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Morning File, Tuesday, October 19, 2021

October 19, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 2 Comments

News 1. Andrew Gnazdowsky’s family to sue province over his workplace death A year ago, 26-year-old Andrew Gnazdowsky, drowned while trying to fix a piece of equipment at Nova Scotia Power’s Marshall Falls reservoir in Sheet Harbour. Now, his family has served notice it plans to sue the provincial government, Zane Woodford reports: Since his […]

Point, Click, Evict

Morning File, Thursday, October 24, 2019

October 24, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

News 1. Crowns strike The province’s crown attorneys have gone on strike. The government says the action is illegal and is seeking an injunction to get them back to work. Writing in The Star Halifax, Taryn Grant explains: About 80 per cent of members of the Nova Scotia Crown Attorneys’ Association (NSCAA) voted in favour […]

The poster for Fat Juliet, which has black bold lettering on a white background, and a cartoon of a fat young woman with dark hair in a red onepiece bathing suit holding a diary and smiling.

Episode 50 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Two Tideline favourites, Kat McCormack and Stevey Hunter, are the show’s first repeat guests as they swan in to talk Fat Juliet, the Eastern Front Theatre/Shakespeare By The Sea production taking over Alderney Landing until the end of October. Writer/star Stevey and director Kat relay this show’s five-year journey, how they threaded in a Billie Eilish moment, the ins and outs of Shakespeare, and the production’s emerging team. Plus Kat reflects on a year at the helm of Eastern Front! Plus a new song from No, It’s Fine!

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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.

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