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Electronic Frontier Foundation recognizes the Nova Scotia government and Halifax police for their role in tech transparency

Morning File, Monday, March 11, 2019

March 11, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

1. SNC-Lavalin “There is an unanswered, barely whispered question at the heart-attack centre of the SNC-Lavalin scandal now dumping buckets of freezing rain on Justin Trudeau’s sunny ways/sunny days parade,” writes Stephen Kimber: And that question is this: what would Andrew Scheer or Jagmeet Singh have done differently? Click here to read “What would Andrew […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Scheer, Atlantic Mining, Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould, Backstory NS, Bailey Roy, Damien Roy, daylight savings, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Glen Assoun, Greg MacVicar, Jagmeet Singh, Jean Laroche, Justice Cindy Bourgeois, Justice Linda Lee Oland, Justice Peter Bryson, Mary Campbell, Mining Association of Nova Scotia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, province's information security screw-up, Sandy Garossino, Sean Kirby, Shane Fowler, SNC-Lavalin, time change, Utility and Review Board (UARB), Wayne Oakley

Fool’s Gold

Nova Scotia's Myopic Pursuit of Metals & Minerals

May 16, 2018 By Joan Baxter 8 Comments

A Halifax Examiner / Cape Breton Spectator investigation. Part 1: Welcome to the Gold Rush There’s a 21st century gold rush starting in Nova Scotia, just as industrial gold mining is increasingly coming into disrepute around the world. It has been described as an “environmental disaster” which often leads to contamination of water sources on […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: Alan Septoff, Anaconda Mining, arsenic, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Atlantic Gold, Bill 76, Brilliant Earth, Bruce Nunn, Canadian Mineral Investment Forum in Beijing, Cape Breton Spectator, Chamber of Mineral Resources of Nova, Chilean Metals, China Mining Conference in Tianjin, Chrissy Matheson, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Diane Webber, Earthworks, Ecology Action Centre, El Salvador, Finance Minister Karen Casey, First Nations Membertou Band, Fool's Gold Part 1, Greater Cape Breton Partnership, IAMGOLD, Joan Baxter, Joan Kuyek, Kluscap Wilderness Area, mercury, Mineral Incentive Program, Mineral Resources Act, Mineral Resources Development Fund, Mining Association of Nova Scotia, Mining One Window Process, Mining Watch Canada, Minister Lloyd Hines, Minister Margaret Miller, MLA Geoff MacLellan, Nova Scotia Business Inc, NS Environment, premier John Savage, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), Rachel Boomer, Raymond Plourde, Resource Capital Gold Corp., Sean Kirby, sodium cyanide, Tejas Gold Inc., Touquoy mine, toxic tailings from historic gold mines, Ugo Lapointe, uranium, Water For Life

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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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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