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We need to keep talking about racism

Morning File, Tuesday, June 16, 2020

June 16, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 10 Comments

News 1. Board of police commissioners’ meeting cancelled and other tales of non-transparency and lack of accountability El Jones writes about the cancellation of today’s Board of Police Commissioners meeting, ostensibly because — three months into the pandemic — they can’t figure out how to use Microsoft Teams. Jones writes: As the movement to defund […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adrian Harewood, anti-racist, Ashley Thompson, body cameras, Capt. Jenn Casey, Catherine Wright, Chief Allan Adam, Christine Genier, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Pugliese, Desmond Cole, ejection seat, Gabbie Douglas, Halifax Board of Police Commissioners, Kentville Police, Kim Wheeler, long term care (LTC), Magnolia residential care home, Martin-Baker, Mike Harris, non-racist, Northwood, Nova Scotia Policing Policy Working Group, nursing homes, Pam Berman, pandemic, police violence, Racism, racism in journalism, RCMP violent arrest, Rhonda Britton, Shaina Luck, Sharisha Benedict, Sherri Borden Colley, Snowbirds crash, speed bump vs speed hump, Terence McKenna, Waubgeshig Rice

Fifteen years in, Nova Scotia might just fix tax assessment inequities

Morning File, Thursday, January 30, 2020

January 30, 2020 By Erica Butler 14 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp confirms extension to April 30 News 95.7 has reported on a Northern Pulp announcement stating the company has received permission from Nova Scotia’s Minister of the Environment to be able to continue discharging into Boat Harbour until the end of April 2020. New pulp processing waste is still not allowed, but […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bayers Road bus lanes, Boat Harbour, Brett Bundale, Capped Assessment Program (CAP), Elizabeth McSheffrey, French River watershed, Laura Fraser, Lionel Desmond, Louise Delisle, Margaret MacQuarrie, Michael Gorman, Northern Pulp extension, Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities (NSFM), Pam Berman, Paul Palmeter, property tax assessments, Shelburne well, Sobeys bag, Tatamagouche water supply, Westmount

Here’s the best map of Cape Breton

Morning File, Tuesday, January 28, 2020

January 28, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Lionel Desmond inquiry “Two days before former soldier Lionel Desmond used a rifle to fatally shoot three members of his family and then kill himself, his wife Shanna told him to leave their home in rural Nova Scotia after a heated argument, a fatality inquiry heard Monday,” reports Michael MacDonald for the Canadian […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea MacIvor, councillor Waye Mason, gunshot wound Digby, intimate photos, Lionel Desmond, map of Cape Breton, Mary Campbell, Matthew Bowes, Michael MacDonald, Pam Berman, parking garage Summer Street, Tim's Mom

Halifax’s Come From Away moment

Morning File, Tuesday, January 14, 2020

January 14, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

News 1. Owls Head Provincial Park has been deleted from the province’s map of parks and protected areas Tim writes on the disappearance of Owls Head Provincial Park from the map of main protected areas on the province’s website. CBC’s Michael Gorman reported that the province removed Owls Head from a pending protected status list. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Access-A-Bus, accessible taxis, accessible transit, Barry Schechter, Bassie Feldman, Brian Dezagiacomo, Canadian Domestic Violence Conference, Chabad, Chantal Chassé, Chaskel Bennett, Councillor Sam Austin, Dartmouth post office, domestic violence, El Al Flight LY26, Housing Nova Scotia, income assistance, Jodi Brown, Joel Jacobson, Melissa Prosper, Nancy MacLellan, Not Without Us, Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities, Pam Berman, Rabbi Mendy Feldman, Shabbat, Shaina Luck, Tawaak Housing Association, Tim Rissesco, Varda Avram

Slip slidin’ away at the airport

Morning File, Monday, January 6, 2020

January 6, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1. Plane skids off runway A Westjet 737 slid off the runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport yesterday. No one was injured. Eric Wynne, who’s a photographer for the Chronicle Herald, was on the plane and told reporter Ian Fairclough that if the pilot hadn’t told passengers the plane went off the tarmac, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 23andMe, Bill Robson, BMR Engineering, Bryan Stevenson, cab driver acquittal, CD Howe Institute, Councillor Emily Lutz, Councillor Lindell Smith, Councillor Meg Hodges, Councillor Russell Walker, Councillor Ty Walsh, crane incident, DNA, Eric Wynne, Glen Assoun, Halifax municipal budget, Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Innocence Canada, Judge Michael Sherar, Michael B Jordan, Morgan Wheeldon, Nila Bala, Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities, Pam Berman, plane left runway, Ron Buchanan, rural municipal councils, Seyed Sadat Lavasani Bozor, sharenting, Steve Bruce, taxi driver sexual assault, Walter MacMillian, WestJet

