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Throwaway thoughts on throwaway cameras

Morning File, Wednesday, August 3, 2022

August 3, 2022 By Ethan Lycan-Lang and Suzanne Rent 1 Comment

News 1. Halifax preparing police as People’s Park residents stay put We’ve known for nearly two months that, despite what Halifax councillors have previously promised, and fears of a repeat of last summer’s chaos, police would eventually be involved again in evicting people camping on public land. It was just a matter of time. That […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: camera, Council, Goldboro, MLAs, People's Park, photos, Province House, real estate, South Shore

Premier says ‘no’ to recommended raises for MLAs

July 19, 2022 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

If Premier Tim Houston gets his way, Nova Scotia’s elected representatives will not be receiving raises recommended by an independent panel appointed in May by the Speaker of the Legislature. MLAs have not had a raise since January 2013. A review released this morning recommends an increase of 12.6% to bring MLAs annual base salary […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Ajay Parasram, Burtley Francis, inflation, Jennifer Henderson, Kyle MacIsaac, MLA salaries, MLAs, Nova Scotia, Pictou East, Premier Tim Houston, Speaker Keith Bain

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

Episode 91 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.
Two photos: A young white brunette woman with a black mask that says "Take care make art", and a young white blonde woman smiling in a studio photo.

The Halifax Fringe Festival is celebrating its first full in-person festival since 2019, which itself was cut short by hurricane Dorian. And that’s not all — after seven festivals, executive director Lee-Anne Poole will head out the revolving door of Halifax arts org leaders and hand the reigns over to Sara Graham. Both are on the show this week to talk entrances and exits, why they do the work that they do, the festival’s present and future, and all the details you need to attend. Plus a song from the new surprise Hello Delaware album.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

Subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your device — there’s a great instructional article here. Email Suzanne for help. You can reach Tara here.

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