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Federal and provincial governments to hold public inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shootings

July 28, 2020 By Zane Woodford and Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

There will be a public inquiry into April’s mass shooting in Nova Scotia after all. Following significant public protest, statements from multiple Liberal MPs in opposition to an independent review, and a challenge from Nova Scotia Justice Minister Mark Furey, federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced his government is launching a public inquiry. “We […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Desmond Fatality Inquiry, Justice Minister Mark Furey, mass shooting inquiry, Michael Tutton, Minister Bill Blair, MP Andy Fillmore, MP Bernadette Jordan, MP Darren Fisher, MP Kody Blois, MP Lenore Zann, MP Mike Kelloway, MP Sean Fraser, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Nova Scotia Federal Liberal Caucus, PC leader Tim Houston, Portapique mass shooting murder spree, Premier Stephen McNeil, Public Inquiry, Yvonne Colbert

Maritimers stranded in Guatemala frustrated by Canadian government silence

March 21, 2020 By Joan Baxter Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Indigo Christ desperately wants to come home to Halifax, but even more immediately, she wants to speak with someone from the Canadian embassy in Guatemala, or in Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa who can at least let her know what – if anything – is […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, Global Affairs Canada, Guatemala, Indigo Christ, Krystyna Dodds, Laura Robinson, Lenora Yarkie, Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS), MP Andy Fillmore, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

The cruise ship industry disses the Yarmouth ferry

Morning File, Monday, August 19, 2019

August 19, 2019 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Health care photo ops “So last week, 10 out of 37 hospital emergency departments in Nova Scotia were closed for at least some part of the week,” writes Stephen Kimber: While our healthcare crises multiply, our leaders stage photo opportunities that resemble trying to slap Band-Aids on the backsides of rampaging elephants. Whatever […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abdilahi Elmi, Bar Harbor, Bill McKibben, biomass, cruise ships Bar harbor, Cyclone 4 rocket, Don Bowser, El Jones, entangled right whale, Fatuma Abdi, fires South End, Icarus Report August 19 2019, Jordan Gill, Maritime Launch Services Ltd., Martha Paynter, Meghan Groff, MP Andy Fillmore, North Sea cod, Olena Holubeva, Peter B. de Selding, Robert Wright, Ukrainian space industry, United Paradyne, Yarmouth ferry, Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoye

Redesigning the Windsor Exchange: if we get it right, it could be great

June 25, 2019 By Erica Butler

Sometimes government makes an announcement, and even though you know it’s ages from reality, and will probably be announced and re-announced many times hence, you simply can’t help but get excited at the possibilities. Such is the case with the announcement by Transport Canada earlier this month that the federal department will help fund a...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: active transportation, Africville, Africville Park and National Historic Site, Bedford Highway Functional Plan, CAO Jacques Dubé, councillor Waye Mason, Eliza Jackson, Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP), Karen Oldfield, MP Andy Fillmore, Port of Halifax, Transport Canada, Windsor Street Exchange

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

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Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

Listen to the episode here.

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