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Environment Minister Margaret Miller isn’t talking about Northern Pulp’s much-criticized environmental assessment

Morning File, Friday, March 15, 2019

March 15, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 9 Comments

News 1. Spill at Moose River gold mine “Atlantic Gold’s manager of environment and permitting, James Millard, calls it a ‘spill’ or a ‘loss of control’ caused by a ‘gasket failure,’” reports Joan Baxter: By whatever name, the event happened on the night of January 3, 2019, at the company’s open pit gold mine at […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adele Poirier, Biodiversity Act, Biodiversity Council, Boat Harbour, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Service, Chris Miller, David Pugliese, Dillon Consulting, Duncan Reid, Ecology Action Centre, Extinction Rebellion, George Farmer, Irving Shipbuilding, Joan Baxter, Justice Jamie Campbell, Kevin McCoy, Matthew Halliday, Minister Iain Rankin, Minister Margaret Miller, Northern Pulp environmental assessment, Postmedia, Ray Plourde, Stephen Archibald and the CSTF drill shed, Tim wonders about a thing, violations of privacy laws

Blind justice: Morning File, Tuesday, October 31, 2017

October 31, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Blind justice A Musquodoboit Harbour man who served an intermittent two-year sentence in the Central Nova Correctional Facility in Burnside is suing the jail and the province for “permanent loss of vision in his left eye.” Peter Galbraith says he has rheumatoid arthritis, which he manages with weekly injections of the drug Enbrel. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Blind justice, Carol Capper, Central Nova Correctional Facility, Craig Arsenault, dead shark Cape Breton, firearms charge Primrose Street, food service workers at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), Gerard Hardy, Jacob Boon, Justice Jamie Campbell, living wage, Loretta Saunders and police response, Matt Whitman and Mexicans, Michael Tutton, Miriam Saunders, Nick Ritcey, Peter Galbraith, Robert Devet, Zane Woodford

The Canada Games Centre roof is “poorly constructed” and leaking: Morning File, Wednesday, June 14, 2017

June 14, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Canada Games Centre roof Just six years old, the roof of the Canada Games Centre needs major repairs. Peter Smith of Eagle Project Management Inc. was hired to investigate leaks over the main pool area, the walking track, and the solarium in the fitness centre. What he found wasn’t pretty. “The roof drains […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bay of Fundy tidal turbines, Bruce Wark, Canada Games Centre roof, Darren Porter, Justice Jamie Campbell, Man under Penhorn Lake, Mark Taylor, Peter Smith, Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) purchasing tugboats, speaking to jurors, William Sandeson murder trial

Canadian court orders the arrest of a reporter: Morning File, Wednesday, October 26, 2016

October 26, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

You can now link to any part of a Morning File post by simply scrolling past the headline or sub-headline you’re interested in, then copying the URL from your browser and posting it on Facebook or Twitter (or anywhere else) to share. News 1. Teachers vote to strike “Teachers in Nova Scotia could be on […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: arrest warrant, Bay of Fundy, Billy Graham Association, construction fences, Dr. Brendan McCarville, Halifax Explosion, James McLeod, Jon Tattrie, Justice Jamie Campbell, Justin Brake, Muskrat Falls, Needham Bells, Needham Park, Paul Palmeter, Request for Proposal, Stephen Archibald, teachers strike, tidal turbines

Cougie the dog’s upset stomach proves just how corrupt Nova Scotia’s courts are: Morning File: Thursday, August 18, 2016

August 18, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Taxi driver A taxi driver was charged with sexual assault yesterday. We’re working on a story related to this and might have more later today. 2. Fires and Canadian government paternalism Now that it’s raining, we’re all allowed to go walk in the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cougie, Cram v. Nova Veterinary Clinic Ltd, Francis Campbell, John Cram, Justice Jamie Campbell, Morning File, Tony Lloyd

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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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