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There’s not much to say, so here’s a cool video of Jupiter

Morning File, Wednesday, October 21, 2020

October 21, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. The Goldboro Gamble, Part 2 Yesterday we published the second part of Joan Baxter’s two-part “Goldboro Gamble” series. In Part 2, Baxter shows how and why Canadian and German environmentalist activists are coming together to oppose the proposed Nova Scotian liquified natural gas plant. For example, writes Baxter: Andy Gheorghiu is a policy advisor […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Acadia University, Glen Assoun compensation, health transfers, homecoming parties, Hotel Association of Nova Scotia, hotel bailout, Jupiter, Kevin Toth, NASA, Richard Starr, Tourism, Tourism Sector Financing Assistance Program

Halifax heritage: Disappearing from the top down

Morning File, Friday, January 10, 2020

January 10, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp We have two articles about Northern Pulp this morning. The first, by Jennifer Henderson, looks at Northern Pulp’s announcement that it will continue to operate as a business in Nova Scotia and is continuing with the environmental assessment for its proposed effluent pipe into the Northumberland Strait. As well, Henderson looks […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alan Blackwood, Ali Nafarieh, Canso spaceport, Carolyn Ray, doctors, Elizabeth Cushing, Elizabeth MacMillan, Fatemeh Mahmoodi, freelancing, Garreth MacDonald, Gary Ernst, Glace Bay Minor Hockey, hockey fundraising, hydrazine, Iranian plane crash, James Edwards, Kyle Moore, Mandieh Ghavi, Maritime Launch Services (MLS), Maryam Malek, Masoumeh Ghavi, Minister Randy Delorey, minor hockey, NASA, Sackville Minor Hockey Association, Sean Fitzgerald, space fraud, Stephen Archibald and decorative details, Steve Matier, U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez, United Paradyne Corporation, wait lists

Who killed Robin Hartrick?

Morning File, Tuesday, September 11, 2018

September 11, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. “Culture of fear” “A former correctional officer who worked at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (the Burnside jail) is concerned that the lack of attention to conditions in the jail will lead to violence and to people getting hurt,” reports El Jones: The former correctional officer contacted the Halifax Examiner and spoke about […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brenda Way, CAO Jacque Dubé, councillor Waye Mason, Dave Hebert, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, dumbass graffiti, Fred MacGillivray, Glen Assoun, Halifax Water, Margaret (Robin) Hartrick, NASA, ocean temperatures, Paul Withers, Scott Ferguson, Stephen Archibald and old schools, Ticket Atlantic, Trade Centre Limited, water restrictions Lake Major

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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