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Tourism is dead in its tracks: Where to from here?

April 9, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “There is nothing that compares to this, says Ross Jefferson, the CEO of Discover Halifax, a non-profit agency that works with Tourism Nova Scotia to promote the city to visitors. “It is eclipsing the financial crisis of 2008 and 9/11 when we saw the world […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Airbnb, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darlene Grant Fiander, Glenn Squires, Halifax Convention Centre, hotels, Noelle McGough, Out of the Cold emergency shelter, pandemic, Ross Jefferson, Tourism, Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS)

“Those who are in a shelter or without shelter cannot self-isolate”: Halifax deals with homeless population during COVID crisis

March 26, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 6 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Amid a public health emergency that relies on people keeping six feet apart to halt the spread of COVID-19, a team is putting on a full court press to deal with one group of citizens. Housing Nova Scotia, the Halifax Regional Municipality, the YMCA, and […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, homelessness, Housing Nova Scotia, Krista Higdon, Linda Wilson, Maggie-Jane Spray, Meghan Laing, Metro Turning Point, Out of the Cold emergency shelter, Salvation Army, Shelter NS, YMCA

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Rankin, Anjuli Patil, Aron Spidle, bad tenants, bicycle licensing, bike licenses, biking in Winnipeg, Bill 203, Brooke Gladstone, Chris Parsons, climate change, crown attorneys, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Emma Norton, eviction, greenhouse gas emissions, Jack Julian, Jason Selby, Jeff Karabanow, John Collyer, Karissa Donkin, Kevin Russell, MLA Patricia Arab, Nadav Even-Har, On the Media podcast, Out of the Cold emergency shelter, Paul Schneidereit, pedestrian struck Robie and Coburg, Residential Tenancies Act, Stephen Thomas, Taryn Grant, Trevor Adams, violence in school

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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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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