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Report on Shambhala sexual misconduct released

Morning File, Monday, February 4, 2019

February 4, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. QuadrigaCX The biggest tech story of the year so far happened right here in Nova Scotia, and it’s amazing. When 30-year-old Fall River resident Gerald Cotten died unexpectedly, the location of some $260 million in cash and cryptocurrency went to the grave with him. Writer Andrew Wright tells us: A 25-year-old Gerald Cotten and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: A.J. Liebling, Aaron Matthews, Acadia Axemen hockey brawl, bike bridge, Bill Burr, Blair Rhodes, Canada Games Centre, Canadian Sport Centre Atlantic Society, Charlottetown CAO Peter Kelly, Dave Stewart, Extinction Rebellion, Gerald Cotten, Jacob Boon, Lee Anna Osei, Leo MacPherson, Macdonald Bridge bike ramp, Macdonald Bridge Bikeway, Mary Campbell, Michael McNutt, QuadrigaCX, Scott Messervey, Selina Bath, Shambhala sex abuse scandal, St. Francis Xavier University women’s basketball, St. FX hockey brawl

Update on ongoing bike projects, Part 2

December 20, 2018 By Erica Butler 18 Comments

At long last, and in the shadow of a proposed capital budget which significantly underfunds HRM’s active transportation transformation, here’s part two of your update on some of the many bikeways projects underway right now in the city. You can find part one here. Brunswick Street & Spring Garden Road:  functional design (early and late […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Bedford Highway Functional Plan, bikeways, Brunswick Street bike lane, David MacIsaac, Erica Butler, Forest Hills Parkway, local street bikeways, Macdonald Bridge Bikeway

Halifax council and the Martha Mitchell effect

Morning File, Wednesday, October 17, 2018

October 17, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Pardons “The federal government will announce on Wednesday morning that it intends to proceed with a plan to grant pardons to Canadians who have past simple possession charges,” reports CTV: Sources have confirmed to CTV News that the government intends to issue pardons, and not record expungements or amnesty, for cases of possession […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Councillor Lindell Smith, councillor Lisa Blackburn, councillor Richard Zurawski, councillor Shawn Cleary, Councillor Stephen Adams, councillor Waye Mason, Detective Constable Josh McNeil, Detective Constable Pat O'Neill, Detective Sergeant William Morris, dispensary complaint, dispensary raids, Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Ian Fairclough, Leon Neyfakh, Macdonald Bridge Bikeway, Maritime Vapors dispensary bust, Martha Mitchell, offshore drilling, pardons, RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke

How a mom got caught up in the Ivany Report’s contradictions: Morning File, Wednesday, February 28, 2018

February 28, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 21 Comments

News 1. Spaceport I’ve been fascinated by the proposal to launch rockets from Canso. A spaceport is of the ilk of flashy megaprojects that through the decades have been sold to Nova Scotians as the route out of their economic malaise and into riches, but which oh so often have just dragged the province further […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Canso spaceport, Claude Thompson's convictions quashed, Emma Smith, jetsetting McNeil, Justice Suzanne Hood, Kelly-Sue O'Connor, Lunenburg and Ivany Report, Macdonald Bridge Bikeway, Marieke Walsh, Maritime Launch Services, Matt Whitman's punishment, Mayor Mike Savage, Waye Mason's apology, Zane Woodford

Halifax might finally solve the Macdonald bridge bikeway access, though the fix could still take years

August 1, 2017 By Erica Butler

There’s been a certain amount of jubilation surrounding the latest city staff report on fixing the access to the Macdonald Bridge Bikeway. A couple of councillors at last week’s Transportation Standing Committee (TSC) meeting joked that it must feel like Christmas for the handful of cycling advocates gathered in the gallery. To be fair, they...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: David MacIsaac, Ecology Action Centre, Eliza Jackson, Kelsey Lane, Macdonald Bridge bike flyover, Macdonald Bridge Bikeway, Transportation Standing Committee (TSC)

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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

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