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Harry Bruce on Alexa McDonough: “Alone among 51 political enemies, all men.”

Morning File, Tuesday, January 18, 2022

January 18, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

News 1. How long will in-person schooling last? The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Kids across the province went back to school in person yesterday. But for how long? Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) president Paul Wozney tells Yvette d’Entremont he is not optimistic. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File, Profiles Tagged With: Active History, Adria Vasil, Alexa McDonough, Asif Illyas, Atlantic Insight, biomass, Cannonball Adderley, Cape Breton Spectator, Corporate Knights, COVID-19, defunding police, Drax, El Jones, George Palikaras, Harry Bruce, Innovacorp, Lisa Blackburn, Mary Campbell, Meta Materials, Nova Scotia Power, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), Oceans Terminal, Paul McEwan, Paul Wozney, Peter McDonough, Philip Moscovitch, Pier 21, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, Steve Schwinghamer, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

Black in nature

Morning File, Thursday, August 5, 2021

August 5, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 3 Comments

News 1. Party leaders debate economic policy Jennifer Henderson reports on yesterday’s leaders’ debate hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. Not surprisingly, the focus was economic issues, although health care and mental health care (why are we still making this distinction?) figured in the debate as well. Henderson writes: So which party should you […]

Filed Under: Black Nova Scotia, Featured Tagged With: #BlackInNature, Andrew Metlege, Andy Fillmore, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Chris Lambie, Chúk Odenigbo, COVID-19, election, Gary Burrill, Halifax Pride, Iain Rankin, infilling, Jennifer Henderson, Kejimkujik National Park, lobster, Marc Fennel, Mayor Mike Savage, Morning File, Mountain Co-op, Northwest Arm, Nova Scotia, pandemic, Pier 21, slavery, Stuff the British Stole, Tara Thorne, Te Herekiekie Haerehuka Herewini, Templeton Properties, The Headhunters, Tim Houston, Transport Canada

We’re about to learn just how subservient Nova Scotia is to the forest industry

Morning File, Tuesday, December 4, 2018

December 4, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

1. Clearcutting “The McNeil government is promising less clearcutting on crown lands through new ‘interim’ harvesting guidelines introduced yesterday in response to a comprehensive report on forestry practices prepared by University of King’s College president Bill Lahey last August,” reports Jennifer Henderson: It’s unclear how much the controversial practice will be reduced until after permanent […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Art Bouman, Austin Hiltz, beg buttons, Brad Fougere, Canada Post protesters, Canadian Museum of Immigration, Cathy Valade, clearcutting, Councillor Lorelei Nichol, Councillor Stephen Adams, councillor Waye Mason, Crosswalk Safety Task Force, Darius Mirshahi, Glen Assoun, Ian Fairclough, Icarus Report Dec 4 2018, Jennifer Henderson, Justin Whitten, Ken Reashor, Lahey report, Linda Pannozzo, North Dartmouth, pedestrian walk signal, Pier 21, Rachelle Valade, Tony Tracy, Vincenz and Kristina Bogatin, YMCA asking for money, YMCA funding, Zane Woodford

This Morning File doesn’t concentrate enough on the afternoon. Also: Zombies

Morning File, Monday, August 27, 2018

August 27, 2018 By Suzanne Rent 1 Comment

Hi, I’m Suzanne Rent, a freelance writer in Halifax, and I’m filling in for Tim today. This is my first Morning File. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent. News 1. Burnside prisoners protest The Halifax Examiner is covering the prisoner protest at the Burnside jail: • The statement released by the prisoners can be […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Cooke, Canadian Immigration Museum, David Ebert, Fortress Louisbourg, George Dixon, Gord Henderson, living wage, Morning File, Paul Wozney, Pier 21, Sherry Borden Colley, Suzanne Rent, Taryn Grant

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

Two young white women, one with dark hair and one blonde, smile at the camera on a sunny spring day.

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.

Listen to the episode here.

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