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A place with islands to give away

Morning File, Tuesday, November 19, 2019

November 19, 2019 By Erica Butler 3 Comments

You can’t be everywhere at once. That’s why I’m thankful for the Halifax Examiner’s Jennifer Henderson. If I’m regretting not being able to go to this public meeting or that important announcement, Henderson has been, and can tell me all about it in the Examiner. Whether it’s the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s pursuit of P3 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, Carrie Low, Cassie Williams, Cheryl Maloney, Chief Morley Googoo, Chief Perry Bellegarde, El Jones, homelessness, Hurricane Island, Laura Fraser, Lionel Desmond, Liv Bank, Maureen Googoo, Meg Inwood, Minister Carolyn Bennett, Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association (NSNWA), Out of the Cold Shelter, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, Premier Stephen McNeil, rape investigation, Shaina Luck, street checks apology, Tripartite Forum, Zane Woodford

We Stand On Guard For Thee: Morning File, Saturday, June 24, 2017

June 24, 2017 By El Jones 6 Comments

1. Oh, Canada Canadian media has been celebrating the world record for “longest kill shot” reportedly earned by a Canadian sniper in Iraq: A Canadian sniper working alongside Iraqi forces in their fight against ISIS successfully struck a member of the militant group from a distance of 3,540 metres, Canada’s military confirmed Thursday. The sniper […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: anal intercourse, Bay Boys Motorcycle Club, bikers and bullying, Canadian sniper in Iraq, Cape Breton Bike Rally, criminalization of gay sex, Danny Joseph, glorifying violence, Halifax Hell's Angels, Harbourside Elementary School, Kevin Kindred, Lionel Desmond, military propaganda, military spending, PTSD in military, Sergeant Craig Harrison, Truro deer cull, Unconstitutional Laws

The Ceramic Cartel must be brought to its knees: Morning File, Monday, June 5, 2017

June 5, 2017 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Beatrice Hunter “Police have taken an Inuk woman into custody in Happy Valley-Goose Bay after she refused to promise a Supreme Court of N.L. judge she would stay away from the Muskrat Falls construction site in Central Labrador,” reports Justin Brake for the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent: Beatrice Hunter, a mother, grandmother and land […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Beatrice Hunter, beaurocrat-ese, Bullshitter of the Day Janet Knox, Cape Breton Spectator, David Burke, Gary Burrill, Justin Brake, Lionel Desmond, lobster truck spill, Mary Campbell, Michael MacDonald, Muskrat Falls, Nalcor, Nova Scotia Health Authority briefing note, Supreme Court Justice George Murphy, Susan Leblanc, Vicki Grant, Wade Smith

Morning File, Tuesday, January 10, 2017

News, views, and snowshoes from Mainland Nova Scotia's greatest municipality

January 10, 2017 By Katie Toth 2 Comments

Tim is goofing off this morning. Today’s guest writer is Katie Toth. News 1. Hospital accused of turning away Lionel Desmond insists it’s never denied care According to new reporting by Melanie Patten for CBC News, one doctor at St. Martha’s Hospital in Antigonish says it’s never denied care in its emergency rooms. Lionel Desmond’s family […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: corgi, Flapjack the Corgi, Haley Ryan, Halifax Regional Police, Lionel Desmond, Mathew Kahansky, Melanie Patten, pancakes, Police Commission, Racism, Rebecca Dingwell, Shawn Cleary, St. Martha's Hospital, Tim Outhit, Tristan Cleveland

Lionel Desmond, his tortured soul, and his guns: Morning File, Friday, January 6, 2017

January 6, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Lionel Desmond “A clearer picture is emerging of the former soldier involved in an apparent murder-suicide in Nova Scotia, with his own words on social media revealing a man struggling with PTSD who was trying to get his life back,” report Kevin Bissett and Michael MacDonald for the Canadian Press: “I’m truly sorry for freaking out at my wife/daughter […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: car pedestrian collision Gottingen Street, Chris Lambie, fish kills, Graham Ayers, Graham Steele, harm reduction, John’s Lunch sucks, Kevin Bissett, Lionel Desmond, Michael MacDonald, NSGEU conciliation, Paul Andrew Kimball, Silver Donald Cameron

War never ends: Morning File, Thursday, January 5, 2017

January 5, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 17 Comments

News 1. War deaths “Aaliyah Desmond celebrated her 10th birthday three days after Christmas. She had just begun horseback riding, and announced to her family on New Year’s Eve she wanted to be a veterinarian,” reports Michael MacDonald for the Canadian Press: “She always had a nice little smile,” her great-aunt, Catherine Hartling, said Wednesday. On Tuesday, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaliyah Desmond, Brenda Desmond, Halifax Customs House, IT networks, Jim Harpell, Lee Berthiaume, Lionel Desmond, Marion E. MacCallum, Mary Campbell, Michael MacDonald, Pedestrian struck Albro Lake Road, Port of Sydney, Robert Johnston, Shanna Desmond, stadium, Stephen Archibald, university internet system

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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.

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