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Kersplash: there goes tidal generation

Morning File, Tuesday, August 14, 2018

August 14, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 9 Comments

News 1. Emera withdraws from Cape Sharp Tidal This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. Emera is out of the tidal power business in the Bay of Fundy, at least for now. The parent company of Nova Scotia Power (and the North American energy conglomerate with $29 billion in assets) announced yesterday it was withdrawing […]

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There’s nothing likeable about Jimmy Melvin Jr., but his mental deterioration is just plain sad

Morning File, Thursday, July 19, 2018

July 19, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Supercluster____ Jennifer Henderson attended yesterday’s “Supercluster Update” at Pier 21, hoping to get details of the federal “investment” into “ocean innovation” that will make us all rich forever, amen. Where are you going to spend your coming supercluster riches? Maybe pay down some of that debilitating student loan? Upgrade the old clunker in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allan Marble, Blair Rhodes, Darrell Cole, Green Tree Clinic Dispensary robbed, Jimmy Melvin Jr., Matt Hebb, Oceans Supercluster, police cybersecurity, Roger Hupman, Spanish flu, Stephen Archibald and Judy Matthews, Zane Woodford

Super Big Money: Lots of federal money is coming to the Ocean Supercluster, but who will benefit?

July 19, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

Fog obscured the harbour view on Wednesday as nearly 400 people from business, government, and academia clustered inside Pier 21 for a free update on the “Oceans Supercluster.” In what Shakespeare buffs call “the pathetic fallacy,” the day’s grey weather paralleled the verbal haze that’s blanketed the entity endorsed by Ottawa and some leading Atlantic...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: CFFI Ventures (Clearwater), Cooke Aquaculture, Cuna del Mar, Emera, JD Irving, Jeff White, Jennifer Henderson, Matt Hebb, Oceans Supercluster, Petroleum Resources Newfoundland, Robert Orr, Susan Hunt

The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

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