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Muskrat Falls project delayed again

Nalcor blames COVID-19 for failing to meet contracted schedule of delivery of power to Nova Scotia Power, but there are also problems with software. As a result, Nova Scotia likely won't meet its renewable energy targets.

April 18, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

Hydroelectricity expected to flow to Nova Scotia from Labrador to reduce dependence on coal-fired plants has been delayed once again. In its quarterly report to the Utilities and Review Board, NS Power Maritime Link (NSPML) says the builder of the Muskrat Falls project is experiencing pandemic-related delays. On March 17, Nalcor (the Newfoundland utility building […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: COVID-19, General Electric (GE), Jacqueline Foster, Labrador Island Link (LIL), Muskrat Falls, Nalcor, Nova Scotia Power (NSP)

The Ceramic Cartel must be brought to its knees: Morning File, Monday, June 5, 2017

June 5, 2017 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Beatrice Hunter, beaurocrat-ese, Bullshitter of the Day Janet Knox, Cape Breton Spectator, David Burke, Gary Burrill, Justin Brake, Lionel Desmond, lobster truck spill, Mary Campbell, Michael MacDonald, Muskrat Falls, Nalcor, Nova Scotia Health Authority briefing note, Supreme Court Justice George Murphy, Susan Leblanc, Vicki Grant, Wade Smith

Taxi drivers gone bad: Morning File, Wednesday, May 3, 2017

May 3, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bern Coffey, Doug Brine, Ford Doolittle, Joan Weeks, Kalvin Cole, Karissa Donkin, Kevin Hindle, Matthew Hines, Muskrat Falls, Nalcor, Ryan Young, taxi driver appeals

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

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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