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So much McNeil, so few answers

Morning File, Friday, July 26, 2019

July 26, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 3 Comments

News 1. Furey on Assoun Justice Minister Mark Furey continues to not really weigh in on Glen Assoun’s wrongful conviction. Jennifer Henderson reports that the Minister of Justice thinks an apology is premature: “An apology would be premature at this time until I have an opportunity to review the full scope of the file,” said […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Becky Williams, Becky's Knit and Yarn shop, Centre for Local Prosperity, Councillor Dayle Eshelby, Dalhousie logo, Eli, Eli Technologies, Entrevestor, Glen Assoun, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Lockeport, Minister Bernadette Jordan, Minister Lloyd Hines, Neuragen, Origin BioMed, Peter Moreira, Premier Stephen McNeil, provincial budget, Racism, Robert Cervelli, Stephen Archibald and window boxes, Taryn Grant

Is executive fraud behind the bankruptcy of VistaCare Communications?

Morning File, Tuesday, July 9, 2019

July 9, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. Power rates “Nova Scotia Power has filed an application that would see power rates rise 1.5% a year for residential customers in each of the next three years, if approved by the Utility and Review Board (UARB),” reports Jennifer Henderson: The increases are related to rising fuel costs and purchases of imported power. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, ACOA grants and loans, Advatek Systems, Andrea Gunn, Ben Cowan-Dewar, BMO, Bruce Phinney, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDBC), Cabot Links, Cape Breton Island Airport Community Interest Company, Daniel Gallivan, David Deveau, Donkin coal mine rockfall, Edna Restaurant, Frank Anderson, Inverness Airport, Jane Wright, Jenna Mooers, Jennifer Alkenbrack, Just Jane's, lobbying, lobbyist, Maxime Bernier, Michel Jacob, Mike Keiser, MLA Gordon Wilson, MP Colin Fraser, MP Rodger Cuzner, Paul LeBlanc, People's Party of Canada, Peter Moreira, Pierre LeBlanc, Riverside Lobster, Robert Marks, Ronnie LeBlanc, RoyNat Capital, RoyNat Inc, Russel Jacob, Scott Nauss, Tom Ayers, VC International, VistaCare, VistaCare Underground Equipment, VistaCare Underground Services, William Archer

Halifax police are using Stingray cell phone capturing devices, in apparent warrantless searches

Morning File, Tuesday, May 28, 2019

May 28, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Fallout from Atlantic Gold event Mining Journal explains itself as follows: Founded in 1835, Mining Journal is the world’s most respected mining investment and business title, covering all aspects of the industry, from grass-roots exploration, through financing and development, and production and marketing. It uniquely combines this high-level investment and finance coverage with […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACOA loans, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atlantic Gold information session, Atlantic Gold public meeting, Barbara Darby and donkeys, BetaKit, Bill dicks, Brian Lowe, bullshit, Chris Adams, Chris Keevill, David Crow, First Angel Network (FAN), gShift Labs Inc, Halifax Police, IMSI catcher, influencers, InNetwork, international mobile subscriber identity-catcher, John Perkins, Jonathan Mullen, Junathan Mullen Mink Ranch Ltd, Kieran Delamont, KnowCharge, Krista LaRiviere, Mining Journal, mink industry, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), Organic Management Solutions, Peter Moreira, Ross Finlay, search warrants, St. Barbara Limited, StartupNorth, Stingray, Victory Farms Inc, warrantless searches

SageCrowd, Ogden Pond, and alleged corporate crime

Morning File, Tuesday, January 15, 2019

January 15, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. FOIPOP security failure This morning both the privacy commissioner and the auditor general released their reports on the FOIPOP website security failure. I don’t have time right now to give a thorough review of each document, but my quick scan reveals a couple of things of note. First, privacy commissioner Catherine Tully tells us […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abridean International Inc, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), BeneFACT Consulting Group, Catherine Tully, corporate crime, David Gough, First Angel Network, FOIPOP security failure, Gerard Wadden, Gloria Feldt, Jim Smith Jr, Justin Gittelman, Marshall Goldsmith, Ogden pond, Peter Bidgood, Peter Moreira, SageCrowd, Scientific Research and Experimental Development Program (SR&ED), Sean Sears, Ying Tam

Nova Scotia billionaire John Risley says a fast-talking man posing as a Saudi oil tycoon swindled him out of 10 million Euros

Morning File, Friday, November 23, 2018

November 23, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

November subscription drive Come on, surely the bit about Risley is worth a few of your dollars? Click here to subscribe. And don’t forget the party on Sunday. News 1. John Risley says he was swindled out of 10 million Euros Nova Scotia billionaire John Risley says a fast-talking man posing as a Saudi oil tycoon swindled […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: @emilydawnlove, Annick Weber, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Belsnickeling, Ben Cousins, Clearwater Fine Foods Inc. (CFFI), dispensary raid, Dodoname, Gerhard Thonhauser, GreenTree Dispensary, Hugh Corkum, Issam Alzahed, John Livingstone, John McLeod, John Risley, Laura Fraser, Lillian Keeping, Michael Blades, Michelle Awad, Peter Moreira, Stan Spavold, Suspicious Package

