1. City Hall to review harassment policies & practices The city is looking for an outside consultant to review its workplace harassment polices and practices. A punctuation-error-ridden Request for Proposals (RFP) issued this morning explains that: HRM seeks to determine the effectiveness of the organizations [sic] Human Resource policies and programs in attaining its goal of […]
UARB kicks Maritime Link costs down the road; orders small credit to ratepayers
If Nova Scotia Power wants to recover a larger portion of the $1.6 billion cost of the construction of the Maritime Link from ratepayers, it’s going to have to be patient. The Utility and Review Board has ruled that NSP cannot bill the full amount requested from ratepayers until after electricity begins to flow from...
The Ceramic Cartel must be brought to its knees: Morning File, Monday, June 5, 2017
News 1. Beatrice Hunter “Police have taken an Inuk woman into custody in Happy Valley-Goose Bay after she refused to promise a Supreme Court of N.L. judge she would stay away from the Muskrat Falls construction site in Central Labrador,” reports Justin Brake for the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent: Beatrice Hunter, a mother, grandmother and land […]
Taxi drivers gone bad: Morning File, Wednesday, May 3, 2017
News 1. Matthew Hines “Matthew Hines didn’t have to die,” report Karissa Donkin and Joan Weeks, who have been doing excellent work and follow-through on this story for the CBC: That’s the conclusion of a scathing report by Canada’s prison watchdog, who found that staff at New Brunswick’s Dorchester Penitentiary ignored repeated cries for help from the […]
Magically ridiculous: Morning File, Friday, March 17, 2017
News 1. Police checks Several people have told me that last night’s meeting at the North Memorial Library about police checks was an absolute mess. Here’s Maggie Rahr reporting for The Coast: “Do you deny institutional racism exists!?” shouts a man, rising to his feet, to cheers and rumblings in a crowd of more than […]
A very tenuous Halifax connection to the Trump-Russia scandal: Morning File, Thursday, March 16, 2017
News 1. Court Watch This week, Christina Macdonald looks at the Kobylanski trial, a Kentville meth lab, and how the Stewiacke election demonstrates why we shouldn’t trust electronic voting. Click here to read Court Watch. This article is behind the Examiner’s paywall and so is available only to paid subscribers. Click here to purchase a subscription. 2. […]
Criminal charges against Justin Brake are an attack on press freedom: Morning File, Monday, March 13, 2017
News 1. An attack on press freedom Justin Brake, the editor of the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent, has been charged criminally for trespassing while reporting on Indigenous people occupying the site of the Muskrat Falls hydro project. The Independent issued a statement detailing the charges: On March 8 Brake was summoned to appear in provincial court […]
Max’s Folly: Examineradio, episode #85
Bill Turpin is a lifelong journalist with stops at the Montreal Gazette and the Halifax Daily News. He’s just released his debut novel, Max’s Folly, a love letter to the craft of journalism. Also, Nova Scotia teachers are pissed and 200% of them have voted to strike, apparently. (direct download) (RSS feed) (Subscribe via iTunes)
Canadian court orders the arrest of a reporter: Morning File, Wednesday, October 26, 2016
You can now link to any part of a Morning File post by simply scrolling past the headline or sub-headline you’re interested in, then copying the URL from your browser and posting it on Facebook or Twitter (or anywhere else) to share. News 1. Teachers vote to strike “Teachers in Nova Scotia could be on […]
Muskrat Falls is all about power: Morning File, Monday, October 24, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Muskrat Falls “An ongoing blockade against the Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador took a dramatic turn on Saturday as land protectors stormed and occupied the Muskrat Falls work site itself,” reports Justin Brake, editor of the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent: As about 200 […]