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Come sail away with me (for free)

Morning File, Friday, December 6, 2019

December 6, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Disabled people can’t properly enjoy lots of money, says adjudicator “Beth MacLean is an intellectually disabled middle-aged woman who spent 35 years in institutions, including more than four years in a locked-down psychiatric unit of the Nova Scotia Hospital known as Emerald Hall,” writes Jennifer Henderson: She is currently living at Quest in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brian Wilson, building cleaners, city janitorial services, free work, ideology of violence, Mike Dull, Nova Institution for Women, Philip Moscovitch, poverty wages, Sail Nova Scotia, sexual assault in prison, Stephen Archibald and parking garages, Truro Police Chief David MacNeil, volunteer position, yacht clubs

It’s Living Wage Week!

Morning File, Wednesday, November 6, 2019

November 6, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 2 Comments

November subscription drive Phil Moscovitch and I worked on some of the same publications for years. We only met in person earlier this year, around the time I started regularly contributing to Morning File. Moscovitch is a full-time freelancer and he’s often traveling, meeting and learning about people and telling us all about them. I […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: #NoNutNovember, Adsum House, Alex Johnstone, bridge closures, Climate Central, Donut Monster, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Ellen Page, Future Proofing Lockeport, Good Shepherd, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, Jack Julian, Jaimie McEvoy, John McPhee, Katherine Kalinowski, lead in drinking water, living wage, Louise Delisle, Lyndsay Armstrong, Mary Lou Tanner, New Westminster, Peter Girard, Philip Moscovitch, Reuben Vanderkwaak, Robert Cribb, Robert Devet, Rural Water Watch, Scotsburn Elementary School, sea level rise, Shelburne, Sheri Lecker, South End Environmental Injustice Society (SEED), Steve Snider, The Mustard Seed Co-op, Tim Webster, Zane Woodford

Horsing around with taxpayers’ money for some connected guy’s get-rich-quick scheme

Morning File, Monday, March 4, 2019

March 4, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Glen Assoun In 1999, Glen Assoun was convicted of the murder of his former girlfriend, Brenda Way. He spent 16-and-a- half years in prison and four-and-a-half years under strict conditions of parole. Throughout, he maintained his innocence. The murder of Way and conviction of Assoun is the subject of the first three parts […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: @HRMFireNews, 3015779 Nova Scotia Limited, 3189572 Nova Scotia Limited, 3291735 Nova Scotia Limited, Alberta beef, Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Park, Braided Electric Fence, Brenda Way, Bryson Associates Limited, Bryson Family Trust, Bryson Family Trust 2006, Bubbles, Cody Legge, Conservative Party fundraiser, David Lametti, DEAD WRONG, Diane Kinsman, Divest Dal, EBF Manufacturing Limited (EBF), Education Minister Zack Churchill, Edwin David Bryson, ElectroBraid, ElectroBraid Fence Inc., ElectroBraid Fence Limited, Glen Assoun, Hilary Beaumont, Jody Wilson-Raybould, K.B. Kinsman & Son Farm Limited, Kameron Kinsman, Keith Kinsman, Merlin Court, Mike Smith, Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), Philip Moscovitch, RCMP Cpl. Andrew Joyce, Supreme Court Justice James Chipman, Taryn Grant, Trailer Park Boys

Dal Interim President Peter MacKinnon responds

Morning File, Tuesday, January 29, 2019

January 29, 2019 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 4 Comments

News 1. “Near miss” offshore This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. For the second time in three months, there’s been a potentially fatal incident involving a dropped object aboard the rig plugging 22 abandoned wells near Sable Island. Fortunately, no one was injured in this incident, which happened Thursday January 24 aboard the Noble Regina […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Arrows Ball Park, Barbara Darby and cowboys, Bell's Let's Talk campaign, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, David Jones, Department of National Defence (DND), El Jones, ExxonMobil, gaslighting, Innocence Canada, John Ware, Kalapa Council, Little Brooklyn, mental health, Mipham Mukpo, Murray Brewster, Peter MacKinnon, Philip Moscovitch, Shambhala, Thebaud production platform, Tom Sophonow, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman

What’s a little unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine among friends?

