buck off underpaid artists? Morning File, Thursday, February 23, 2017

February 23, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. HTU renews request for provincial review The Halifax Typographical Union, which represents striking Chronicle Herald newsroom employees, has renewed its request to the province for an Industrial Inquiry Commission review of the strike, which is now on its 13th month. A union press release from yesterday: It’s time for the provincial government to step in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill 75, Brendan Maguire meltdown, Chronicle Herald strike, Culture Action Plan, Frank Campbell, Gordon Poole, Graham Steele, Halifax Typographical Union, Ingrid Bulmer, Kelly Regan, Robert Devet, snow removal on sidewalks, Stephen McNeil, the arts, Zane Woodford

Arise Ye Nova Scotia Slaves: Morning File, Friday, February 10, 2017

February 10, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Teachers reject contract The Nova Scotia Teachers Union sent out the following release last night: Teachers reject tentative agreement Nova Scotia’s 9,300 public school teachers have voted to reject a third tentative agreement reached between the Nova Scotia Teachers Union and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development since the opening of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Carrie Best, Cassie Williams, Chronicle Herald talks break down, Evelyn White, Ingrid Bulmer, James Calbert Best, Karen Casey, Liette Doucet, Teachers reject contract, The Clarion, Viola Desmond

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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