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A moderate livelihood

Morning File, Monday, September 21, 2020

September 21, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 7 Comments

News 1. Northwood review announcement coming today The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage free. What will health minister Randy Delorey announce today? Who knows? Whatever it is, Stephen Kimber is not expecting anything too earth-shattering. In his weekly Halifax Examiner column, Kimber writes: [Delorey] may unveil some part of some pre-selected, non-binding recommendations […]

Filed Under: Featured, Labour, Morning File Tagged With: Brandon Young, Caroline Arsenault, Charlotte Gill, Chief Michael Sack, Clearwater convicted, co-operative movement, Colin Low, illegal fishing, Indigenous fishers, Jay Pitter, Jimmy Tompkins, Kay Desjardins, Kent Martin, lobster fishery, Marshall Decision, Mi’kmaw, moderate livelihood fishermen, Moses Coady, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), Natasha Pace, National Film Board (NFB), Nic Meloney, Paul Vienneau, Paul Withers, Silver Donald Cameron, Sipekne'katik First Nation, Trina Roache, Yarmouth & Area Chamber of Commerce

Winter picnic in the park

Morning File, Monday, February 3, 2020

February 3, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 14 Comments

News 1. Complicated legacies “Was Lionel Desmond a victim of his war demons?” asks Stephen Kimber. “Or was he a villain, a perpetrator of domestic violence who murdered his own family? Or both? We may never know.” Click here to read “Complicated legacies.” This column is for subscribers only. Subscribe here. 2. The danger of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Against the Rules, Assurant, Bengal Lancers, Brent Kelloway, Cape Breton Cancer Centre, credit card insurance, hospital parking, Jillian Banfield, Michael Lewis, Minister Labi Kousoulis, parking garage Summer Street, Paul Vienneau, RBC, Rene Ross, Sheila MacIsaac, Stephen Archibald and Kempt Road, STIs, syphilis, Victoria Walton, winter picnic, Yvonne Colbert

Representation matters. Architectural renderings of the Dalhousie Arts Centre that depict only white people send a message to people of colour: you don’t belong

Morning File, Monday, December 23, 2019

December 23, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp Friday, three Examiner reporters covered the breaking Northern Pulp story. I was at One Government Place for Premier Stephen McNeil’s announcement, then darted over to a nearby hotel for Northern Pulp’s press conference. Joan Baxter spoke with members of Pictou Landing First Nation and PLFN legal council to get their reaction.* […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: architectural drawings, Dalhousie Arts Centre, Deborah Page, Frances Willick, institutional biases, Julia Wright, Margaret Ravenscroft, Noble Regina Allen, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Paul Vienneau, Peggy's Cove, Rana Zaman, representation, Rob Nickel, Robert Devet, Roger Crooks, Suncor Energy, Terra Nova

Who’s protecting Owls Head park from development? Not the provincial government

Morning File, Wednesday, December 18, 2019

December 18, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

News 1. Environment Minister Gordon Wilson orders two-year environmental assessment of Northern Pulp Mill’s proposed effluent treatment system Jennifer Henderson looks at what yesterday’s decision on Northern Pulp’s proposed effluent treatment system means for the future. Environment minister Gordon Wilson told Northern Pulp to produce more information and complete a full environmental assessment before he […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 100 Wild Island Legacy, abortion services, accessibility, Allana Loh, Angelo DiCicco, Beckwith Gilbert, Between the Bridges, Bonnie Sutherland, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Halifax, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Chelsea Probert, Cheyenne Hardy, Chris Miller, Dartmouth Learning Network, Dartmouth North Community Food Centre, Doris Buffett MacDonald, Doris Wornell, Farrell Hall Benevolent Society, Frances Hunter, Gaelle McNeil, Grand Parade, how not to hit a pedestrian, Jason MacCullough, Joe Gibson, Kate Watson, Kayley Dixon, Kitty Gilbert, Leigh Beauchamp Day, Lighthouse Links Development Company, May Warren, Michael Gorman, Minister Iain Rankin, MLA Claudia Chender, New Years Eve, North Dartmouth Echo, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Nature Trust, Owls Head Park, Paul Vienneau, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Public Good Society of Dartmouth, Rebecca Douglass, Sandi Weagle, Sylvia Anthony, Take Action Society, The Freedom Foundation of Nova Scotia, Tyler Colbourne, Young Drivers of Canada

A look at who’s paying less than a living wage

Morning File, Friday, August 16, 2019

August 16, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

News 1. Indigenous employee talks about harassment at CFB Halifax Ashley Burke with CBC talks with Steve Morrisey who’s now on sick leave from his job at DND from the harassment he says he suffered from a superior on the job. Morrisey tells Burke “it was hell.” It’s been just one complete disaster. The harassment […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessibility at courthouse, Alexa MacLean, Amber Solberg, Ashley Burke, Brendan Sage, Capt. Guillaume Lafrance, Catholic Pastoral Centre, Duc d'Anville Elementary, Elizabeth McSheffrey, Francis Campbell, graffiti, Gritty to Pretty, harassment at DND, job listings, Linden MacIntyre, living wage, Liz Campbell, Lynn Laio, mural vandalized, Paul MacKinnon, Paul Vienneau, pre-primary, Steve Morrisey, stolen purse

