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Halifax in two acts: The Hotel Barmecide

Morning File, Monday, October 28, 2019

October 28, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Crowns Writes Stephen Kimber: After a crazy week of blind-siding legislation, insults, distortions, bluster, meaningless committee hearings and more fact-free moments than you’d find in a Trumpian White House, the province and its Crown attorneys are right back where they began — at the bargaining table. Well, not exactly as illustrated… Click here […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: AIDAdiva, Air Canada, Bill 213, crane incident, crown attorneys, Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act (EGSPA), GHG emissions, Gus Reed, illness on cruise ships, John McPhee, Mark Parent, norovirus, Nova Centre hotel, shit wages, Sutton Place Hotel, YMCA

Fool’s Gold

Nova Scotia's Myopic Pursuit of Metals & Minerals (Part 4)

June 13, 2018 By Joan Baxter 4 Comments

A Halifax Examiner / Cape Breton Spectator investigation. This is the fourth and final instalment in a series of articles on the push for mines and quarries in Nova Scotia. You can find Part I here. How the mining lobby is working to undermine environmental protection in Nova Scotia On a cold day in late November […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, Province House Tagged With: Amanda Rekunyk, Anaconda Mining, Atisthan Roach, Barry Carroll, Black Point Aggregates, Brian Fogarty, Bruce Nunn, Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (CMMP), Dawson Brisco, Don James, Donkin coal mine, Elder Elizabeth Marshall, Erdene Resources Development Corp., Fogarty’s Cove, Fool’s Gold part 4, Frank Fogarty, Frank Leith, Garnet Rogers, Gordana Slepcev, Gretchen Fitzgerald, Joan Baxter, John Perkins, June Jarvis, Justin Brake, Kameron Collieries, Kellys Mountain, Kluscap Mountain, Lloyd Hines, MANS, Mark Parent, martin Mariette Materials, Mike MacDonald, mining lobby, Morien Resources, NS Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Peter Oram, Premier Stephen McNeil, Raymond Plourde, Rodney MacDonald, Sean Kirby, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, Stan Rogers, Stantec, Suzanne Patles, Vulcan Materials Company, Whites Point Quarry

Department of Environment fails to provide legally required annual review

August 1, 2014 By Tim Bousquet

In 2007, the Nova Scotian legislature passed an ambitious piece of legislation called the Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act, EGSPA, which is called “eggs-puh” in wonk circles. EGSPA was spearheaded by then-Environment Minister Mark Parent, a preacher turned politician who represents the best of the old-school of the Progressive Conservative party. Parent parented EGSPA, pushing the...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: EGSPA, Mark Parent

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.

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.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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