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We’re watching Mark Lever destroy journalism in Nova Scotia

Morning File, Thursday, May 31, 2018

May 31, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Fool’s Gold, Part 3 We’ve published the third instalment of Joan Baxter’s “Fool’s Gold” series. Part 3 looks at the provincial Department of Natural Resource’s efforts to open the Cobequid Hills up to gold production, and the effect prospecting and potential mining would have on the French River, which is the source of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Arthur Maddox fired, Brian Taylor, Cathy Martin, Cecil Clarke, Christina Lamey, deputy police chief Chris McNeil, Frank Cassidy, Lynn Connors, Mark Lever destroys journalism, Marlene Usher, Mary Campbell, Mary Ellen Donovan, Matt Whitman creeps Chelsea Peretti, Mayor Mike Savage, Mayor Peter Kelly, Mike Dunphy, Nijhawan McMillan, Port of Sydney Development Corporation, Quentin Casey, racism at HRM, racism at Metro Transit, Ross Klein, Saltwire layoffs, subscriber supported journalism, Unisys contract expiring, Yvette d'Entremont

Halifax councillors need to make a living wage ordinance a priority: Morning File, Monday, November 21, 2016

November 21, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

November Subscription Drive Click here to purchase a subscription to the Halifax Examiner. News 1. Just how low, and how bad, can the Chronicle Herald get? In a bid to restart negotiations between the Chronicle Herald management and its striking newsroom employees, the union sent the company a request for a meeting. But the company […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: BAE, Ben Eoin, candidates' answers, Chronicle Herald strike, conquered people, Danish warship HDMS Peter Willemoes, Danny Paul, David Pugliese, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Dennis Kutchera, Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation, Freedom of Information, Georgina MacLeod, Halifax Transit, Imperial Cleaners, IMTB, Irving Shipbuilding, It's More Than Buses, Joan Weeks, John Demont, Lisa Blackburn, living wage, living wage ordinance, Mark Cunningham, Marlene Usher, Mary Campbell, Michael Merritt, Mike Savage, Moving Forward Together, Port of Sydney, Richard Zurawski, Sackville Sports Stadium, Sam Austin, Sean Previl, Shawn Cleary, Stephen Kimber, Steve Streatch, Waye Mason

Bad attitude: Morning File, Friday, September 23, 2016

September 23, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Matthew Hines “Correctional Service Canada has fired one staff member and disciplined three others after an inmate was beaten and repeatedly pepper-sprayed at a New Brunswick prison before his death,” report Karissa Donkin and Joan Weeks for the CBC: The top correctional official in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACOA, Alan Ruffman, Alicja Krzychowiec, CBRM, Chris Lambie, Clay Moyle, Const. Hans Ouellette, Dorchester Penitentiary, Eric Mourant, George Baker, Graham Steele, Jack Dempsey, Joan Weeks, Joe Metlege, John Demont, Jono Developments Ltd, Justice J.E. Scanlan, Karissa Donkin, Marlene Usher, Mary Campbell, Matthew Hines, Michelle Strum, Port of Sydney, Robert Devet, Saint Patrick’s Alexandra, Sam Langford, Wayne Bishop

I Went To Sydney Harbour Ports Day So You Didn’t Have To

May 20, 2016 By Mary Campbell 7 Comments

Sydney Harbour Ports Day 2016 was held in a large, windowless auditorium in the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion on Thursday, May 19. In nautical terms, it was the equivalent of travelling steerage. This year’s theme was “Thinking Big: A New Home on the East Coast for Ultra Large Container Vessels,” which I guess marks the […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Albert Barbusci, Barry Sheehy, Canderel, Chinese Communications Construction Company, Harbour Port Development Partners, James C. (J.C.) Evans, Jonathan Wener, Marlene Usher, Novaporte, Port of Sydney, Richie Mann, Sydney Harbour Port Day 2016

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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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