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What does the mayor do?

Morning File, Thursday, September 17, 2020

September 17, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 11 Comments

News 1. Mayoral candidates face off for the first time Halifax’s three mayoral candidates debated each other yesterday, at an event hosted by the Downtown Halifax Business Commission. Zane Woodford attended, and reports on the candidates’ replies to questions from moderator Norma Lee MacLeod. While Taylor reiterated his stance that he doesn’t care who you […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Al Poirier, Atlantic Gold, COVID-19 recovery, crossword puzzles, digital news, Dustin O’Leary, gold mining, housing for Indigenous people, Joan Baxter, John Wesley Chisholm, Ken Mallett, limits on gathering, Lita Williams, mayor, mayoral race, Minister Chrystia Freeland, Minister Paul Martin, Natasha Pace, Shaina Luck, social housing, Tass Williams, Tawaak Housing Association, Willy Palov

Canadian media are experiencing a “mass extinction event”

Morning File, Friday, May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. COVID-19 and vulnerable populations Premier Stephen McNeil and Chief Medical Officer of Health Robert Strang have announced that they’re moving to providing COVID-19 briefings just three days a week: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. And so there was no briefing yesterday, and I was otherwise engaged all day in any event, so couldn’t even update […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barbara Darby shrugs, Canadian media, caretakers, CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crash, community newspapers, COVID-19 media impact, Jenny MacDonald, Joan Baxter, Kathleen Harris, local newspapers, Murray Brewster, Steph Wechsler, Stephen Archibald and smallpox contagion

The Halifax Examiner subscription drive: what your support funds

Morning File, Friday, November Friggin' 1, 2019

November 1, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

November subscription drive It’s that time again: a month when we unceasingly plead for new subscriptions. To be fair, for most of the rest of the year we mostly leave you alone; aside from a few gentle reminders here and there, there are no popup windows or other annoying admonishes. We’re usually a soft sell. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: #HalifaxExaminerSubscribe, Blair Rhodes, Cheryl Gardner, Corey Rogers, Daniel Fraser, Elizabeth Fry Society, flu shot, Hollis Street improvements, Hurricane Dorian, Joan Baxter, Michael Tutton, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), subscription drive, Tammy Gloade, unhappy divorce roadsign

Here’s your chance to speak on the Cornwallis issue

Morning File, Monday, June 3, 2019

June 3, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Health care non-crisis “Last week’s ‘mutual’ firing of the province’s deputy health minister shows just how unwilling our premier is to acknowledge our healthcare crisis — let alone do something about it,” writes Stephen Kimber. Click here to read “Crisis? What crisis? Just a(nother) ‘new (lack of) direction’ for healthcare.” This article is […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adam Perry, Alex Cooke, Atlantic Gold, Biocon conference, Chinas Ambassador to Canada, Erin MacInnis, gold mining, Innovation Hub of Nova Scotia, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter, Lacewood bus terminal, Last Gamestore, Lu Shaye, Mary Campbell, Premier Stephen McNeil, St. Barbara Limited

Winnipeg shows us how drinking can be allowed in public spaces

Morning File, Monday, May 27, 2019

May 27, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Atlantic Gold’s spin job “It has been fascinating — but discouraging — watching as Atlantic Gold and the RCMP try to justify the violent arrest of John Perkins at an information session on mine tailings dams and management, which the Vancouver-based mining company hosted last Thursday in the firehall in Sherbrooke on Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Argyle Street, Atlantic Gold information session, Atlantic Gold public meeting, Barrington Street multi-use trail, Cassie Williams, City Hall, David Coles, Diana the goose, drinking outside, Elizabeth May, gender discrimination, Joan Baxter, John Perkins, lawyers, Mary Campbell, Pete Seeger, Prince Andrew, Raymond Plourde, The Forks Park, Winnipeg

RCMP violently remove and arrest citizen at public meeting about gold mine

A security guard working for Atlantic Gold called police to have John Perkins removed from a public information session on the proposed Cochrane Hill mine.

