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Bad bosses and cranky customers

Morning File, Tuesday, June 9, 2020

June 9, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 1 Comment

News 1. Report: Canadians plan to avoid restaurants ‘for the foreseeable future’ A recent survey shows 52% of its respondents will be avoiding dining in at restaurants for “the foreseeable future.” Yvette d’Entremont spoke with Sylvain Charlebois, a Dalhousie University professor and the lead author on the survey from Dalhousie University and Angus Reid. Says […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessibility, bad bosses, bad customers, call the manager, childcare, customer service, daycares, domestic violence, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, Equity Watch, Fight for $15, gun control, labour, Lisa Cameron, living wage, Miia Suokonautio, minimum wage, Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities, shopping carts, toxic workplaces, transition houses, women's issues, YWCA

Watch Mayor Mike Savage and HRM councillors’ chucklefest with Atlantic Gold

Morning File, Monday, September 23, 2019

September 23, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Climate change action This week people around the world are stepping up activism around the climate emergency during the UN climate action summit in New York. A list of local events can be found here. 2. What to do about Justin? Writes Stephen Kimber: Last week’s Blackface/Brownface controversy raises the complicated question of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alison Gillian, Anjuli Patil, Atlantic Gold video, Bar Harbor ferry terminal, Bill Trotter, Cesar Lalo, Chief Bob Gloade, Chris Fischer, Chris MacAulay, Councillor David Hendsbee, councillor Steve Adams, Eagle Beach Contractors Limited, gas leak, Glen Assoun wrongful conviction, Glenn Stevens, gold mine video, Halifax Partnership gold video, Heritage Gas, Indian Brook land claim, John McKiggan, Lesianu Hweld, Lisa Cameron, Lloyd Currie, Mike Savage gold video, Millbrook land claim settlement, OCEARCH, Queen's Marque construction, Shannon Power, sharks, Sipekne’katik First Nation (Indian Brook), St. Barbara gold video, Susan Bradley, taxi driver sexual assault, The Nook, white sharks around Nova Scotia, Yarmouth ferry

Child care workers go round and round with bus complaints

Morning File, Friday, September 20, 2019

September 20, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

News 1. Blackface Writes El Jones: When the furor over Trudeau’s Blackface photos dies down, to be referred to as an “embarrassing incident” or “controversial,” Black people like Abdilahi Elmi will still be facing deportation. Muslim Canadians will still be on the no-fly list. White nationalist editorials will still be commissioned by major newspapers under […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: African Nova Scotians, Africville, anti-Black racism, Boat Harbour, bus drivers refusing service, Chad Lindsay, charity, charity and social media, Count Me In, Emma Davie, Erin DiCarlo, food banks, Francis Campbell, Halifax Transit, International Decade for People of African Descent, Joseph Farrow, Julianne Harnish, Kate Gilmore, Lisa Cameron, Minister Tony Ince, Northern Pulp environmental assessment, piano lessons, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), political speed dating, Premier Stephen McNeil, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), sexual assault, The Nook

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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