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Gold mining on the Eastern Shore stumbles

Morning File, Friday, September 21, 2018

September 21, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Dufferin gold mine Two claims have been filed against the Maritime Dufferin Gold Corporation this week. Central Equipment, Inc. claims that it provided Maritime Dufferin Gold with unspecified goods and services and that Maritime Dufferin Gold defaulted on payment; Central has repossessed the goods, and is asking for a $37,766.33 court judgment that […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: A.F. Theriault Shipyard, Alexander Quon, Anaconda Mining, Battlefield Equipment, Black Rock Tidal Power, Catherine Tully, Central Equipment Inc., Donald Paul Henderson, Dufferin gold mine, Haley Ryan, historic sexual assault, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter, Marieke Walsh, Maritime Dufferin Gold, Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Michael McNutt, Minister Leo Glavine, Minister Margaret Miller, non-governmental email, Nova Scotia Department of Energy, overdose prevention site, Premier Stephen McNeil, Resource Capital Gold, Safe injection sites, Schottel, Suspicious Package, Sustainable Marine Energy (SME)

Nova Scotian forests: the Scottish model

Morning File, Wednesday, April 18, 2018

April 18, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. The McNeils and the information non-breach scandal Robin McNeil. Photo: HRPD Stephen McNeil. Photo: Halifax Examiner Chris McNeil. Photo: CBC It’s anyone’s guess what caused the over-the-top police response to the non-breach of the Freedom of Information website, but it’s worth noting that Premier Stephen McNeil is brother of Halifax deputy police chief […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barbara Darby and fingerprints, Convention Centre loan, Darren Clyde Reid, Dartmouth homicide Portland Street, David Patriquin, Forests in Scotland, Information non-breach scandal, Justice Chipman, Marieke Walsh, Nova Scotia forests, Pacific Lumber mills, Premier Stephen McNeil and FOI requests, Premier Stephen McNeil's family, Randy Riley convicted, WTCC sale goes through, Zack Metcalfe

Examineradio, episode #148: Farewell, Marieke Walsh

March 2, 2018 By Terra Tailleur Leave a Comment

Tim talks with Global News political reporter Marieke Walsh, who’s leaving Halifax for a new job with iPolitics in Toronto. And we discuss federal money for local news, councillor complaints, and drinking on Argyle Street. (Direct download) (RSS feed) (Subscribe via iTunes)

Filed Under: Featured, Journalism, Province House Tagged With: citizen complaints against city councillors, Examineradio 148, Marieke Walsh, podcast

Teachers won’t strike: Morning File, Friday, March 2, 2018

March 2, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Teachers The government tabled its Education Reform Act (Bill 72) yesterday. You can read the text of the bill here, and the government’s press release about it here. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union then issued the following release: NSTU suspends job action Following numerous compromises by the McNeil government, the NSTU will not […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aquaculture Minister Keith Colwell, BMO moving to Nova Centre, Education Reform Act (Bill 72), Elwin LeRoux's message to parents, Jacob Boon, Marieke Walsh, Marla MacInnis, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), NSTU suspends job action, Registry of Joint Stock Companies revamp, Richard Woodbury, Roger Taylor and Nova Centre, Stephen Archibald and stone walls 2

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

A durable dog is the bestest kind of dog: Morning File, Wednesday, February 21, 2018

February 21, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Teachers “Nova Scotia’s 9,300 public school teachers could launch job action as early as Thursday if they endorse an illegal strike, the president of the province’s teachers’ union says,” reports the Canadian Press: Liette Doucet said the union executive will meet Wednesday to review Tuesday’s strike vote and decide whether to release the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barbara Darby and consumer protection, David Rutkowski, Glaze Report review, Greg Thompson, Halifax City Council minutes from 1981, Hyacinth Simpson, itchy underwear, Lee Berthiaume, Liette Doucet, Marieke Walsh, MV Asterix, NS teachers job action, pedestrian struck by bus Main Street, Stephen Archibald and stone walls, Third Jamaica Contingent, Yvette d'Entremont

The Suspicious Package road tour continues: Morning File, Thursday, February 15, 2018

February 15, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

1. Bus Rapid Transit “Citizens gathered Monday afternoon and evening to look at preliminary sketches of what a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network might look like for Halifax,” reports Halifax Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler. “Or did they? The citizens were there, but I’m not entirely sure what they were looking at amounts to BRT.” […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: "Needlessly institutionalized report comes out, Ian Stewart, Leo Glavine private email, Marieke Walsh, Mary Campbell, Northern Pulp's mill waste, Paul Withers, Suspicious Package Bi Hi, Suspicious Packages continued, Zane Woodford

Stadium economic impact projections are nonsense: Morning File, Friday, January 12, 2018

January 12, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Accessible transportation Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler looks at two problems with accessible transportation — an ever-shrinking fleet of accessible taxis and an ever-increasing demand for Access-A-Bus — and sees a solution: Gerry Post thinks there’s a way to fix both these problems with one move: start contracting accessible taxis to take on […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthony Leblanc, autism, Deloitte, Dylan Ames, Emma Smith, Gardner Pinfold, Marieke Walsh, Mary Campbell, Maureen Brennan, no snow, Nursing home homicide, polishing bullshit, Richard Woodbury, Stadium and economic impact projections, The Yelp and Trip Advisor marketing war, Trade Centre Limited, Trevor Tombe

Could Nova Scotia fisheries collapse again? Morning File, Wednesday, December 20, 2017

December 20, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

News 1. Transportation data “The numbers have been in for a few weeks, and they are… unimpressive,” reports Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: Naturally, I mean the 2016 census “journey to work” survey numbers, part of the long form census that 1/4 of us are asked to complete. Here’s how our mode share breaks down: […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ahsan Habib, Auditor General Michael Pickup, Australian rock lobster fishery, China and the Nova Scotia fishery, Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC), Erica Butler, gaps in health care, jellyfish, Judy Haiven, Labour standards for the holiday season, Leatherback sea turtles, lobster industry, MacDonald Bridge, Marieke Walsh, Mary Campbell, McNeil's low point, Ron Coleman, Terra Ciolfe, Transportation data

Cecil Clarke feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China: Morning File, Thursday, December 14, 2017

December 14, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Of Citizens and Taxpayers “I can’t tell you how many times people have told me they dislike being addressed by governments as ‘taxpayers.’ They’re citizens,” writes Shirley Tillotson: But “citizen” in that sense — the broad thinker who sees taxes as the seed of all good things social — is a newish kind […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adom Patchett, Cape Breton Municipality, cat declawing ban, CBRM Mayor Cecil Clarke, CEDIF program failures, Community Economic Development Investment Fund (CEDIF), Delilah Saunders, doctor shortage, Doctors Nova Scotia, Don Mills, Fundy Tidal Inc. cease trade order, HRM free bus passes, Janet Knox, Marieke Walsh, Mary Campbell, Nancy MacCready-Williams, Nic Meloney, Patient's website criticizes East Coast Forensic Hospital, poll on political preferences in Nova Scotia, Rebecca Moore, respect, Richard Starr, secret trips to China, Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN)

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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.

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