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Stephen McNeil’s pricey PR people suck at their jobs: Morning File, Monday, November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 23 Comments

November Subscription Drive Click here to purchase a subscription. News 1. McNeil’s pricey PR people suck at their jobs Yesterday on Facebook, Graham Steele posted an analysis of the McNeil government’s reaction to the collapse of negotiations with the teachers union. Steele’s entire post is worth reading, but I was most struck by this: The government’s communication strategy […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alton Gas, Centre Plan, conquered people, David Jackson, Doug Trussler, exemptions, former journalists, Graham Steele, HRM By Design, Jackie Foster, Laura Lee Langley, Laurie Graham, Marilla Stephenson, Nova Centre, Peter Kelly, PR, Ray Ivany, Robert Devet, Stephen McNeil

Too much news, none of it good: Morning File, Wednesday, November 23, 2016

November 23, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

November Subscription Drive Click here to purchase a subscription to the Halifax Examiner. News 1. Tyler Keizer Police have identified the man killed Monday night on Gottingen Street as 22-year-old Tyler Ronald Joseph Keizer of Halifax. 2. Nihilistic loners’ plot for mass murder “A young Halifax man has been handed a 10-year prison sentence for his role in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill Tieleman, Cape Breton University Board of Governors, Dale Keefe, David Jackson, David Wheeler, former reporters, Halifax Shopping Centre, Jackie Foster, James Gamble, Justice Patrick Duncan, Laurie Graham, Marilla Stephenson, Premier Christy Clark, Randall Steven Thomas Shepherd, Ray Larkin, reporters as political hacks, Stephen Kimber, Stephen McNeil, Steve Bruce, Tom McNeil, Tyler Keizer, Zane Woodford

Stephen McNeil and the folly of false choices

November 6, 2016 By Stephen Kimber

“We believe we’ve delivered what is a fair package [for teachers]. If there is more required to be on the table, people need to explain where they want us to get that. Do they want us to take it out of health care? Do they want us to take it away from vulnerable Nova Scotians?” —...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Laurie Graham, Marilla Stephenson, Stephen McNeil, teachers, vulnerable Nova Scotians, Yarmouth ferry

Peter Kelly is personally liable for $194,000, says lawyer: Morning File, Tuesday, August 2, 2016

August 2, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Lawyer: Peter Kelly is personally liable for $194,000 Peter Kelly is personally liable for $194,000 in costs incurred by Westlock County, Alberta, but it would be difficult to get a court judgment against him. That’s the opinion of Kelsey L. Becker Brookes, a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bud Massey, David Irish, David Jones, Elissa Barnard, Hōkūle‘a, Kelsey L. Becker Brookes, Marilla Stephenson, Morning File, Peter Kelly, Randy Matheson, Rhett Tolmie, Sabrina Fabian, Stephen Kimber, Stephen McNeil, Sue Oberg, Sue Uteck, Tina Comeau, Tom McCoag

“I miss the job” – Sue Uteck. Examineradio, episode #72

July 29, 2016 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

After losing her long-held south-end seat by fewer than 100 votes, former city councillor Sue Uteck is gearing up to challenge incumbent Waye Mason in this October’s municipal election. What’s inspiring her run and what does she think the city should be doing better? Plus, CBC steps in it by “explaining” that North Preston is some sort […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: CBC, El Jones, Examineradio, Jacques Dubé, Lameia Reddick, Marilla Stephenson, North Preston, podcast, Sue Uteck

Nova Centre supporters are panicking, and for good reason

July 7, 2014 By Tim Bousquet

In May, the Thiel family, which owns much of the financial district and who are embarking on an ambitious development project called 22nd Commerce Square, asked the courts to review the province’s issuance of an unprecedented exemption to Nova Centre developer Joe Ramia; the exemption allows Ramia to bypass normal city development approval processes. In June, the Heritage Trust...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bent Flyvbjerg, Joe Ramia, Marilla Stephenson, Nova Centre, Turner Drake

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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