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Holy body parts and their accompanying underwear: Morning File, Thursday, January 4, 2018

January 4, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Matthew Hines “Police have laid criminal charges against two New Brunswick correctional officers in the death of prisoner Matthew Hines at Dorchester Penitentiary more than two years ago,” reports Karissa Donkin for the CBC: Alvida Ross, 48, and Mathieu Bourgoin, 31, have both been charged with manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death, RCMP announced Wednesday. […] Last […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alvida Ross, Cecil Clarke's Chopstick Diplomacy, City handed bill for the convention centre, David Common, Jacob Boon, Jimmy Melvin Jr., Karissa Donkin, Lloyd Kerry, Mary Campbell, Mathieu Bourgoin, Matthew Hines, Sacred Underwear of Christ, St. Francis Xavier's right arm, Zane Woodford

Rockets, cats, construction workers, and Venn diagram jokes: Morning File, Wednesday, October 18, 2017

October 18, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Rent control “Premier Stephen McNeil quickly quashed a proposal from the NDP to bring rent control back to Nova Scotia,” reports Marieke Walsh for Global. Duh. What does McNeil care? His Hollis Street apartment is paid for by taxpayers, to the tune of $1,575 a month. And if the rent goes up, no big deal, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brett Ruskin, Canso spaceport, Christopher Gooding, Chronicle Herald advertorial, Construction workers bad and good, cougar in Northport, councillor Bill Karsten, councillor Shawn Cleary, Euler Diagram, Ingrid Nickerson, Kirk O'Connell, launchpad, Lloyd Kerry, Marieke Walsh, Maritime Launch Services (MLS), pedestrian struck Halifax Waterfront boardwalk, Premier Stephen McNeil and rent control, Roger and Robert Taylor, Venn diagram, Zane Woodford

A Nickel and a Nail: Morning File, Friday, October 6, 2017

October 6, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Energy East “TransCanada Corp. has pulled the plug on its controversial $15.7-billion Energy East Pipeline proposal, after slowing oil sands growth and heightened environmental scrutiny raised doubts about the viability of the project,” reports the Globe & Mail: In a terse statement Thursday morning, TransCanada said it has reviewed the “changed circumstances” and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Rankin, Bill Flower, Cape Breton Rant Room schisms, Colleen Watson, dead whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence, Energy East Pipeline dead, Jimmy Melvin Jr. guilty, Lloyd Kerry, Lunenburg Mayor Rachel Bailey, Ron Dalton, South Shore economy, Sue Bailey, Yarmouth Ferry numbers

ACOA should fund news like it funds beer: Morning File, Wednesday, January 18, 2017

January 18, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

News 1. Birch Cove Lakes – Blue Mountain wilderness Yesterday, the Annapolis Group issued a press release threatening to sue the city for a bazillion dollars over city council’s refusal to allow the company to develop land it owns within the proposed Birch Cove Lakes – Blue Mountain Wilderness Park boundaries. The press release is […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACOA beer funding, ACOA grants, Annapolis Group, Birch Cove Lakes – Blue Mountain wilderness, CH strike, Erin Moore, Ezra Levant, Hammond River Brewing Company Inc., Lloyd Kerry, Maritime microbrew industry, Preston Mulligan, Red Cross building for sale

The arrival of the Quantum Presbyterians: Morning File, Monday, October 31, 2016

October 31, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Max’s Folly: Examineradio, episode #85 Bill Turpin is a lifelong journalist with stops at the Montreal Gazette and the Halifax Daily News. He’s just released his debut novel, Max’s Folly, a love letter to the craft of journalism. (direct download) (RSS feed) (Subscribe via iTunes) 2. I TOLD YOU SO “Nearly all Halloween candy […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill Turpin, Chronicle Herald, David Irish, flying saucers, Halifax Library, halloween candy, Joel Best, Judy Haiven, Kathleen Marden, Lloyd Kerry, Matt Whitman, Richard Woodbury, Ron Foley Macdonald, Stanton T. Friedman, Stephen McNeil, teachers strike, Todd Van Ritchie

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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