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Memo to Stephen McNeil: beware teachers bearing frustrations

On October 25, 2016, 96 per cent of teachers gave their union an overwhelming strike mandate. And that changed everything about everything in the McNeil government’s union-busting calculus.

February 25, 2018 By Stephen Kimber

Cast your mind back to October 25, 2016. The date will be significant. Before that day, Stephen McNeil’s Liberal government seemed to be in full control of its anti-public-sector-worker agenda. The executive of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union was preparing — reluctantly — to recommend its 7,600 members agree to a tentative...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Education, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: education, Liette Doucet, NSTU, Stephen McNeil, teachers

The best cat video ever: Morning File, Thursday, May 18, 2017

May 18, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 20 Comments

News 1. Stephen McNeil probably can’t meet his preschool pledge Jennifer Henderson reports: The Liberal’s pre-election budget included $3.7 million to expand Early Learning Centres to 30 new locations by September, just four months from now, but the locations haven’t been identified, there’s no money to help daycares transition, and school boards have been given no […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bayers Lake Outpatient Centre, Bill 75, Jad Crnogorac, Liette Doucet, Matt Whitman, NDP press release, Nova Scotia Teachers Union, NSTU, the Icarus Report May 18

What do you gotta do to get a conviction around these parts?: Examineradio, episode #101

March 3, 2017 By Russell Gragg 1 Comment

Haligonians are outraged at this week’s decision by a Nova Scotia judge to acquit a cab driver of sexual assault. Judge Gregory Lenehan determined that the Crown hadn’t provided sufficient  proof of lack of consent, despite the testimony of an expert witness and the fact that the alleged victim was unconscious at the time of the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Avalon Sexual Assault Centre, Darrell Dexter, Examineradio, NSTU, podcast

Get back to work: Examineradio, episode #100

February 17, 2017 By Russell Gragg 2 Comments

Snow and teachers. Teachers and snow. Did anything else happen since I left Halifax? This week we speak to former NDP Finance Minister and current CBC pundit Graham Steele about the Liberal government’s strategy to impose a contract on Nova Scotia’s teachers. Will it succeed? Will any Liberal MLAs cross the floor? What effect will […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: Bill 75, education, Examineradio, Karen Casey, NSTU, podcast, snow, Stephen McNeil, teachers

What happened at Law Amendments today

February 16, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson 3 Comments

It may read Teacher Appreciation week on the calendar but none of the dozens and dozens of teachers who appeared before the Legislature’s Law Amendments Committee today are feeling appreciated. John Walker, a teacher for 26 years and father of four, wore a sign with “zero” around his neck to protest the zero per cent […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Bill 75, Joan Ling, John Walker, Law Amendments Committee, Liette Doucet, NSTU, Shari Abriel, Shelley Morse, Timothy MacLeod

Hooray for our side: Morning File, Tuesday, January 31, 2017

January 31, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Hooray for our side “Hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil Monday evening in Halifax’s Grand Parade in front of city hall to mourn those killed in a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque,” reports the Canadian Press. As with last week’s Women’s Marches and the widespread political demonstrations at US airports and town […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: American fascism, demonstration, Hooray for our side, NSTU, Quebec City mosque, Sherri Borden Colley, universities lawsuit, vigil

Another Monday in Chaos

It’s Monday. So it must be time for the latest zig in the zig-zaggy, twisty-turny, tortured tale of Stephen McNeil and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union.

January 30, 2017 By Stephen Kimber

It’s Monday. So it must be time for the latest zig in the zig-zaggy, twisty-turny, tortured tale of Stephen McNeil and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union. On Friday afternoon, the union announced its 9,300 members would resume their work-to-rule job action today because — in the words of union president Liette Doucet — “we don’t...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Education, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: NSTU, Stephen McNeil, teachers strike

Chronicle Herald death spiral: Examineradio, episode #98

January 27, 2017 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

On what is one of the longest episodes in Examineradio’s history, we devote almost the entire show to marking the auspicious occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Chronicle Herald strike. First we speak with veteran arts reporter Stephen Cooke about the cautious optimism surrounding the current round of negotiations between the union and management and […]

Filed Under: Featured, Journalism Tagged With: #BellLetsTalk, Examineradio, HST, NSTU, podcast

Toward an accessible Nova Scotia: Examineradio, episode #92

December 16, 2016 By Russell Gragg 1 Comment

This week with speak with Ryan Delehanty, the Atlantic Assignment Editor for Accessible Media Inc., about the province’s – and the city’s – slow march toward genuine accessibility for all its citizens. Also, the McNeil government and the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union agree to head back to the bargaining table just as the public sector […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessibility, Examineradio, NSGEU, NSTU, podcast

A heavenly wedding: Morning File, Friday, October 7, 2016

October 7, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The Coup at the Pride Meeting El Jones attended Wednesday night’s contentious meeting of Halifax Pride, and reports back: The short version of what happened at the Halifax Pride Society’s AGM is that cisgendered straight people organized to vote down motions by LGBTQ+ […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bluenose II, e-gaming, gambling, Graham Steele, Halifax Pride, Jane MacAdam, Juanita Leeco, McInnes Cooper, MCPEI, NSTU, Rob McEachern, teachers union, Teresa Wright

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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.

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