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Occupy North Mountain

Kings County residents opposed to aerial herbicide spraying on a Northern Pulp clearcut take action to try to stop it.

September 1, 2020 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

Residents who live close to a piece of land on North Mountain in Kings County that was clearcut two years ago and is now slated for aerial spraying of a glyphosate-based herbicide, have “occupied” the site, and they tell the Halifax Examiner that they don’t intend to leave until the spraying is cancelled or the […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Acadian forest, agriculture, Anna Osburn, Bayer, Brian Adams, carcinogenic, Carey Gillam, Century Forestry Consultants, clearcut, Don Osburn, Doug Kemp, Environment Minister Gordon Wilson, Five Islands Forest Development, forestry, genetically engineered crops, Glyphosate, Health Canada, herbicide, JD Irving, June Daley, Kate Adams, Kings County, Leo Glavine, monocropping, Monsanto, North Mountain, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Environment, Pat Kemp, Thierry Vrain, Timberline, VP480, World Health Organization (WHO)

Stephen McNeil: Read his lips. Just don’t believe a word he says

Here in Stephen McNeil’s Nova Scotia, we should mark Right to Know Week by lowering the flag to half-mast and lighting a mourning candle in honour of the quaint notion citizens have some fundamental right to know what its government is doing.

September 23, 2018 By Stephen Kimber

Happy “Right to Know Week!” It starts today in case you hadn’t noticed. Why would you? And, oh yes, in case you’re counting, this Friday, Sept. 28, will mark the 16th annual “International Right to Know Day,” a day set aside in 40 countries around the world, including Canada, “to raise global awareness of individuals’...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Catherine Tully, Leo Glavine, Right to Know, Stephen McNeil

Leo Glavine won’t say if the province is going to buy out Annie Leibovitz

August 17, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson

Nova Scotia taxpayers will have to wait a little longer to find out whether they’re on the hook for $2.3 million — about half the purchase price of the Annie Leibovitz collection of photographs donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS). The 2,070 iconic images feature some of the world’s biggest celebrities (Mick...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Al and Faye Mintz, Annie Leibovitz photographs, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, Colin Stinson, Jennifer Henderson, Leo Glavine

What indigenous oral histories can teach us: Morning File, Thursday, July 13, 2017

July 13, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Leibovitz collection “The minister responsible [for] culture in the province is standing behind the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and its repeated attempts to convince a federal body to certify as ‘cultural property’ hundreds of images produced by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz,” reports Jean Laroche for the CBC: As far as Culture Minister Leo Glavine is […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: a Mi’kmaw perspective, Annie Liebovitz photos collection, David Jones, Halifax concert scandal, History of Halifax, indigenous histories, Jean Laroche, Kid Rock, Leo Glavine, Marine Recycling Corporation, Mary Campbell, Mi’kmaq of Kjipuktuk, Michael MacDonald, permanent Indigenous settlements in Nova Scotia, settler narrative of history, shipbreaking industry, Ships End Here, Sydport Marine Industrial Park, tax grab, tax scam

Turkey File, Thursday, November 24, 2016

November 24, 2016 By Katie Toth 7 Comments

Hi all — Katie Toth, your frequent Morning File guest writer, cold brew connoisseur, and dog fan. Tim’s jetting to Old Country for American Thanksgiving, so I’m bringing you the news. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter!!!!!!!!! November Subscription Drive Click here to purchase a subscription to the Halifax Examiner. News 1. Stephen McNeil says […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allan MacMaster, Alton Gas Salt Caves, Bedford assault 9 year old boy, Dr. Robert Strang, fentanyl, Leo Glavine, Rebecca Dingwell, Rev. Brent Hawkes, Stephen McNeil

Will the Victoria General be replaced with a P3 hospital? The McNeil government isn’t ruling it out

September 30, 2016 By Jennifer Henderson

“Private Deals, Public Failures” is the slogan of a campaign running on TV and social media this week launched by the Nova Scotia Health Coalition. The non-profit group which defends public health care is worried the McNeil government may choose a private company to handover the financing, building, and ownership of health-care facilities to replace...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bonnie Lysyk, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Chris Parsons, Geoff MacLellan, Leo Glavine, Nova Scotia Health Coalition, P3, VG, Victoria General Hospital

Planning for replacing the Victoria General hospital stumbles along

The biggest healthcare infrastructure project in the province is off to a slow and lethargic start.

September 8, 2016 By Jennifer Henderson

They’re known as “The Floods.” In September and December of 2015, water from leaks in the aged plumbing of the Victoria General site of the QE2 Health Sciences Centre poured into the floors below. The floods disrupted hundreds of surgeries, closed an ICU, and forced 50 patients out of their rooms. Today, the pipes remain...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Karen Mumford, Leo Glavine, Nycum Associates, QE2 Health Sciences Centre, Stephen McNeil, Terry Smith-Lamothe, Victoria General Hospital

The downward trend in walking to school

September 6, 2016 By Erica Butler 4 Comments

Halifax’s kids head back to school this week, but sadly too many of them will be taking the least healthy option to get there. Walking and biking to school have been on the decline across North America for decades. Check out these numbers from the US, showing the drop since 1969. Note that while bussing […]

Filed Under: Education, Environment, Featured Tagged With: EAC, Ecology Action Centre, Janet Barlow, Julian West, Leo Glavine, Making Tracks, Walking to school

Justin Trudeau and Sidney Crosby’s stolen dignity: Morning File, Wednesday, August 24, 2016

August 24, 2016 By Selena Ross 5 Comments

Today’s Morning File is written by Selena Ross. I used to be a reporter at the Chronicle Herald, and sometimes (often) get Nova Scotia news nostalgia, so here I am helping Tim take time off. News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Northwood serves prison food, but worse — supposedly. […]

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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.

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