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How to value 27 newspapers spread across three provinces: the Ford Falcon test

Morning File, Tuesday, April 16, 2019

April 16, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Police Commission I have left this item for last to write about today, simply because it’s so dispiriting. I spent a couple of hours watching the police commission in action yesterday, and I could write at length about it here, but Margaret Anne McHugh summarized it perfectly with this tweet: Learned a lot […]

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An armoured vehicle won’t protect people during a mall shooting, but it will protect institutional racism in the police department

Morning File, Monday, April 15, 2019

April 15, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Gerald Regan Writes Stephen Kimber: More than 20 years after former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan was acquitted of sexually assaulting multiple women, other women are still coming forward with still more stories of what he did to them, still needing finally “to be heard.” Including “Catherine.” Catherine tells Kimber of an alleged […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: armoured rescue vehicle (ARV), armoured vehicle, biomass, Francois Olivier, Halifax Police, Inspector Jim Butler, International Armoured Group (IAG), Linda Pannozzo, Mary Campbell, Police Commission, police overreach, police racism, Postmedia, SaltWire lawsuit, street check report, TC Transcontinental, Wortley report

Moncton’s bid to host the Francophone Games is a disaster

Morning File, Friday, December 14, 2018

December 14, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Secret police commission meeting Yesterday, the Police Commission received an update on the street checks report in secret. No legal justification for the secrecy was spelled out beyond “legal matters,” which isn’t actually in any of the governing regulations for holding secret meetings. But even more remarkably, the Commission’s debate about whether to […]

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Morning File, Tuesday, January 10, 2017

News, views, and snowshoes from Mainland Nova Scotia's greatest municipality

January 10, 2017 By Katie Toth 2 Comments

Tim is goofing off this morning. Today’s guest writer is Katie Toth. News 1. Hospital accused of turning away Lionel Desmond insists it’s never denied care According to new reporting by Melanie Patten for CBC News, one doctor at St. Martha’s Hospital in Antigonish says it’s never denied care in its emergency rooms. Lionel Desmond’s family […]

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The eight-arm theory of management: Morning File, Monday, December 19, 2016

December 19, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 20 Comments

News 1. Syria and Halifax “As evacuation efforts stalled in Aleppo, nearly 200 people gathered in a Halifax park on Sunday to raise awareness of the plight of people caught in the middle of the deadly civil war in Syria,” reports Zane Woodford for Metro: Men, women and children, many of them new Canadians, gathered […]

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Do the “your speed” signs on the MacKay Bridge approach work?

July 17, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

Towards the end of Monday’s Police Commission meeting there was a short discussion about the value of “your speed” signs that tell drivers both the posted speed limit and the speed they are actually travelling. Deputy Chief Bill Moore cited the before-and-after experience of the Bridge Commission, which has put such signs at the approach to the […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Bill Moore, Police Commission, Traffic

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.

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