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A community rallies to save Owls Head

Morning File, Tuesday, February 4, 2020

February 4, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 10 Comments

News 1. Zane Woodford Tim Bousquet wrote this item. After a month covering City Hall for the Halifax Examiner, Zane Woodford is leaving to write for SaltWire. He’ll be working on their new weekly newspaper, SALT. [Insert your joke here.] While we’ve seen good subscription growth from Zane’s writing, the Examiner is unable to hire […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Barbara Markovits, Bob Bancroft, Caitlin Porter, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Chris Miller, Chris Trider, councillor Waye Mason, Eastern Shore Cooperator, Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association, Jacque Dubé, Jamie Simpson, Jeremy Lundholm, Matt Dagley, Michael Gorman, Middlemore Home, Owls Head Park, Pamela Wile, Paul LaFleche, QEII redevelopment, robbery Cranberry Crescent, SALT, Sheila Martin, Sydnee Lynn, Zane Woodford

Bad behaviour everywhere

Morning File, Thursday, August 2, 2018

August 2, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

1. An apology The Halifax Examiner acknowledges that the Armour Group Limited neither hired, nor fired, the janitors previously employed to clean Founder’s Square. Further, The Halifax Examiner retracts, and apologizes for the allegation that Armour Group engaged in racial discrimination in determining to no longer engage with GDI Integrated Facility Services. The original article […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Winn, Andrew Rankin, architectural drawings, Armour Group Limited, Bedford Highway Functional Plan, Bill Turpin, Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Park, Cassie Williams, Catherine Tully, Chronic Relief, Convention centre, councillor Waye Mason, development proposal Robie and Pepperell, dispensary fire, Drug Information System (DIS), Events East, Founders Square, Fred MacGillivray, Harold MacKay, Icarus Report August 2, Jacque Dubé, Joe Ramia, Leitches Creek, Nova Centre appeal, Parker Donham, Robyn Keddy, Shambhala community, Sobeys pharmacist privacy breach, Stephanie Domet, Sunshine Report, Ticket Atlantic, Trade Centre Limited

Three years, feels like 30: Morning File, Wednesday, June 21, 2017

June 21, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Suicide “Halifax police have brought up the idea of reporting suicide statistics as a way to chip away at stigma, and open up a conversation on mental health supports,” reports Haley Ryan for Metro. I support this. As Ryan notes, police calls related to mental health issues were up 26 per cent in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Haley Ryan, Halifax Examiner is three years old, Jacque Dubé, living wage policy, reporting suicide statistics, Waye Mason

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.

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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