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Dave’s not here: Morning File, Friday, December 8, 2017

December 8, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Cannabis in liquor stores The McNeil government yesterday released its cannabis policy: These decisions follow the federal government’s decision to legalize recreational cannabis by July 2018. The key policy decisions on cannabis are: — a legal age of 19 for use, purchase and possession — distribution and sales will be online and in […]

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Nova Scotia’s girl problem

February 24, 2017 By Chris Lambie

Nova Scotia has a girl problem. We don’t have enough of them. According to a new Statistics Canada report, girls under the age of 17 in this province make up just 16.4 per cent of the female population. That’s the lowest percentage of any province or territory as of July 1, 2016, when the stats...

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Filed Under: Education, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Ellie Black, Girls conference, Kardeisha Provo, Reeny Smith, Stella Bowles, Susan Brigham, Thomas Storring

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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