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Northern Pulp’s environmental assessment “is simply not credible” says EAC

Morning File, Wednesday, March 13, 2019

March 13, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

News 1. Pulp Culture   We’ve published Linda Pannozzo’s detailed review of how through the decades the province has oriented forest policies — and purposefully subverted science — to favour the pulp industry over the lumber industry. As a result, overcutting has resulted in smaller trees that provide less lumber, and now the sawmills are […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Macdonald, Andrew Scheer, Bay Ferries, Boeing 737 MAX 8, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-NS), Chris Miller, Daphnee Azoulay, David Woodbury, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Extinction Rebellion PEI, FOIPOP, Icarus Report March 13 2019, Justice Michael Wood, laura Meader, nail gun, Nancy Anningson, Nhlanhla Dlamini, Nicole LaFosse Parker, Northern Pulp environmental assessment, Peter Kelly, Progressive Conservative Caucus, Raymond Plourde, Rebecca Lau, Scott Campbell, Simon Ryder-Burbridge, Yarmouth ferry

Chris Mosher says the Halifax Examiner writing about his rehab is stressful

December 31, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

In an affidavit filed with the court earlier this month, former Halifax cop Chris Mosher says that he has suffered “negative treatment at my new job” due in part to a Halifax Examiner article about his current employment with the Halifax Regional Municipality. On October 6, the Examiner published an article detailing Mosher’s firing by […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 108, Chris Mosher, Colleen Kelly, Crosbie House Society, David Coles, Justice Michael Wood, Michael Murphy, Molly MacLean, Nova Scotia Police Review Board

Announcing the Examiner subscriber party, with special guest Linden MacIntyre

Morning File, Friday, November 9, 2018

November 9, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Announcing the Examiner subscriber party, with special guest speaker Linden MacIntyre We’re in the midst of the Halifax Examiner’s subscription drive. We do this every November, and towards the end of the month we have a party to thank our subscribers. This year’s party will be on Sunday, November 25, from 4–7pm, at […]

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Court Watch: mental illness and “not criminally responsible”

February 15, 2017 By Christina Macdonald

  Decisions Codey Hennigar sentencing decision reminiscent of other NCR verdicts You can read the decision in Codey Hennigar’s case online here.  Hennigar was found not criminally responsible due to mental disorder (“NCR-MD”) for the deaths of his mother and grandparents. Several outlets carried the story; here’s the CBC’s article.  This week also saw Vince Li...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Ashley Kearse, Codey Hennigar, Court of Appeal, Jim Boyle, Justice Michael Wood, Lauren Soubolsky, Markel Jason Downey, mental illness, NCR, not criminally responsible, self-reps, Shannon Graham, student teachers, Universities injunction

Gorilla Warfare: Morning File, Saturday, August 27, 2016

August 27, 2016 By El Jones 3 Comments

1. Tylor McInnes and Doing Justice After the death of Tyler Richards, Tim wrote about some of the difficulties in reporting on death. I have been sitting beside people this week as their phones blew up with texts from reporters asking them if they wanted to comment on the death of Tylor McInnis, if they knew […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACLC, African Canadian Legal Clinic, Blair Rhodes, Duane Rhyno, Gail Dines, George Elliott Clarke, Gorilla Pimps, InvestNB, Jasper Wyman, Jean Maurice Landry, Jennifer James, John Bragg, Justice Michael Wood, Kyah Sparks, Lisa Prevost, Morning File, North Preston’s Finest, Northeast Wild Blueberry Growers Association, Oxford Frozen Foods, Phonse Jessome, systemic racism, Tyler Richards, Tylor McInnis

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

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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