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You’re already getting a tax increase because of the convention centre

Morning File, Wednesday, April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. City budget “They flirted with the idea of dipping into the savings account to lower the number, but in the end Halifax regional councillors approved the municipality’s budget for the year ahead with an increase of nearly 2 per cent to the average property tax bill,” reports Zane Woodford for Metro: Councillor Tim Outhit […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Gunn, Andrew Fenton, Auditor General Michael Pickup, Brittany Bernard, CAO Jacques Dubé, CAO Richard Butts, Councillor Tim Outhit, Dartmouth Sportsplex naming rights, drugged at Toothy Moose, Finance Director Cathie O'Toole, Julie Gelfand, Laura Brown, Letitia Meynell, MP Francis Drouin, Nova Centre projected tax revenue, Paige Fitzpatrick, personhood of chimpanzees, Police resource review, property tax increase, provincial aquaculture industry, salmon farming, Stuart Peddle, Zane Woodford

Bullshitter of the day: Martha Crago. Morning File, Wednesday, March 15, 2017

March 15, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Update: Bassam Al-Rawi has been found and served Monday, the Examiner reported that over a week of trying, police had not been able to locate taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi to serve documents notifying him his case would be brought before the Court of Appeal. There had been multiple, but unconfirmed reports that Al-Rawi had left […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bassam Al-Rawi found, Brenda Gallant-Graves, Brett Ruskin, Canso, Dalhousie Senate meeting, Divest Dal, Edward Ellegood, fluffing cosmonauts in Canso, Francoise Bayliss, innovation, John MacDonell, Lantz interchange, Letitia Meynell, Margaret Miller, Maritime Launch Services, Martha Crago, McNeil government, Paul Mombourquette, Penney Group, Richard Florizone, spaceport, Stephen King

The “elites” justify themselves: Morning File, Tuesday, September 27, 2016

September 27, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The “elites” justify themselves I attended the Dalhousie Senate meeting yesterday so I could hear president Richard Florizone justify the $300,000 trip by self-styled “elites” to MIT. In a response to questions by Senator Françoise Baylis, Florizone said the “REAP” trip was justified […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, Anna Metaxas, bomb threat, Canal Greenway Park, Chris Lambie, coral, Francoise Baylis, George Armoyan, interview, Ivany Report, Joe Ramia, Letitia Meynell, Manny Tobin, MHPM, MIT, North End Community Health Centre, Nova Centre, Richard Florizone, World Trade and Convention Centre

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
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

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

Subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your device — there’s a great instructional article here. Email Suzanne for help.

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