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Elizabeth May and the Greens reject Nova Scotia’s negotiated settlement to keep coal plants open until 2040

September 26, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Green Party leader Elizabeth May, flanked by her candidates in HRM, unwrapped the costs of their election promises in Halifax yesterday. There are some substantial ones: an estimated $27 billion a year for universal Pharmacare, $18 billion a year to provide dental care for poor Canadians, and $1 billion more each year to support daycare...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Elizabeth May, Green Party, Jo-Ann Roberts, Lil MacPherson, Richard Zurawski

“There’s something in the water”

Ellen Page speaks to the Halifax Examiner about her forthcoming feature film and what she hopes it will accomplish

August 14, 2019 By Joan Baxter 6 Comments

It was a Saturday morning and Ellen Page was giving up some of what could have been a bit of down time to do a telephone interview about her forthcoming film on environmental racism in Nova Scotia, which will have its world debut this September at the Toronto International Film Festival. I was hammering her […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Province House Tagged With: Alton Gas, Boat Harbour, Dale Poulette, Ellen Page, Environment Minister Iain Rankin, Environmental Noxiousness Racial Inequities and Community Health (ENRICH), Environmental Racism, Gaycation, Ian Daniel, Ingrid Waldron, Julia Anderson, Lil MacPherson, Louise Delisle, Michelle Francis-Denny, Northern Pulp, Pema Chödrön, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Premier Stephen McNeil, Rachael Greenland-Smith, Umbrella Academy, US Vice President Mike Pence

The cigarette butt recycling conspiracy to make us smoke more: Morning File, Wednesday, November 1, 2017

November 1, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Frank Palermo Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler interviews Frank Palermo, a professor of planning, director of the Cities and Environment Unit at Dalhousie, and founding board member of the Planning and Design Centre (PDC), the originators of Switch: Open Street Sundays. Click here to read “Frank Palermo on ‘five years of doing an experiment’ […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: charity is exploitation, Christine Bower, cigarette butt recycling, funding for WE Day, Lil MacPherson, Matt Whitman apology, Ray Wagner, road train grant request, TerraCycle, Wooden Monkey drops Nova Centre suit, Zane Woodford

There goes the neighbourhood: Queen’s Marque construction is hitting nearby businesses hard

Recognizing the problem, Waterfront Development is spending big money to help out the Murphy's businesses, and the city is being asked to pitch in with even more financial help. Meanwhile, however, the crown corporation is ignoring the plight of a business right across the street from the construction zone.

May 4, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson

The proliferation of bulldozers, cranes, and work crews punching new towers into the Halifax skyline has also raised a controversial question at ground level: should businesses whose sales are hurt by the construction receive compensation from the developer and/or the public purse? The question gets even stickier when government is an investor — as it is...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Calum Johnston, Dennis Campbell, Financial compensation for Murphy's, Lil MacPherson, Mary Dempster, Mike Turner, Nova Centre and Construction Mitigation, Peter Bigelow, Queen's Marque construction, Scott McCrea, Sean Buckland, Strange Adventures Comix and Curiosities, Waterfront Development Corp (WDC), Wooden Monkey

The Whole Entire World is Going to be Trash: Morning File, Saturday, October 15, 2016

October 15, 2016 By El Jones 15 Comments

1. Even Stephens Stephen McNeil “snapped” at Global reporter Marieke Walsh when she asked him about carbon pricing. I’ll quote the exchange from the Global News story in full (video at the link): When asked Friday by Global News’ Marieke Walsh about what the premier has pitched to the feds and is hoping they accept, McNeil […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anne Leblanc, Bel Ayr Elementary School, Butt, Classified, Grade 4 class, Hudson McLaughlin, Isabelle Macleod, justice system, Lil MacPherson, mansplaining, Marieke Walsh, Riley Fraser, Sarah Ritchie, sexual assault, Stephen McNeil

The Grafton Street Glory Hole and other obscenities: Morning File, Wednesday, October 5, 2016

October 5, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Convention centre opening delayed… again The Halifax Convention Centre will not open as scheduled on April 1. A new opening date has not yet been established, but Trade Centre Limited is rescheduling conventions booked through the end of June; seven national and international conventions […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brian Taylor, carbon pricing, Convention centre, D.M. Bulger, due diligence, Ecology Action Centre, George Armoyan, Joe Ramia, Karen Casey, Liette Doucet, Lil MacPherson, Margaret Miller, Marla MacInnis, Mike Campbell, Mike Savage, NSTU, Stephen Thomas, Suzanne Fougere, TCL, The Carleton, The Grafton Street Glory Hole, World Trade & Convention Centre, WTCC

Kid Rock was right! Examineradio, episode #63

May 27, 2016 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week we speak to restaurateur and mayoral candidate Lil MacPherson. With her business partner Chris Bower and a handful of other forward-looking chefs and restauranteurs, MacPherson brought the concept of local and sustainable to a new level in Halifax. MacPherson now wants to bring that ethos to a civic level. Plus, Scott Ferguson is finally exiled to the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: Black Eyed Peas, Chronicle Herald, climate change, Examineradio, Lil MacPherson, Mark Lever, podcast, Reg Rankin, Scott Ferguson, Sue Uteck, TCL, Waye Mason, Wooden Monkey

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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

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  • Housing co-op plans affordable 57-unit North End Halifax development with federal, provincial cash March 4, 2021
  • Nova Scotia finally reaches a financial settlement with Glen Assoun, compensating him for the 17 years he was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit March 4, 2021
  • Halifax council committee seeks staff report on new recycling program for markers March 4, 2021
  • Every Nova Scotian who wants to get vaccinated will receive the first dose by the end of June, says Rankin March 4, 2021
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