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Stadium envy and the hiring of Jacques Dubé: Morning File, Thursday, July 28, 2016

July 28, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Stadium envy Former Moncton CAO Jacques Dubé has been hired for the same position in Halifax. In December, CAO Richard Butts abruptly resigned and took a job as president of Clayton Developments, the largest development firm in the area. Then-city solicitor John Traves has been operating […]

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Rank hypocrisy and the hiring of Marilla Stephenson: Morning File, Wednesday, July 27, 2016

July 27, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes wilderness Yesterday, Halifax council took the most sensible action possible with regards to the Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes wilderness park I discussed yesterday. Council voted to push the entire issue back to its September 6 […]

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Is Reg Rankin angling, Richard Butts-style, for a job at the Annapolis Group? Morning File, Tuesday, July 26, 2016

July 26, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes wilderness At today’s city council meeting, councillor Reg Rankin will introduce the following motion: That Halifax Regional Council direct staff to: 1. Initiate the public consultation and hearing process for an amendment to the Regional Municipal Planning […]

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Let’s create a job for our friend Marilla: Morning File, Monday, July 25, 2016

July 25, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. CBC’s “explainer” on North Preston Upset with a CBC “explainer” about the community of North Preston, eight protestors descended upon CBC’s Halifax offices Friday and demanded a retraction. I was there, and wrote this article about it. Besides the clear misrepresentation of North […]

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Code Words: Morning File, Saturday, July 23, 2016

July 23, 2016 By El Jones 10 Comments

Conversation with Walter Borden Black Lives Matter’s intervention into the Toronto Pride parade raised issues of exclusion of Black people from the mainstream Pride movement. Much of the reporting around the action treated Blackness and gayness as separate identities, and the queer Black women activists were treated as though they were intruders into a parade […]

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The dog days of summer: Morning File, Thursday, July 21, 2016

July 21, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Rescue It’s a warm summer, which always means one thing: rescues. Amanda Slaunwhite was caught in an undertow at Dominion Beach near Sydney, but was saved by firefighters and a cop. Two people tossed out of their canoe in the Northumberland Strait were […]

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The fight over the wilderness park is all about money: Morning File, Wednesday, July 20, 2016

July 20, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes wilderness park It’s hard to understand what councillor Reg Rankin is up to. You’ll recall that Justice Heather Robertson was hired as a “facilitator” for the city and four development companies that own property within the boundaries of […]

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A Cold Day in Hell: Morning File, Saturday, July 16, 2016

July 16, 2016 By El Jones 14 Comments

News News Before we start: Discount kitties! 1. Chronicle Herald hires scab writer who believes Lucifer is in our phones Thanks to Chris Parsons for reporting on this on Twitter. Read his blog here. Some people might publish an untrue and inflammatory story about refugee children, get shamed nationally, and resolve to put whatever processes […]

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Yet another thing is dying in the ocean: Morning File, Thursday, July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Discrimination in the fire department “Two former Halifax firefighters say they were targeted after they complained about harassment and inappropriate behaviour on the job,” reports Stephanie vanKampen for the CBC: Paul Service served as a volunteer firefighter for five years in Harrietsfield. But shortly after he began […]

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No one goes to a Mooseheads game to watch owner Bobby Smith: Morning File, Tuesday, July 12, 2016

July 12, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Yarmouth ferry “After weeks of saying it would not do so, Bay Ferries released the first passenger numbers for the new Yarmouth-Maine ferry Monday,” reports Remo Zaccagna for Local Xpress: According to the initial numbers, service to Portland, which launched on June 15, […]

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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.

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