Morning File, Wednesday, August 29

August 29, 2018 By Philip Moscovitch 12 Comments

I’m Philip Moscovitch, filling in for Tim Bousquet this morning. Tim is editing from a diner at an undisclosed location. News 1. Spaceport concerns Last month, Maritime Launch Services — the people who say they want to run a spaceport out of Canso —submitted a 159-page environmental assessment for the project. Federal and provincial government staffers […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adam MacInnis, Agave in Public Gardens, Canso spaceport, councillor Lisa Blackburn, Don Mills, Elizabeth McMillan, Frances Willick, John Lohr, Maritime Launch Services, Mobility Cup regatta, Peter MacKay, Philip Moscovitch, Sue Goyette, Taryn Grant, Uber, women's baseball

Lands, forests, oceans, and more

Morning File, Wednesday, August 22, 2018

August 22, 2018 By Philip Moscovitch 12 Comments

I’m Philip Moscovitch filling in for Tim, who was sitting by a campfire last night. On Twitter I’m @PhilMoscovitch. News 1. Forestry Review Bill Lahey released his much-anticipated review of forestry practices in the province late yesterday morning. Jennifer Henderson reports for the Halifax Examiner: Bill Lahey’s prescription was sweeping: “We need a new paradigm […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: adult learning, Bill Lahey, Emma Smith, Joe Howlett, Karissa Donkin, Ken Schwartz, Kim Pittaway, Lahey Review of Forestry Practices, Mi'kmaw Summer Games, Peggy's Cove tourists, Philip Moscovitch, Shalan Joudry, TJ Colello, Waneek Horn-Miller

Feeling the heat: proud boys, old-fashioned attitudes, and yes, the weather

Morning File, Thursday, June 28, 2018

June 27, 2018 By Philip Moscovitch 8 Comments

This is freelance writer Philip Moscovitch filling in for Tim. After living here for 20 years, I almost referred to myself as a Nova Scotian the other day. On Twitter I am @PhilMoscovitch. News 1. Shots in Dartmouth Halifax Regional Police arrested two men in north Dartmouth last night after they heard shots. From the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Autism Nova Scotia, CEED, Chris Lambie, Colin Duggan, Cynthia Carroll, Dr. John Gillis, Hubbards Waterfront Movies, Hugh Lownds, humidex critique, Jill Maetea, John McCracken, Kiersten Holden, Maggie Rahr, Miguel Tremblay, military’s investigation into proud boys, Nancy Spina, Philip Moscovitch, Rick Howe Show, shots fired Lahey Road Dartmouth, Tidal Salt

Birds of prey and the meaning of life, Shearwater edition

Morning File, Friday, April 20, 2018

April 20, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

1. St. Margaret’s Bay development Last week, Philip Moscovitch reviewed the largest residential development ever proposed for St. Margaret’s Bay — and the divisions in the community it has caused. Moscovitch now follows that up with a report on a meeting held Wednesday night to take public input on the proposal. Click here to read “Talking […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Angel Moore, Biomass explained in four tweets, DND falconer needed, Don Bauder, Events East, Halifax Convention Centre, Hartlen's Point golf course, Heywood Sanders, incentive payments to conventions, Jean Laroche, Liberals and the convention centre, new Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Pam Glode-Desrochers, Philip Moscovitch, Rambo the raccoon, Raymond Plourde, sensitivity training for MLAs, Shearwater air base, St. Margaret’s Bay development

Talking in circles: Lots of questions, few answers at open house on St. Margaret’s Bay development proposal

April 19, 2018 By Philip Moscovitch

Michelle Dolbec has one of those storybook too-good-to-be true stories about why she moved to Nova Scotia. She was living in Ottawa, then got married and took a sailing trip with her husband. “We sailed into St. Margaret’s Bay on our honeymoon, and decided we wanted to stay here,” she told a group of people...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: David Wimberly, Drew McQuinn, Fred Dolbel, Geoff Le Boutillier, Jacob JeBailey, Joe Arab, Michelle Dolbec, Nick Horne, Peter Lund, Petra Mudie, Philip Moscovitch, Shayne Vipond, St. Margaret’s Bay development, St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association, Tantallon Aged Living, Voice St. Margaret’s Bay, WM Fares

The largest residential development ever proposed for Saint Margaret’s Bay leaves community struggling to define itself

April 13, 2018 By Philip Moscovitch

Bill Brooks stands on the deck of the new St. Margaret’s Bay Community Enterprise Centre and points past two parking lots, a vet clinic and a small strip mall across the road — to the spot where Joe Arab proposes building a 112-unit development. “It’s going to go over there,” he says. “Behind there. I...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bill Brooks, councillor Matt Whitman, Doug Poulton, Drew McQuinn, Joe Arab, Nick Horne, Peter Lund, Philip Moscovitch, Saint Margaret’s Bay, seniors-friendly housing, Shayne Vipond, St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association, Tantallon development

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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