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Opposition critics react to AG’s P3 report

July 14, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson

“The auditor general has said today that governments pay a premium when they bring in private companies to build and maintain public infrastructure,” said Susan Leblanc, the NDP’s Transportation and Infrastructure critic. “Without the Public Accounts Committee or the Legislature meeting, the public doesn’t have access to the information necessary about whether this is a...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Auditor General Michael Pickup, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Christine Saulnier, Community Outpatient Centre, coronavirus, COVID-19, Deborah Bayer, Halifax Infirmary, hospital parkade, Kasian Architecture, MLA Susan Leblanc, MLA Tim Halman, Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR), P3 hospital, pandemic, PPP Canada, SaskBuilds

The Kasian report cost $3.4 million — 78 per cent higher than budgeted

Morning File, Friday, October 19, 2018

October 19, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 5 Comments

News 1. Kasian report This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. The bill from a consultant hired by the province to develop the master plan to replace the crumbling Victoria General Hospital has come in at $3.4 million — a whopping 78 per cent higher than budgeted. Toronto-based Kasian Architecture was awarded a $1.9 million […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Constance Backhouse, Equity Watch, halifax port operations overview, house cleaning Upper Tantallon, Jennifer Henderson, Kasian Architecture, Marla MacInnis, Mary Campbell, Nova Scotia ports, VG replacement report, Zane Woodford

There’s other stuff happening besides cannabis legalization, but also cannabis legalization is happening

Morning File, Tuesday, October 16, 2018

October 16, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Kasian Report on VG Redevelopment “Finally, the province has released a massive amount of information from a consulting firm hired to draw up a Master Plan to replace the Victoria General Hospital,” reports Jennifer Henderson: You can read what Kasian Architecture has recommended the proposed new facilities should look like and what services they […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: cannabis pricing, Councillor David Hendsbee, councillor Richard Zurawski, councillor Shawn Cleary, Councillor Stephen Adams, councillor Waye Mason, Dennis building, designated smoking areas, Halifax city council, Irving Oil refinery explosion, Kasian Architecture, Meghan Groff, Paul Armstrong, St. Paul's Church, VG replacement report

A highly redacted version of the Master Plan to replace the Victoria General Hospital has been released

October 16, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

Finally, the province has released a massive amount of information from a consulting firm hired to draw up a Master Plan to replace the Victoria General Hospital. You can read what Kasian Architecture has recommended the proposed new facilities should look like and what services they will deliver here. Some of the info is quite...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Drew Bethune, Hunter Grant, Jennifer Henderson, Kasian Architecture, QE2, Victoria General (VG) replacement

McNeil government refuses to release VG replacement report

June 14, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

The McNeil government continues to keep the advice it receives on its biggest and most expensive decisions carefully out of public sight. Yesterday the Minister of Transportation, Infrastructure and Renewal (TIR) refused to release a preliminary cost estimate to replace the crumbling Victoria General (VG) Hospital the government has promised to demolish in 2022. That’s...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Jennifer Henderson, Kasian Architecture, Marla MacInnis, Minister Lloyd Hines, QE2 move, Victoria General (VG) replacement

P3 or not P3

Plans for a VG replacement are heading towards the P3 cliff, and no one's at the wheel.

March 1, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

The provincial government is paying Deloitte half a million dollars to recommend whether the Province should use some type of a public-private-partnership (P3) to finance, build, and maintain two new outpatient centres. The outpatient centres will be part of the overall re-development of the QE2 Health Sciences Centre to replace services, 200 patient beds, and...

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The VG replacement report is finished, but you can’t see it

The consultant's report includes a preliminary cost estimate, timeline, and master plan to replace services delivered out of the crumbling Victoria General (VG) hospital and Centennial building, but government agencies refuse to release it.

January 17, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

On Friday, December 29, the final work day of 2017, the province received a consultant’s report containing some highly anticipated information. The report included a preliminary cost estimate, timeline, and master plan to replace services delivered out of the crumbling Victoria General (VG) hospital and Centennial building. Kasian Architecture of Ontario had been awarded a...

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PRICED OUT

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

Listen to the episode here.

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