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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

Atlantic Gold meeting fallout continues

Morning File, Thursday, May 30, 2019

May 30, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Straight Outta Spryfield “After a month of waiting with boat ready to go, a new ferry service across the Northwest Arm is set to begin service sometime this week, or early next,” reports Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: David Backman will be running his new 22-foot saltwater pontoon boat from the dock near […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allscripts, armoured vehicle, Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Gold and RCMP, Atlantic Gold public meeting, Ava Czapalay, Brian Krebs, Cape Breton Regional Police Services (CBRPS), Catherine Berliner, Chuck Porter, David Backman, Denise Perret, Deputy Minister shakeup, Donna Macdonald, First American Financial Corp., FOIPOP security failure, Jeff Conrad, Joanne Munro, John Perkins, Justin Huston, Kelliann Dean, Lindsay Souvannarath, Mary Campbell, Melissa MacKinnon, Minister Mark Furey, Minister Ralph Goodale, Mobile Command Center, Nancy MacLellan, Natasha Clarke, Northwest Arm ferry, One Patient One Record, Patricia Arab, Paul Schneidereit, Paul Sobey, Peter Ziobrowski, Sandra Cascadden, Staff Sgt Jodie Wilson, Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia (SuNNS), tech startups, Tom Marrie, Tracey Barbrick, Tracey Taweel, Unisys Canada

Halifax CFL team: the Richard Butts connection

Morning File, Friday, November 2, 2018

November 2, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

November subscription drive Today, I could write a long thing telling you about how important your subscription is, or you could read what I wrote yesterday and today I’ll just post a picture of a cute dog: Your dog can also wear a Halifax Examiner T-shirt, but only if your dog buys an annual subscription. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allscripts, Anthony Leblanc, anti-Black racism and the CFL, Canada Games Centre renovation, Cerner, CFL team, Chief Bob Gloade, Clayton Developments, Evelyn White, Health records contract, Irving Shipyard, John McPhee, Maritime Football Limited, Mayor Mike Savage, Millbrook First Nation, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Pam Berman, Paul Schneidereit, Richard Butts, ship maintenance contracts, subscription drive, Terry Jones

Peter Kelly is back in the news

Morning File, Thursday, October 25, 2018

October 25, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

1. OPOR “This is a story about a potential half-billion-dollar health-care services contract, alleged cozy dinners between bidders and bureaucrats, an unusual legal letter and accusations the government’s tender process was unfair,” writes Chronicle Herald reporter Paul Schneidereit: The planned purchase of a new provincewide electronic health record (EHR) system — expected to cost in the hundreds […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allscripts, biomass, Cerner, climate change, crane operators, Dave Stewart, Department of lands and Forestry, Haley Ryan, Jason Hollett, lobbyist registry, Maritime Dufferin Gold, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), OPOR, Paul Schneidereit, Peter Kelly, Peter Ritchie, Theory of Everything podcast, This is That, Wayne Thibodeau

Physics-defying transport has incident: Morning File, Monday, February 27, 2017

February 27, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Physics-defying transport has incident “The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after an Air Canada plane briefly left the runway while landing at Toronto Pearson Airport,” reports the Canadian Press. “Briefly left the runway”????? What the hell does that mean? Paul Varian of Burlington, Ont., says he was one of the 112 passengers aboard the flight when the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Acadia University, Air Canada, Bridge reconstruction, Brutalism, Caring Packages, Huggins Science Hall, intersection of Albro Lake and Windmill Road, Matt Whitman, Paul Schneidereit, Pedestrian struck Main Avenue, Pedestrians struck Brunswick Street, plane left runway, Ray Stapleton, short black male, stabbing Albro Lake Road, Stephen Archibald, Tony Trigiani

The Port of Sydney grift continues: Morning File, Tuesday, December 13, 2016

December 13, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Prison violence Michael Tutton reports for the Canadian Press: It’s 26 seconds of brutality — and lays bare the emerging reality of a growing number of beatings in Canada’s jails. Inmate Dwayne Wright, watching television with his feet up, is suddenly sucker-punched from behind by another inmate. A video of the attack shows […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Carrie Best, Central Nova Scotia Correctional, Charles Wallace, Citadel Hill, Convention Centre cancellations, David MacCallum, Dwayne Wright, Harbor Port Development Partners, Ivan Zinger, Ivy the golden retriever, Leslie Smith, Mary Campbell, Michael Tutton, Nancy King, Paul Schneidereit, Peter Ford, Ports America, prison violence, Sydney Harbour, Tim Rissesco, Tristan Cleveland

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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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