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Reading, from books to Coffee News

Morning File, Tuesday, October 20, 2020

October 20, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 7 Comments

News 1.  Goldboro LNG plant: no guaranteed loans, no definite source of gas Yesterday, the Examiner published the first installment of Joan Baxter’s new two-part series on the proposed LNG plant near Port Hawkesbury. In the intro to the piece, called “The Goldboro Gamble,” Baxter writes: Not much about the project’s prospective financing and gas […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Afro-Indigenous Book Club, Amelia McLeod, Ask Us Anything, Bruce Frisko, Coffee News, Damini Awoyiga, Digitally Lit, Goldboro LNG plant, Jean Daum, Jean Laroche, Jesse Thomas, Katie Shaw, Laura Byrne, legislature, lobster fishery, mass murder inquiry, Oliver Hallet, Richard Amero, Rob Csernyik, Robin Grant, Sarah Sawler, Tobeatic Wilderness Area

Breaking down street barriers for people who are blind and partially sighted

Morning File, Monday, September 14, 2020

September 14, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1. QAnon knows no borders Joan Baxter reports on QAnon, a global movement that promotes conspiracy theories, which has followers here in Nova Scotia. QAnon only started a few years ago with one post on the 4chan internet channel. Baxter took a look around to check out some of the post QAnon and its […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: automated pedestrian signals (APS), Brandi Shaw, COVID-19, Education Minister Zach Churchill, gender reveal parties, Graham Driscoll, Jean Laroche, Jenna Karvunidis, Laurie Graham, Michael Gorman, Milena Khazanavicius, Minister Chuck Porter, Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), partially sighted, pedestrian push buttons, pedestrian safety, people who are blind, QAnon, Rene Ross, Suzanne Humphries, Unmask Our Children, Walk and Roll, Yarmouth

Pandemic drinking is no joke

Morning File, Tuesday, July 14, 2020

July 14, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 4 Comments

News 1. Where’s the plan? Parents call on province to release back-to-school details A group of Nova Scotia parents have sent an open letter to Premier Stephen McNeil, calling on the province to make “children and their right to education” a priority in the province’s pandemic response plan, Yvette d’Entremont reports. While the other Atlantic […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: alcohol abuse, alcohol consumption, Alex Cooke, Ally Garber, Andy Hakin, Brooklyn Currie, business subsidy, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), Chief Julia Cecchetto, coronavirus, corporate capitalism, COVID-19, COVID-19 waiver, Dan Kelly, decriminalizing drugs, drinking, Haley Ryan, IRIS, Jean Laroche, Jeremy Keefe, Jordi Morgan, Juliana Khoury, Nova Scotia Chiefs of Police Association, P3 hospital, pandemic, RCMP shooting Eastern Passage, Richard Kenneth Wheeler, school reopening, sobriety, St. Francis University (St FX), Thérèse Forsythe, wine mommy

What will it take to restart film and TV production?

Morning File, Thursday, June 18, 2020

June 18, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

News 1. New class-action lawsuit proposed against RCMP and attorneys general of Canada, NS Families of those killed on April 18 and 19 in Nova Scotia are suing the RCMP, along with the attorneys general of Canada and Nova Scotia, for failings related to the mass murders. The suit is being brought by Patterson Law […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Angry Inuk, Ben Knockwood, blood collection, bloodwork, Chief William Paul, coronavirus, COVID-19, film industry, Freedom of Information request, Halifax Public Libraries, HRP police contract collective agreement, Indigenous History Month, Jean Laroche, John Knockwood, Martin Sack, Maureen Parker, National Indigenous Peoples Day, Nova Scotia Archives, pandemic, Paul Palango, RCMP, RCMP class action lawsuit, Shannon Gormley, Sheila Nevin, social distancing, Stephen Maher, Taylor Samson, William Sandeson

Let’s talk about those damn bus doors again

Morning File, Tuesday, January 21, 2020

January 21, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. Santina Rao “The officers involved are still on the job and Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella had little to say publicly on Monday about the violent arrest of a young Black mother at Walmart last week, citing an ongoing court case and a potential investigation,” reports Zane Woodford: Kinsella addressed reporters after […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexandra Skultety, Andrea Jerrett, Ben Bogstie, bus doors, Caitlin Porter, Halifax Transit, J-school, Jean Laroche, Jim Smith, journalism students, King's College, Kristina Pappas, Michael Gorman, Norman doors, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Owls Head Park, Phil Moscovitch, Sarah Khan, syphilis, The Signal

“Bad actors”: a Halifax landlord says a cryptocurrency firm is skipping out on its rent and might hide its assets where no court can find them