More police needed to monitor police, and more turbines needed to pay for turbines

Morning File, Tuesday, December 17, 2019

December 17, 2019 By Erica Butler 4 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp “Yesterday, four days before his announcement was due on the Northern Pulp effluent treatment proposal, and less than 24 hours before the deadline for the provincial environment minister to announce his decision, federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson released a statement saying that he had ‘decided not to designate […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, bedsore death, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Carrie Low, Chrissy Dunnington, Jesse Thomas, Louise Riley, Mi'kmaw Place Names, More Caring Hands, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Pam Berman, Parkstone Enhanced Care, Paul Withers, pedestrian vehicle collisions stats, police budget, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, Polly Trottenberg, Rick Salutin, Robert Devet, Shannex, tidal turbine retrieval, Uber, Vision Zero

“A victory for tenants everywhere”

Morning File, Wednesday, November 27, 2019

November 27, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

Party this Sunday! The annual Halifax Examiner subscriber party takes place at Bearly’s (1269 Barrington Street) on Sunday, Dec 1, from 4 pm – 7 pm. Music! Giveaways! Merch! Writers meeting readers! Free entry for Examiner subscribers. You can subscribe here or you can buy a subscription at the event. I look forward to seeing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Naparstek, Black Power Hour, Chris Milburn, CN strike, Corey Rogers, double strollers, Doug Gordon, El Jones, Elizabeth Fry Society, Elizabeth McMillan, Gerald Regan, housing crisis, Jenna Hopson, Mayor Bill Steinberg, Pam Berman, parking rates, Peter Ziobrowski, public transit, Rebekkah Hyams, rent control, Sarah Goodyear, Sharon Hyman, Sylvain Charlebois, tenants rights, Uber

Heartbreak and rage

Morning File, Wednesday, August 28, 2019

August 28, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 11 Comments

News 1. Man dies in custody at East Coast Forensic Hospital El Jones has the heartbreaking story of Gregory Hiles, who died by suicide on August 20 while in custody at the East Coast Forensic Hospital. On Tuesday, August 20th, Sheila Hiles spoke with her son Gregory for over an hour until around 10pm, when […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: alleged, Aly Thomson, average wage, Colin May, Immigration, Information and Privacy Commissioner Catherine Tully, Judy Haiven, Larry Haiven, Lobster and trade agreements, lobster exports, Pam Berman, Taryn Grant, Wayne MacKay

A bunch of uninspired glass schlock may soon clutter up Wyse Road in Dartmouth

Morning File, Wednesday, August 21, 2019

August 21, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Compensation for Glen Assoun “Nova Scotia’s justice minister says officials in his department and at the federal level are working on ‘early’ compensation for Glen Assoun,” reports Michael Gorman for the CBC: In an interview Tuesday, Justice Minister Mark Furey said no decision has been made yet about an inquiry or an apology […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abdilahi Elmi, Angel Moore, before the courts, Carnival Corp. & PLC, cruise ship discharge, Erin MacInnis, Ghosns, Glen Assoun compensation, Icarus Report August 21 2019, Indigenous journalist, Jan deRoos, Jody Wilson-Raybould, John MacLeod, Julia-Simone Rutgers, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Kayla Hepworth, Mariah Baker, Michael Gorman, Nova Centre hotel, Pam Berman, Peter Ziobrowski, Princess Cruises, Robert Devet, Wyse Road development, Yvette d'Entremont

Changing the racist names of Nova Scotia’s geographic locations

Morning File, Friday, July 12, 2019

July 12, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 11 Comments

News 1. Report in Assoun case to be released today Tim is over at the courthouse this morning where a report from the Department of Justice will be released today, giving the public a first look at information that led to Glen Assoun’s release. I’m  sure Tim will have more on this later today. 2. […]

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PRICED OUT

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

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