May 24, 2019 By Joan Baxter 20 Comments

The above video is a segment of a longer video taken by author Joan Baxter. To view the full video click here; a more complete version of events is captured by the video taken by Scott Beaver, which is included in whole below. If yesterday’s information session was meant to convince the people of Sherbrooke […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Gold public meeting, Cochrane Hill gold mine, Dustin O’Leary, Élise Franceline Jordan-Rochichaud, James Millard, Joan Baxter, John Perkins, Madeline Conacher, Maryse Belanger, Peter Lightall, Raymond Plourde, RCMP, Scott Beaver, St. Barbara Limited, Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia (SuNNS), tailings dams

The redemption of Frank Anderson

Morning File, Monday, May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Transit passes “Soon, more people will get access to low income transit passes,” writes Erica Butler. “But the cap on this important program remains a needless obstacle.” Click here to read “Transit Pass Bingo.”  This article is for subscribers. Click here to subscribe. 2. This is North Preston Stephen Kimber introduces us to This […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: abortion, Andrew Alkenbrack, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atlantic journalism Awards (AJA), bullshit, Cabot Links Golf Resort, corruption, Dan Leger, David Deveau, Economic Development, El Jones, Frank Anderson, grifters, Holly Conners, Immigration, Joan Baxter, Mary Campbell, North Preston’s Finest, Parker Donham, Pierre Simard, police investigator Dave MacDonald, Rebecca Thomas, Riverside Lobster, South West Shore Development Authority (SWSDA), Stephen Archibald and wire fences, Stephen Kimber, Timothy Gillespie

Making the right choice in addressing period poverty

Morning File, Friday, April 5, 2019

April 5, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

I’m Suzanne Rent and I’m filling in for Tim today. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Dartmouth pharmacies make right choice in addressing period poverty Today, Highfield Park Pharmachoice in Dartmouth will start giving away feminine hygiene products to their customers in need. The pharmacy made the announcement on their Facebook page […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACORN Canada, Anthony Morgan, Atlantic Journalism Awards, Brian Moore, Cassidy Bellefontaine, City Nature Challenge, City of Lakes Pharmachoice, Councillor Jaimie McEvoy, Dave Ireland, David Chiasson, El Jones, feminine hygiene products, Highfield Park Pharmachoice, iNaturalist, Joan Baxter, living wage, Mary Campbell, medicinal cannabis, Michelle Gray, MLA Karla MacFarlane, New Westminster, period poverty, Piece Hall Halifax UK, power outage, Prince’s Lodge rotunda, RCMP, roadside saliva test, Rockingham Heritage society, Sharon Ingalls, street checks report, Vancity Credit Union, Walter Regan

How many pink shirts will it take to fix this?

Morning File, Thursday, April 4, 2019

April 4, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

News 1. How many pink shirts will it take to fix this? A few days ago, the news broke that two former NDP cabinet members had complained about Zach Churchill’s behaviour while they were in office. One was Ramona Jennex, but the other wasn’t named. Now we know who it is: Denise Peterson-Rafuse (formerly my […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: art vs sport, Atlantic Journalism Awards, Burger Week, Culture GDP, Denise Peterson-Rafuse, El Jones, Elizabeth McMillan, Jenn Stuart, Joan Baxter, massage therapy, opt-out organ donation, Premier Stephen McNeil, Ramona Jennex, Sport GDP, Stadium support, Steohen Kimber, Stephen Archibald and schlocky fountains, Taryn Grant, Zach Churchill, Zane Woodford

How Vaportecture is used to obscure Canada Land’s untendered sale of land for a Shannon Park stadium

Morning File, Tuesday, April 2, 2019

April 2, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Joan Baxter and Jennifer Henderson on Northern Pulp This evening at 7pm, Joan Baxter will be interviewed by Jennifer Henderson on stage at the St. Margaret’s Centre in Tantallon. From the Facebook event page: Incisive, no nonsense, take no prisoners. Joan Baxter’s brilliant exposé “The Mill – Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest” […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthony Leblanc, Bay Ferries, biomass, Canada Lands, Catherine Tully, FOIPOP request Yarmouth ferry, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter, Joan Jones, Joanne Bernard, Justice Peter Rosinski, Kristen Hare, Lisa Manninger, Neil deMause, Nicole LaFosse Parker, PC lawsuit, percent, Rocky Jones, Schooners Sports and Entertainment (SSE), Scott Campbell, Shannon Park, Sport Nova Scotia, stadium, stadium rendering, Stephen Archibald and Encounter at Kwacha House, Tim Houston, Vaportecture, Wendie Poitras, Woman Hailing a Cab

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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.

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