• City Hall
  • Province House
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Commentary
  • @Tim_Bousquet
  • Log In

Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

  • Home
  • About
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Commenting policy
  • Archives
  • Contact us
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Manage your account
  • Swag

Who’s hiring during COVID-19?

April 8, 2020 By Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. I (Suzanne Rent) haven’t done a list of terrible-paying jobs in some time. But on the weekend when Tim Bousquet shared a tweet from Stanfield’s saying they were hiring more staff to help them make medical gowns, I thought I’d look into what companies are […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Arctic patrol boats, Atlantic Splash Adventure, Canada Post, Carla Adams, COVID-19, employment in NS, Gillian Costello, Irving Shipyard, Jane's Next Door, JD Irving, job ad, job hunting, Loblaw, Mark Boudreau, Michael Lowe, Nate Martin, Northwood, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association (NHNSA), Paladin Security, Shadow Security, Shannex, social distancing, Sproule Lumber, Tom Ormsby, Valérie Chartrand

How Loblaw is using Instacart to screw workers

Morning File, Thursday, May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Fool’s Gold Yesterday, the Halifax Examiner and Cape Breton Spectator published the first instalment of “Fool’s Gold: Nova Scotia’s Myopic Pursuit of Metals & Minerals,” a four-part series by author Joan Baxter on the province’s ill-conceived search for wealth through mining. Part 1 of the series, “Welcome to the Gold Rush,” focuses on […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bar Harbor, Chronicle Herald Instacart press release, FOIPOP security failure, gig economy, Henry Aldridge, Instacart, Loblaw, Loblaw grocery delivery, Mary Campbell

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.

The Tideline is advertising-free and subscriber-supported. It’s also a very good deal at just $5 a month. Click here to support The Tideline.

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.

Sign up for email notification

Sign up to receive email notification of new posts on the Halifax Examiner. Note: signing up for email notification of new posts is NOT subscribing to the Halifax Examiner. To subscribe, click here.

Recent posts

  • 1 new case of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Jan. 26 January 26, 2021
  • Looking for Eliza in Nova Scotia’s poor house cemeteries January 26, 2021
  • Two and a half years later, Nova Scotia Power still hasn’t revealed the “root cause” of the Tufts Cove oil spill January 26, 2021
  • Tragedy in the Valley: woman dies while sleeping in car, man is brain-damaged January 25, 2021
  • A man gets a roof as Halifax quibbles with group’s band-aid solution to homelessness January 25, 2021

Commenting policy

All comments on the Halifax Examiner are subject to our commenting policy. You can view our commenting policy here.

Copyright © 2021