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Dirty Dealing

Part 3: Elevated Levels of Cancer-Causing Air Emissions Coming from Abercrombie Pulp Mill, Peer-Reviewed Study Reveals

March 8, 2018 By Linda Pannozzo 4 Comments

In a study published in 2017, Dalhousie University researchers reported that air levels of three volatile organic compounds (VOCs) near the Abercrombie pulp mill in Pictou County exceeded cancer risk thresholds and “are of primary health concern in terms of population risk.” Over an eight-year period (2006-2013), 1,3-butadiene, benzene, and carbon tetrachloride were found to […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: Abercrombie Pulp Mill emissions, Boat Harbour Advisory Committee, Boat Harbour remediation project, Chrissy Matheson, Dan Fagin, Dave Gunning, David Boyd, Emma Hoffman, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment Canada, Environment Minister Randy Delorey, Erin Brockovich, Granton air monitor, Health Minister Leo Glavine, Joan Baxter, Jong Sung Kim, Judith  Guernsey, Kate Sherren, Ken Swain, Linda Pannozzo, Margaret Miller, National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS), Northern Pulp emissions, Pantelis Andreou, Paul Sobey, Pictou County, Tony Walker, volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Bullshitter of the day: Martha Crago. Morning File, Wednesday, March 15, 2017

March 15, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Update: Bassam Al-Rawi has been found and served Monday, the Examiner reported that over a week of trying, police had not been able to locate taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi to serve documents notifying him his case would be brought before the Court of Appeal. There had been multiple, but unconfirmed reports that Al-Rawi had left […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bassam Al-Rawi found, Brenda Gallant-Graves, Brett Ruskin, Canso, Dalhousie Senate meeting, Divest Dal, Edward Ellegood, fluffing cosmonauts in Canso, Francoise Bayliss, innovation, John MacDonell, Lantz interchange, Letitia Meynell, Margaret Miller, Maritime Launch Services, Martha Crago, McNeil government, Paul Mombourquette, Penney Group, Richard Florizone, spaceport, Stephen King

The convention centre on Trappist-1 probably opened on time: Morning File, Friday, February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Court Watch: Barenaked Ladies, murders, and a toothless victory for credit customers The week, Examiner court watcher Christina Macdonald goes to Toronto for something called the Moots and catches a glimpse of the BNL’s Ed Robertson in the courthouse. Macdonald also discusses Christopher Garnier’s alleged breach of conditions, George Hubley’s conviction of accessory to murder after […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: actual action plan, Aly Thompson, Culture Action Plan, Encounter on Urban Environment, Francis Campbell, Howard Miller, Kathy Birt, Lantz interchange, Margaret Miller, Paul Andrew Kimball, Pictou wake, Randall Edwin MacLean, Stephen Archibald

That movie about a smarmy real estate developer: Morning File, Wednesday, February 1, 2017

February 1, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Chronicle Herald talks resume “Unfair labour complaints have been withdrawn in the year-long strike at the Halifax Chronicle Herald, paving the way for the resumption of negotiations next week,” reports the Canadian Press: In a news release Tuesday, the union for 55 striking newsroom workers at the paper said it withdrew an unfair […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Chronicle Herald talks resume, Codey Hennigar, cummuter rail, Francis Campbell, Justice Patrick Murray, Lantz interchange, Margaret Miller, Michael Gorman, Richard Saillant, Richard Starr, Stephen Archibald's septic field, Stephen King

Tidal Challenge

Fishermen go to court to delay a November deployment of tidal generators in the Minas Basin.

October 21, 2016 By Jennifer Henderson

Inshore fishermen from the Bay of Fundy made a last-ditch plea to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia yesterday to stall the placement of two massive, five-storey-high turbines on the bottom of the Minas Passage near Parrsboro until an appeal of the Environment Minister’s decision can be heard next February. There are very big bucks...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Acadia Tidal Energy Institute, Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen’s Association, Cape Sharp Tidal, Chris Hunter, Colin Sproule, David Coles, Doug Tupper, Emera, FORCE, Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy, Graham Daborn, Harvey Morrison, Judge Jamie Campbell, Margaret Miller, Mike Dadswell, Minas Basin, OpenHydro, tidal generators

The Grafton Street Glory Hole and other obscenities: Morning File, Wednesday, October 5, 2016

October 5, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Convention centre opening delayed… again The Halifax Convention Centre will not open as scheduled on April 1. A new opening date has not yet been established, but Trade Centre Limited is rescheduling conventions booked through the end of June; seven national and international conventions […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brian Taylor, carbon pricing, Convention centre, D.M. Bulger, due diligence, Ecology Action Centre, George Armoyan, Joe Ramia, Karen Casey, Liette Doucet, Lil MacPherson, Margaret Miller, Marla MacInnis, Mike Campbell, Mike Savage, NSTU, Stephen Thomas, Suzanne Fougere, TCL, The Carleton, The Grafton Street Glory Hole, World Trade & Convention Centre, WTCC

Sailor File, Friday, September 2, 2016

Haircuts, wildfires, a picture of a boat.

September 2, 2016 By Katie Toth Leave a Comment

Today’s Morning File is written by Katie Toth. I like boats but not enough to spend $80,000 on one like Florida Senator Marco Rubio did that time. Who can blame him though this things’s a beaut. News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes 1. Defence Lyle Howe suspended from the bar From CTV: A notice on the Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ardath Whynacht, Eugene Richard Daniels, Lyle Howe, Margaret Miller, Mark Peyton, Northern Pulp, Sailor Bup's Barbershop, T.H. Hatte, VisionMax

Sunshine and turbines: Morning File, Friday, August 26, 2016

August 26, 2016 By Erica Butler 2 Comments

Today’s Morning File is written by Erica Butler, your friendly neighbourhood transportation columnist here at the Examiner. News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Northern Pulp still waiting on approval for glyphosate spraying The planned start date for Northern Pulp’s spraying of over 3000 acres of woodland has passed, and the Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cape Breton Post, Citizen's Climate Lobby, David Henry, Ecology Action Centre, F. Ben Rodgers, fish farms, Glyphosate, Margaret Miller, Northern Pulp, Richard Butts, Shahin Sayadi, sunshine list, wind turbine

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.

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