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The Ivany Report set a target of a $4 billion tourism industry in Nova Scotia by 2024. We’re nowhere near that. Now what?

December 3, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Despite making significant progress in attracting more visitors and generating $2.6 billion in revenue last year, the province’s tourism industry is still a long way from the goal of $4 billion by 2024 envisioned by the Ivany Report five years ago. “We’re updating our strategy which we are calling The Second Half,” Judy Saunders told...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Airbnb, Boeing 737 MAX grounding, Develop NS, Donna Hatt, ghost hotels, Halifax International Airport Authority, Halifax Stanfield International Airport, high speed internet, Ivany Report, Joyce Carter, Judy Saunders, Michele Saran, Minister Geoff MacLellan, short term rentals, South Shore Lobster Crawl, Tourism, Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS), Virginia Tudor

Education: the Byzantine, bizarre, and just plain nonsensical

“People talk about Ivany, about attracting young people to rural communities, about growing the economy…” Leif Helmer stops. “We have a great community, a great school. We don’t intend to lose that.”

February 27, 2017 By Stephen Kimber

If you’re looking for a flashing-neon-sign example of how Byzantine, bizarre, and just plain nonsensical our province’s education bureaucracy can be, you might begin by considering last Wednesday’s non-decision by the South Shore Regional School Board to not revisit its carefully nuanced 2013 plan to close two small rural elementary schools in Lunenburg county. First,...

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Filed Under: Education, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: education, Ivany Report, Karen Casey, Rural development, school closure

Ivany Schmivany: Morning File, Friday, February 17, 2017

February 17, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Teachers Yesterday, dozens of people addressed the legislature’s Law Amendments committee. Jennifer Henderson reported from the scene for the Halifax Examiner. Today, teachers and other members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union are on strike. Schools are closed, and thousands of people are expected to protest outside Province House. The city has cleared […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ivany Report, Ivany Schmivany, Mrs. Eileen Brown, snow removal, The Hub, The Space, Tristan Cleveland

The “elites” justify themselves: Morning File, Tuesday, September 27, 2016

September 27, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The “elites” justify themselves I attended the Dalhousie Senate meeting yesterday so I could hear president Richard Florizone justify the $300,000 trip by self-styled “elites” to MIT. In a response to questions by Senator Françoise Baylis, Florizone said the “REAP” trip was justified […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, Anna Metaxas, bomb threat, Canal Greenway Park, Chris Lambie, coral, Francoise Baylis, George Armoyan, interview, Ivany Report, Joe Ramia, Letitia Meynell, Manny Tobin, MHPM, MIT, North End Community Health Centre, Nova Centre, Richard Florizone, World Trade and Convention Centre

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.

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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.

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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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