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Justice Minister Mark Furey’s inaction is yet another injustice done to Glen Assoun

Morning File, Friday, September 4, 2020

September 4, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Mark Furey takes no action on Assoun case “Nova Scotia’s Justice Minister Mark Furey has yet to make inquiries to find out why someone within the Halifax RCMP deleted a large number of computer files and removed boxes of physical evidence that might have prevented Glen Assoun from being wrongfully imprisoned for 17 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Benjamin D. Andrews, COVID-19, digital news, Glen Assoun, Jen Powley, Joey Coleman, Justice Minister Mark Furey, local newspapers, Matt Whitman, Mayor Mike Savage, mayoral race, school reopening, subscriber supported journalism, The Indy, The Public Record, The Sprawl, The Tyee, The Village

Mundane and extraordinary mysteries

Morning File, Thursday, May 14, 2020

May 14, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

News 1. Don’t start stressing out over who will be part of your “bubble family” yet Jennifer Henderson covered yesterday’s COVID-19 briefing for the Halifax Examiner, and reports that we shouldn’t expect the province to adopt the bubble family concept anytime soon. (The idea behind bubble families is that you choose one or two other […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: bubble families, coronavirus, COVID-19, Emma Wilkie, epidemiology, Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Helen Branswell, influenza, journalism, local media, local news, local newspapers, Maclean's, mass murder shooting spree, Ministry of Mundane Mysteries, Northwood, Outside the March, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, Project Pandemic, RCMP inquiry, Spanish flu, Stephen Mayer

Canadian media are experiencing a “mass extinction event”

Morning File, Friday, May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. COVID-19 and vulnerable populations Premier Stephen McNeil and Chief Medical Officer of Health Robert Strang have announced that they’re moving to providing COVID-19 briefings just three days a week: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. And so there was no briefing yesterday, and I was otherwise engaged all day in any event, so couldn’t even update […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barbara Darby shrugs, Canadian media, caretakers, CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crash, community newspapers, COVID-19 media impact, Jenny MacDonald, Joan Baxter, Kathleen Harris, local newspapers, Murray Brewster, Steph Wechsler, Stephen Archibald and smallpox contagion

The obsolete local newspaper: Morning File, Wednesday, May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Court Watch This week, Christina Macdonald looks at the Jimmy Melvin Jr and William Sandeson trials, Gabor Lukacs’ big small claims court victory, and points us to a really cool chart. Click here to read Court Watch. This article is behind the Examiner’s paywall and so available only to paid subscribers. Click here to purchase a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ben Thompson, business model for newspapers, Christina Macdonald, crosswalk flags, dead tree newspaper, election budget comparison, Labi Kousoulis, local newspapers, Metro Centre, Richard Starr, shared services agreement, World Trade and Convention Centre

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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