DisabilityX: “people telling stories to illuminate their lives so we can see the commonality in all of us”

January 28, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

Part performance and part town hall meeting, “DisabilityX” attracted more than a hundred paying customers at The Bus Stop Theatre last week. If the laughter and applause that greeted the half-dozen performers is any indication, this first sold out event will not be the last. And it will need to find a larger, wheelchair accessible […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abbie Lane Hospital, Adam Pelley, Alex Kronstein, April Hubbard, DisabilityX, DisX Halifax, Doug Rafuse, Eric Payne, Kelly Leblanc, Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, Paul Vienneau, Robert Hessian, The Bus Stop Theatre, Will MacPherson Brewer

Doctor says he was unfairly kicked out of Dal Medical School after he plagiarized an essay about honesty

Morning File, Tuesday, November 20, 2018

November 20, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

November subscription drive Everyone should come to our subscription party Sunday. Here’s our Facebook event for the, er, event: Come celebrate with us! Investigative journalist Linden MacIntyre joins us as guest speaker. He’ll be announced by former CBC radio host/ spice merchant Costas Halavrezos. Music by Museum Pieces. We’ll have Halifax Examiner swag, cake, and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barbara Darby and snow, Bashar Moghrabi, Blair Rhodes, Bonnie Green, Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine, Donald Murray Peters, Jason Boudrot, Jeff Lawrence, Kathryn Raymond, Lornan MacLellan, Mark Heerema, Naomi Kidston, Paul Vienneau, Preston Mulligan, Suspicious Package

We found the 10 square metres where you can legally smoke on city property in Dartmouth

Morning File, Monday, October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Clayton Cromwell “An emergency intercom in the jail unit of a young Halifax man who died of a methadone overdose had been improperly disabled by guards who regarded it as a nuisance, according to a corrections investigation,” reports Michael Tutton for the Canadian Press: The report says a cellmate found 23-year-old Clayton Cromwell […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessibility, Alex Cooke, Barbara Darby, cannabis bylaw, Clayton Cromwell, Cory Taylor, designated smoking areas, Frances Willick, gold mine closures, Halifax Regional Police, Kavanaugh hearing, Mayor Mike Savage and Attaturk, Michael Tutton, officer Donna Paris, Paul Vienneau, Police Complaints Commission, Smoking ban

Three men say they were sexually abused as teenagers at the Nova Scotia Youth Training Centre

Morning File, Friday, September 7, 2018

September 7, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Child sex abuse Three men allege that they were sexually abused as teenagers when they were housed at the Nova Scotia Youth Training Centre in Bible Hill. The Nova Scotia Youth Training Centre was an institution for young people with mental disabilities. I’m withholding the men’s full names until and unless they want to be […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: A.L. MacDonald Building, accessibility, Alumitech Architectural Glass & Metal, Avondale Construction, beg buttons, Ben Marston, Bruce Wark, Building D, Burnside jail, Cape Sharp Tidal Turbine Update, child sex abuse, Dalhousie University, David Lombardi, David Patriquin, Doug Doucet, Fred MacKinnon, Gail Gatchalian, Gordon B. Isnor Manor, Gus Reed, Jack Julian, Jeremy MacDonald, Kelly McKenna, lockdown, Michael Dull, Norsat Eblaghi, Nova Scotia Human Rights Act, Nova Scotia Youth Training Centre, OpenHydro, Patricia Brooks Arenburg, Paul Vienneau, pedestrian walk signal, private woodlot owners, RCS Construction, Reynobond PE, Seaforth Energy Inc, Sherri Borden Colley, sidewalk rebuilt Citadel Hill, sidewalk renovation, Solitary confinement, Stacy Pineau, Stephen Ellis, Supreme Court Justice Frank Edwards, Warren Reed

The Dog Days of Summer

Morning File, Wednesday, July 4, 2018

July 4, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. Vision Nothing Much “There are on average 1,400 personal injuries and 14 fatalities per year due to vehicle collisions in HRM, according to the new Strategic Road Safety Plan (SRSP), recently approved by city council’s transportation committee and now on its way to full council for debate and approval,” reports Erica Butler: If […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessible washrooms, Alex Cooke, Atlantic Lottery at Nova Centre, Ben Marston, Canis Major, Department of Environment, immigration public opinion survey, Jeremy MacDonald, Kelly McKenna, Mary Campbell, Molly Cormier, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Paul Vienneau, restaurant patios, Sirius, Warren (Gus) Reed

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PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
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

A young man wearing a purple jean jacket and sporting a moustache lies on the green grass surrounded by pink plastic flamingos

Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

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