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Utility and review board says it can’t waive Halifax Water fees for affordable housing

October 30, 2020 By Zane Woodford 4 Comments

Nova Scotia’s Utility and Review Board says it has no authority to waive Halifax Water’s fees for non-profits building affordable housing, and those fees are likely going up. In a decision released Thursday, the UARB approved Halifax Water’s request to increase its regional development charge, or RDC. The RDC is meant to pay for direct […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Affirmative Ventures, affordable housing, Dalhousie Legal Aid, Halifax Water fees, Housing Trust of Nova Scotia, James Campbell, Ken Greer, non-profit housing, Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB), Ross Cantwell

Halifax Water makes the case for its accelerated lead pipe removal plan

June 1, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Halifax Water wants to pay to replace every lead pipe in the city over the next 18 years with a plan that’s unrivalled across the country, but the utility heard concerns on Monday that the timeline may still be too slow for some homeowners. The utility made the case for the plan to its regulator,...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bruce Outhouse, Cathie O'Toole, Concordia University Institute for Investigative Journalism, Halifax Water, James Campbell, lead in drinking water, lead pipes, Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB), StarMetro Halifax, water rates

Court papers reveal a previously unpublicized industrial accident at the Moose River Gold Mine

Morning File, Friday, August 23, 2019

August 23, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Dartmouth lakes “On a hot steamy night more than 150 Dartmouth residents turned up at a ‘Save Our Lakes’ meeting hosted by Claudia Chender and Susan Leblanc, the representatives for Dartmouth South and Dartmouth North in the legislature,” reports Jennifer Henderson: Top among the concerns expressed at the Micmac Aquatic Club last night […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic Gold, Bay Ferries, Chelsea Murray, David Patriquin, David Wilkins, gold mine effluent, Haley Ryan, Halifax Water, Holly McKenzie-Sutter, James Campbell, Jason Casey, Jim Bremner, Linden MacIntyre, Moose River gold mine, Peter McLaughlin, right whales, Scott Steel Erectors Inc, Spence Managed Forest, stabbing Pinecrest Drive, water restrictions Lake Major, Yarmouth ferry delay

Government communications people seem to be in the business of not communicating

Morning File, Thursday, May 3, 2018

May 3, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Access denied: Health Authority refuses to share the results of its transportation survey Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler quite understandably wanted to see the data produced by the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s (NHSA) transportation survey of its staff — how people got to work, basically (drove, bussed, cycled, walked). Butler didn’t ask for and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andy Filmore's advertising budget, Anjuli Patil, Bilcon, Cape Breton Spectator, Digby Neck Quarry, Ecology Action Centre, Erica Butler, Halifax Water sewage spill, James Campbell, Jim Bronskill, Justice Anne Mactavish, Katie Campbell, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), sewage system, Sheldon MacLeod, Susanna Fuller, transportation survey NSHA staff

Raw sewage was dumped into the harbour Saturday morning, and Halifax Water tried to cover it up

An apparent act of sabotage on the MacKay Bridge resulted in a loss of communications between sewage pumping stations and the Dartmouth sewage plant; that in turn led to raw sewage being dumped into Halifax Harbour. When we asked a Halifax Water spokesperson about it, he denied there was a discharge of raw sewage and gave us a counter-narrative that was patently not true. Today, the Department of Environment confirms that in fact raw sewage was discharged into the harbour.

May 1, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

At around 3:30am on Saturday, a man was seen walking on the catwalk under the MacKay Bridge, confirms Sergeant Stephanie Carlisle of the Halifax Regional Police Department. Security around the bridge has increased in recent years, especially since Holly Bartlett was found mortally wounded under the bridge on the Halifax side of the harbour. Barbed wire […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: Alison MacDonald, Chrissy Matheson, Halifax Water, James Campbell, MacKay Bridge sabotage, raw sewage dumped into Halifax Harbour, Sergeant Stephanie Carlisle

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.

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