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Why open adoption records matter

Morning File, Thursday, November 21, 2019

November 21, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

Party! This item is written by Tim Bousquet. November is subscription drive month, and that means our annual subscribers party follows. Join us Sunday, December 1, 4-7pm at Bearly’s (1269 Barrington Street). Entry is free for all subscribers. If you’re not a subscriber already, you can click here to subscribe or purchase a subscription at […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, adoption records, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), Blair Rhodes, Catholic Children's Aid Society, child poverty rate, Chris Lamb, Derek Stephenson, Eddie Carvery, Fraser Institute, Graeme Benjamin, Indigenous fishermen, Joel Pink, John Risley, Kelly Regan, Leslie McNab, lobster fishery, Michael Gorman, Minister Mona Fortier, Origins Canada, referees, Sarah Ritchie, Skylar Blanchette, Transgender Day of Remembrance, tuatara, Zack Nicholas

Here’s how much we paid in legal fees to get court documents in Glen Assoun’s wrongful conviction case unsealed

Morning File, Wednesday, July 31, 2019

July 31, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Chickens and other fowl “Hesitant to settle for chickens, Halifax councillors decided to include all egg-laying fowl in the rules on backyard birds in residential areas,” reports Zane Woodford for Star Halifax: Council voted on Tuesday to tell planning staff to start drafting bylaw amendments, with only Councillor Russell Walker voting no, citing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: backyard chickens, Christine Carr, Councillor Russell Walker, Doug Martin, Examineradio, Glen Assoun documents, Jackie Llewelyn, Jennifer Stairs, John Risley, Joy Ruth Mendleson, Launch Mechanic LLC, legal fund, Mary Campbell interview, Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), pedestrian struck Oak Street, road paving contracts, Robert Devet, Scale-up Hub, sheriff's warrants, SMIT Salvage, Yantian Express, Zane Woodford

The Innovation Hub of Nova Scotia: the “biomass” company you’ve probably never heard of

June 3, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

The Innovation Hub of Nova Scotia (branded as the Nova Scotia Innovation Hub) is a non-profit corporation which includes a mix of the largest private companies in the province as well as participation by provincial and federal governments. You have probably never heard of it. Its mission is find and financially assist companies interested in...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: ACOA, Allan Eddy, Atlantic Biorefinery Conference, Bioapplied Innovation Pathways, biomass, bioresources, Bruce Anderson, Dalhousie University, David Patriquin, Divert NS, Emera, feedstocks, Forestry Innovation Hub, Innovacorp, Innovation Hub of Nova Scotia, John Risley, Kevin Vessey, Lehigh Technologies, Mara Renewables, Michelin, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry, Nova Scotia Innovation Hub, Port Hawkesbury Paper, recycling tires, Rod Badcock, Sustane Technologies, TRACC (Tire Recycling Atlantic Canada Corp)

Yet another $9 million of public money is going to support the Yarmouth ferry

Morning File, Monday, May 6, 2019

May 6, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Two protests “While officials moved quickly to respond to student protests about the cancellation of high school rugby, they were quick to erect roadblocks when students wanted to protest climate change,” notes Stephen Kimber. Click here to read “A tale of two protests.” This article is for subscribers. Click here to subscribe. 2. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Halef, All Canada Crane, Andrew Paul Johnson, Banc Investments, Bayview Community School, Brittany Wentzell, Charles Mandel, Constable Dave MacDonald, Craig Franks, Detective Kim Robinson, Ed Halverson, Gary Posner, hypnosis, hypnotism, John Risley, Joseph Gabriel, Judge Michael Sherar, Kimberly McAndrew, Lamar Eason, Noreen Renier, Northern Star, psychic, Rebecca Smart, Robie Street development, Steve Bruce, superyacht, The Skeptical Inquirer, Tom Martin, WM Fares, Yarmouth ferry, Yarmouth Ferry totals

Clearwater wins. Again. Still. Always. And forever

What began as an act of reconciliation with Canada's Indigenous peoples will likely end up as yet another "landmark" in the continuing process of corporate co-opting and colonialism.

