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The Cory Taylor case: Nova Scotia’s racist context and cops investigating cops

Morning File, Wednesday, October 2, 2019

October 2, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Cory Taylor decision Yesterday, Justice Gerald Moir issued a decision in Cory Taylor’s appeal of the Police Complaints Commissioner’s dismissal of his complaint that Halifax police “arrested him without cause, used unnecessary force to do so, and caused him serious injury.” Taylor is Black. At the time of the August 2017 incident, Taylor was […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ahsan Habib, Alicia Draus, Chad Hudson, Cory Taylor, Emma Davie, Fred Sanford, John Wesley Chisholm, Justice Gerald Moir, Michael Gorman, Minas Tidal, Pempa'q In-stream Tidal Energy Project, People's Party of Canada, Police Complaints Commission, Spicer Marine Energy Inc., stadium traffic, Sustainable Marine Energy (SME), tidal power, Yarmouth ferry delay, Yarmouth Ferry numbers, Yvette d'Entremont

Anthony Leblanc is asking the Trudeau government to pay for his stadium

Morning File, Tuesday, March 19, 2019

March 19, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 6 Comments

News 1. Alton Gas This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. “There is no evidence to support the occupation of land near Fort Ellis by Dale Poulette, Rachael Greenland-Smith, and others,” said N.S. Supreme Court Justice Gerald Moir in an oral decision granting Alton Natural Gas Storage Inc. a temporary injunction. The injunction is aimed […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alton Natural Gas Storage protest, Anthony Leblanc, CFL team, Cst. Adam Whynott, Cst. Basso, Dale Poulette, David Patriquin, David Wallace, EcoJustice, Halifax Police, Irving Shipbuilding, James Gunvalsen-Klaassen, James Irving, Justice Gerald Moir, Justice Kevin Coady, Kristin Wilton, Laurence Gary Basso, Linda Pannozzo, lobbying, Marco Vigliotti, Pulp Culture, Rachel Greenland-Smith, Robin MacLachlan, scoreboard, Sgt. Mike Willett, Sgt. Peter Burdock, Sipekne’-katik First Nation, stadium financing, Summa Strategies, Tavia Connolly, Tim Powers

Judge orders protestors off Alton Gas site

March 18, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

Justice Gerald Moir has granted Alton Natural Gas Storage a temporary injunction to remove protestors who erected a permanent camp on the access road to the Shubenacadie River. The site is where the company intends to deposit brine from future development of underground salt caverns, so the company can store natural gas in the caverns. […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: Alton Natural Gas Storage protests, Dale Poulette, James Gunvalsen-Klaassen, Justice Gerald Moir, Rachel Greenland-Smith, Rob Turner

Alton Gas asks court for order to remove Mi’kmaw protestors from Shubenacadie River site

March 13, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

A group of 40-50 people opposed to a plan by Alton Natural Gas Storage Inc. to dump brine into the Shubenacadie River packed a courtroom in Halifax yesterday afternoon. They were there to support protesters Dale Poulette, a Mi’kmaw man who considers himself a traditional water protector, and Rachael Greenland-Smith, an environmental researcher. Both are […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: Alton Gas, Dale Poucette, Darlene Gilbert, Dorene Bernard, Grassroots Grandmothers Circle, James Gunvaldsen Klaassen, Justice Gerald Moir, Mi’kmaw protestors, Rachael Greenland-Smith, Rob Turner, Robert Grant, Shubenacadie River, Sipekne’katik First Nation (Indian Brook), treaty rights

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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