Erica Butler’s deep dive into the transportation beat

Morning File, Thursday, November 8, 2018

November 8, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Erica Butler As the Examiner’s transportation columnist, Erica Butler gets into the nitty gritty of, yep, transportation: she attends the planning meetings, pesters the bureaucrats for more information, and interviews the experts and advocates. The resulting columns are incredibly detailed and thorough. For some readers, this holds little interest. But for others, Butler’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Boston Christmas tree, cargo plane crash Halifax airport, CFL franchise in Halifax, Chronicle Herald, Entrevestor, Erica Butler, James Drage, journalism, Orpheus, Peter Moreira, Quentin Casey, T-shirt

The fuel leak at Tufts Cove is reminiscent of Halifax Transit’s fuel leak

Morning File, Thursday, August 16, 2018

August 16, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Fuel leaks at Tufts Cove and Halifax Transit “Pressed about the fact it took [Nova Scotia Power (NSP)] 12 days to talk about the almost 20,000 litres spilled on its property, [Environment Minister Margaret] Miller said she wasn’t overly concerned,” reports Jean Laroche for the CBC: “It would have been better if they […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anhaga, Auditor General Larry Munroe, Bay Ferries, CEED, Emma Davie, Entrevestor, Halifax Transit oil spill, Jean Laroche, Jennifer Lee, Krista Spurr, Michael Colborne, Minister Margaret Miller, Nova Scotia Power, OpenHydro, Paul LaFleche, Peter Moreira, Peter Ziobrowski, startup culture, startup debt and mental health, Stephen Archibald and groomsmen, Taryn Grant, tidal turbine, transit tickets size, Tufts Cove oil spill, Yarmouth Ferry passenger counts, Zeedra

Outlines of the stadium proposal emerge

Morning File, Wednesday, July 11, 2018

July 11, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and El Jones 3 Comments

News 1. Stadium details Yesterday, Bedford councillor Tim Outhit posted details of the stadium proposal on his Facebook page: Next Tuesday Regional Council will be asked to give direction to the CAO to officially enter into investigations and preliminary negotiations with the private group looking to bring a regional CFL team to Halifax. They will […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, Alaina Lockhart, Alexander Quon, Andrew Younger, BeyondTrust, body recovered McKay Bridge, Brett James, Chris Lambie, Councillor Tim Outhit, Darren Fisher, Frances Willick, infill project, Jean-Frédéric Lafaille, John Hearn, Jopsh Bragg, Katherine O'Halloran, Liam Daly, Marc Boucher, Maritime Football, Maritime launch, Northern Pulp, Peter Moreira, rocket propellant, Rodger Cuzner, Sarah Ritchie, Scotiascapes landscaping, Stadium details, UARB website down, workplace fatality Africville Road

Quackery and dog whistles: all in a day’s work for the Halifax Examiner

Morning File, Wednesday June 6, 2018

June 6, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Cogswell Halifax council yesterday gave its OK to the process for the Cogswell interchange redevelopment project, but insisted that there be more public input as it proceeds. 2. Quack “medicines” “If you’re looking for a “natural” remedy for your cough or earache, you can cross Stone’s Drug Store in Baddeck off your list,” […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACOA grants and loans, Alentic Microscience, Beyond Food, BlueLight Analytics, Cape Breton Municipality, Chuck Cartmill, Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, Cribcut, David Howe, Equalization, former Business Minister Mark Furey, Golf PEI, Graham MacKenzie, Guild Software, John Lohr supports Doug Ford, John McPhee, Julie Chiasson supports Doug Ford, LED Roadway Lighting Ltd, Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), Origin BioMed, Parker Donham, Peter Conlon, Peter Moreira, Quack medicines, Stone’s Drug Store

Ben Cowan-Dewar has got the government financing mojo

Morning File, Tuesday, May 15, 2018

May 15, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Cabot Links Cabot Links has received a $2 million loan to “expand resort operations” from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). There are no further details, and neither ACOA nor Cabot Links are talking, reports Nancy King for the Cape Breton Post. I’d like to see an honest economic impact study of Cabot Links, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Gunn, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Ben Cowan-Dewar, biometric information, Cabot Links loan, Chignecto Isthmus, Chronicle Herald, David Paddon, DHX Media Ltd., facial recognition software, Gottingen and Bloomfield development, Jennifer Lee, Peanuts, Peter Moreira, RetailDeep

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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.

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