March 17, 2019 By Stephen Kimber

Last week, Clearwater Seafoods Inc. released a triumphant joint statement, announcing a 50-year partnership agreement with 14 Nova Scotia and Newfoundland First Nations to benefit together from the $100-million-a-year surf clam fishery. The announcement was full of the usual bluff and bonhomie, including the requisite thank you, thank you, no, really, thank you from a...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Chief Terrance Paul, Clearwater Seafoods Inc, Ian Smith, John Risley, Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland First Nations, surf clam fishery

Palace coup at Shambhala

Morning File, Thursday, February 21, 2019

February 21, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. John Risley’s South African adventure Sometimes I get whiff of a story and just have to dive into it. This was one of those times: On December 26, Boxing Day, I received an email with the subject line “JOHN CARTER RISLEY given his outrageous behaviour and bringing others to book in a huge […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bar Harbor, Barho fire, Bruce Frisko, Dartmouth High lockdown, handgun at school, John Risley, Liberal cowards, Shambhala Acharyas letter, Shambhala community, subscriber supported journalism, Zane Woodford

John Risley’s South African adventure

How did a Nova Scotia billionaire end up as the cash and clout behind an international court battle claiming a South African government-owned arms company owes hundreds of millions of dollars to an international arms dealer who claims he lost money after Nelson Mandela’s new democratically elected government refused to honour the arms dealer’s deal with the apartheid regime? How indeed?

February 20, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 22 Comments

On December 26, Boxing Day, I received an email with the subject line “JOHN CARTER RISLEY given his outrageous behaviour and bringing others to book in a huge scandal.” I quickly scanned the text of the email, and saw that, like the subject line, it contained lots of all caps, run-on sentences, and nonlinear thoughts. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Investigation Tagged With: Aérospatiale, Andrew Feinstein, arms deal, Armscor, Av Andrade, Beverly Securities Inc, Beverly Securities Ltd, Billy Masetlha, CIEX, Corruption Watch UK, Daniel Loubser, David Lawson, District Judge Katherine Forrest, Establissement Europeen de Financement, Eurocopter S.A., F.W. de Klerk, Gen. Brochado Miranda, Gen. Casimiro Proenca, Gen. Rui Espadinha, Gen. Shares Carneiro, Gilbert Samberg, Hennie van Vuuren, John Risley, Jorge Pinhol, Jose Vegar, Kredietbank (KBC), Kredietbank Luxembourg (KBL), Liesl Göttert, Mandela government, Mark Pieth, Martin Steynberg, Michael Marchant, Michael Oatley, Mintz Levin, money laundering, Open Secrets, Open Society Foundation for South Africa, Oryx, Paul Holder, President Jacob Zuma, Project Adenia, Puma helicopters, South Africa, SuperPuma helicopters, William Humphreys, Working Group

Nova Scotia billionaire John Risley says a fast-talking man posing as a Saudi oil tycoon swindled him out of 10 million Euros

Morning File, Friday, November 23, 2018

November 23, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

November subscription drive Come on, surely the bit about Risley is worth a few of your dollars? Click here to subscribe. And don’t forget the party on Sunday. News 1. John Risley says he was swindled out of 10 million Euros Nova Scotia billionaire John Risley says a fast-talking man posing as a Saudi oil tycoon swindled […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: @emilydawnlove, Annick Weber, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Belsnickeling, Ben Cousins, Clearwater Fine Foods Inc. (CFFI), dispensary raid, Dodoname, Gerhard Thonhauser, GreenTree Dispensary, Hugh Corkum, Issam Alzahed, John Livingstone, John McLeod, John Risley, Laura Fraser, Lillian Keeping, Michael Blades, Michelle Awad, Peter Moreira, Stan Spavold, Suspicious Package

John Risley, owner of a private island and a $30 million yacht, lectures us about thrift

Morning File, Thursday, November 15, 2018

November 15, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

November subscription drive Have you subscribed yet? This would be an excellent time, and if you buy an annual subscription this month, we’ll mail you a Halifax Examiner T-shirt. We’ve got lots of them: Also, any subscription gets you into our subscriber party, to be held Sunday, November 25, 4–7pm at Bearly’s Tavern. The band Museum […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alastair Simpson, Anthony George Sparks, Centre for Comparative Genomic and Evolutionary Bioinformatics (CGEB), city Employee Engagement Survey, ExxonMobil, food insecurity, Heidi Petracek, Hemimastigotes, Houssen Milad, Jennifer Henderson, John Demont, John Risley, Merle MacIsaac, Noble Regina Allen, Nova Scotia Choral Federation, offshore incident, old library, Sadie Toulany, Sobey School of Business, Square Roots, Steve Bruce, subscriber party 2018, subscription party 2018, T-shirt, taxi drivers sexual assault, Tim Callahan-Cross, Yana Eglit

John Risley is a petty and mean-spirited man

Morning File, Friday, September 28, 2018

September 28, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

Instead of actually working yesterday, I spent much time, probably too much time, watching the horror show down in the U.S. I don’t have anything intelligent to say about that, and can add nothing that people more qualified than me can say much better. And I got up this morning and scanned the local news […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Erik Slone, G & S Renovations, John Risley, Ralph Spares

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The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

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