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The Nova Centre hotel isn’t opening any time soon; what does that mean for the city budget?

Morning File, Tuesday, April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Street checks “No one in authority seems willing to apologize for the decades of ‘disproportionate and negative’ impact street checks have had on Nova Scotia’s black community,” writes Stephen Kimber. “Worse, no one seems to be committed to finally ending them once and for all.” Click here to read “Street checks: Who’s sorry […]

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Dispensary raids: protecting the government monopoly on cannabis

Morning File, Friday, October 26, 2018

October 26, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Halifax cop accused of using police database to investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband I reported yesterday: A Halifax police officer used a police computer database to improperly investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband, alleges a lawsuit filed in Supreme Court Wednesday. The details of the allegations are at the link, but the oddest part of the story […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: cannabis dispensaries, cannabis monopoly, Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), carbon tax, Coady International Institute, Cogswell Redevelopment Program, Cpl. Jennifer Clarke, dispensary raids, Frances Willick, fraud, James Edward Marlow, Justice of the Peace Bruce McLaughlin, Mary Campbell, Mayor Cecil Clarke, Nick Ritcey, Police Act, RCMP Constable Karl MacIsaac, Sewage Plant Estates, Stephen Archibald and clocks, Zane Woodford

Silver Sands: the best Halifax-area beach we ever destroyed

Morning File, Monday, June 25, 2018

June 25, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 17 Comments

News 1. BP spill On Friday, BP reported a small spill of synthetic lubricating mud at its West Aquarius drill site on the Scotia Shelf drill site. The government regulator has ordered drilling suspended until an investigation is complete. News of the spill is posted to the incident page of the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board […]

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Blind justice: Morning File, Tuesday, October 31, 2017

October 31, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Blind justice A Musquodoboit Harbour man who served an intermittent two-year sentence in the Central Nova Correctional Facility in Burnside is suing the jail and the province for “permanent loss of vision in his left eye.” Peter Galbraith says he has rheumatoid arthritis, which he manages with weekly injections of the drug Enbrel. […]

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Here’s what we need for a great new Mumford Terminal

The city must first make big decisions on commuter rail and transit lanes in order to get the bus terminal right.

September 26, 2017 By Erica Butler

It’s finally happening. The city has started planning its redo of the ghastly, despised Mumford Terminal. The city has hired Dillon Consulting for phase one: figuring out where the heck to put the thing, designing how it will work, and giving a rough guess at how much it will cost to build. Dillon needs to...

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Get over that “secret tunnel” delusion: Morning File, Thursday, June 15, 2017

June 15, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. NSBI There are two CBC stories from yesterday involving Nova Scotia Business Inc. The first is from Paul Withers: The Nova Scotia Crown corporation responsible for economic development in the province says it needs to be more ‘inclusive’ when it refers potential clients to commercial real-estate brokers. Nova Scotia Business Inc. called in […]

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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.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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