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This Cole Harbour council candidate shows why we need a municipal lobbyist registry

Morning File, Friday, September 25, 2020

September 25, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Uber “The provincial government is making it easier to be a taxi or Uber driver, loosening the requirements to obtain the licence needed to be a driver for hire,” reports Zane Woodford: The move comes less than 48 hours after Halifax regional council passed bylaw amendments to legalize and regulate ride-hailing. Those amendments […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) competing designs, Associate Chief Justice Patrick Duncan, Big Moon, Blair Rhodes, Convention centre, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, COVID Alert app, COVID-19, Dan Harrison, EC Petroleum, Events East, Jamie McNeil, jury trial, Justice Patrick Duncan, Liberal Party, living wage, lobbyist registry, m5 consulting, Mike Savage, Mitch McIntyre, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Petroleum Geochemistry Consulting, privacy breach WCAT, Public Health Canada, tidal power, tidal turbine retrieval, Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), Yvonne Colbert

Great white sharks are killing people and they’re coming to Nova Scotia

Morning File, Wednesday, September 19, 2018

September 19, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Deaths in custody Yesterday morning, I reported that an official at the Burnside jail had testified in court that “several” prisoners at the jail have died over the past week. I knew about the death of Joshua Evans, a man with a mental disability who took his own life, but no other deaths […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: advertorial in Chronicle Herald, Aly Thomson, Bruce Rainnie, Bruce Wark, Burnside jail death, Chris Benjamin, Chronicle Herald, Colleen Cosgrove, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Darren Porter, deaths in custody, Duggers Menswear, Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), Halifax Mayor Mike Savage, innovation, Jamie McNeil, Jean Laroche, John McCracken, Jon Tattrie, Jordan Parker, Joshua Evans, Lake Management Services, Lindsay Bennett, lobbyist registry, M5 Public Affairs, Mike Labrecque, Premier Stephen McNeil, Sarah Gillis, Sarah Mervosh, shark attacks, sharks, Sharktivity app, tidal turbine gear

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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