Morning File, Monday, December 16, 2019

December 16, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

1. McNeil government Writes Stephen Kimber: I had been hoping to say something positive about Stephen McNeil’s government — it is, after all, the season of speaking positively — but as soon as I began to put electronic keyboard to computer-screen praise, his government inevitably did one more something that was so bone-headed, so egregious, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Agriculture Minister Keith Colwell, Blockchain Dynamics, blueberries, Brad McGowan, child pornography, Christopher McGarrigle, cryptocurrency, Don Tremaine, Gerald Cotten, GNF, Hal-Con, Hyperblock, Internet Child Exploitation Unit, Jean Laroche, Jennifer Murray, Michael Quigley, National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (NCECC), Navid Saberi, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Phillip Travers Milo, Prince Andrew, QuadrigaCX, Richard Starr, sulphur dioxide, Wild Blueberry Producers Association of Nova Scotia

Zombie ideas that won’t die

Morning File, Thursday, December 12, 2019

December 12, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

I’ve said this before, but when I first started writing for the Examiner, a friend asked how much Tim paid. After I’d replied, the person I was speaking with said, “Oh, so it takes [x] monthly subscriptions just to pay for you to do one Morning File.” I’d never thought of it in such bald […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron MacCallum, Amanda Dodsworth, ambulance services, Andre Denny, Andrew Rankin, Anthony Romeo, Aon, Auditor General Michael Pickup, Blair Rhodes, Bobby Seal, CFL stadium, civil asset forfeiture, Constable Emmanuel Aucoin, Councillor Mitchell Tweel, Dave Stewart, Emma Smith, Gareth E. Rees, Government secrecy, income assistance, Jackie Torrens, Jean Laroche, Kate Letterick, Kendall Worth, mental illness, Michael Gorman, Minister Randy Delorey, MLA Susan Leblanc, not criminally responsible, Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program, PC MLA Pat Dunn, Peter Lederman, Phil Tibbo, Premier Doug Ford, QE2 redevelopment, Raymond Taavel, red tape reduction, Robert Devet, Sandy Simpson, Sarah Stillman, Simon Lewsen, Stephen Archibald and parking garages, TrentonWorks

Racists are yelling at teens playing hockey

Morning File, Tuesday, December 10, 2019

December 10, 2019 By Erica Butler 3 Comments

News 1. Climate Emergency We’ve taken Part 4 of Linda Pannozzo’s “Climate Emergency” series out from behind the paywall. “It’s not often that I root for the anti-hero in a book,” writes Pannozzo, but it seems that as I neared the end of Jeremy Lent’s latest book, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allen Lau, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Cape Breton West Islanders, Councillor Lorelei Nicholl, Digital Media Tax Credit, Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP), Jean Laroche, Logan Prosper, Mark Gollom, Northside Vikings Midget A, Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), pharmacists fees, power outage, Racism, racism in sports, Shakil Choudhury, Wattpad, Zane Schwartz

More jerks who pay less than a living wage

Morning File, Wednesday, October 30, 2019

October 30, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 8 Comments

News 1. The Climate Emergency We’ve taken the first two parts of Linda Pannozzo’s four-part “The Climate Emergency” series out from behind the paywall. Here’s “Part 1: Why it’s time to ditch the language of economic growth.” And here’s Part 2: Why growth, even if it is green, is not enough.” 2. New traffic act delayed […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allanique Hunter, Alton Natural Gas Storage Project, bad landlord, Cornwallis Task Force, Darlene Gilbert (Thunderbird Swooping Down Woman), Dignity Period, Erin Casey, Friendly Divas, Halloween costumes, Jean Laroche, Jen Gunter, Julie-Simone Rutgers, Katy Parsons, Kelsey Jones, living wage, Madonna Bernard (Kukuwes Wowkis), Michael MacDonald, Monica MacDonald, Motor Vehicle Act, Nova Scotia Period Poverty Summit, Paula Isaac (Kiju Muin), Robert Devet, shit wages, Suzanne Lively, Traffic Safety Act, Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines, Walmart

Nova Scotia needs to adapt to the new reality of stronger and more frequent hurricanes

Morning File, Thursday, September 12, 2019

September 12, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Power outages “Three-and-a-half days after Dorian knocked out power for more than 400,000 homes and businesses in the province, Nova Scotia Power issued a news release Tuesday evening, Sept.10, saying it had restored electricity for 75% of these customers,” reports Jennifer Henderson: “We have the most crews working in Nova Scotia history,” boasted the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bar Harbor ferry terminal, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Cabot Links airport, climate change, crane incident, Hurricane Dorian, In the Dark podcast, Irene d'Entremont, Jean Laroche, Kelly Toughill, Michael Tutton, micropayments, Nova Scotia Power, P3, power outage, Taryn Grant, Tourism Nova Scotia, Yarmouth Ferry terminal upgrades

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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.

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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