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Today’s COVID-19 update: Stephen McNeil says people should go back to work even if they’d receive more money by staying home

June 3, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The province’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday was heavily focused on Friday’s reopening of services like salons, barber shops, spas and dine-in restaurants shut down since March. “Today’s another good day in terms of cases,” Premier Stephen McNeil said, opening the briefing with the announcement […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Alicia Draus, Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), coronavirus, COVID-19 update, Dr. Robert Strang, easing restrictions, household bubbles, Lyndsay Armstrong, Northwood class action lawsuit, pandemic, physical distancing, Premier Stephen McNeil, Preston Mulligan, school reopening

It’s not a war, it’s an education

Morning File, Tuesday, April 7, 2020

April 7, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 9 Comments

News 1.  Graphed: COVID-19 in Nova Scotia The latest charts are here, and they include the 31 new cases announced yesterday. I really like these charts, showing total and daily breakdowns of new cases, hospitalizations, total tests, and so on. They provide an easy visualization to help understand how things are changing, day-by-day. They also […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 3D printing, Aaron E. Sanchez, Aya Al-Hakim, Brooke Gladstone, Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), coronavirus, COVID-19, domestic violence, Emma Davie, Eula Bliss, exercise, Gerald McCowan, Heather Comeau, masks, Michelle Fortier, Muyu Lyu, Noushin Ziafati, nursing homes, OmiSoore Dryden, pandemic, ParticipAction, Preston Mulligan, racism and pandemics, Shaina Luck, Shiva Nourpanah, Stephen Beckett, Tracey MacKenzie, Tracey Tulloch, war as metaphor

No internet access: Connecting with kids who aren’t online during COVID-19

Morning File, Thursday, March 26, 2020

March 26, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. News 1. Daily update There are 68 cases of COVID-19, after the province announced 17 new cases yesterday. The new cases are travel-related or related to earlier travel-related cases. Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer, says he expects to see larger numbers of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bide Awhile, Chrissy Matheson, CIBC, coronavirus, COVID-19, Family SOS, Frank Richardson, Graeme Benjamin, Halifolks, Henk van Leeuwen, Homeward Bound, internet access, Jack Scrine, Kelly Marshall, Linda Felix, Margo Riebe-Butt, Mary Acton-Bond, Mary Jane Copps, Nicole Munro, Nourish Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), Nova Scotia Veterinary Medical Association (NSVMA), Paul Wozney, Preston Mulligan, Rick Cameron, rural internet, Spay Day HRM, Toni Losey, using the phone, Veterinarians

Literal and metaphorical storms on the way

Morning File, Thursday, September 5, 2019

September 5, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 7 Comments

News 1. No known cause for fire at Barho family home Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency say they don’t know what caused the fire that burned down the Barho family home, killing all seven of the family’s children. In the Chronicle Herald, Stuart Peddle reports that three different teams of investigators, plus outside consultants, were […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amanda Dodsworth, Barho fire, Bassam Al-Rawi, cruise ship Veendam history, Exxon Mobil, Giuseppe Valiante, Graeme Benjamin, Hurricane Dorian, Jagmeet Singh, Jessika Hepburn, Jo-Ann Roberts, Jonathan Richardson, Judge Ann Marie Simmons, Lynn Evans, Maine Lobstermen's Association, NDP defection to Greens, Noble Regina Allen, offshore drilling hurricane prep, passing school buses, Paul Withers, Preston Mulligan, right whale death, Stacy O'Rourke, Steven Foster, strategic voting, Thebaud production platform

Where are the women in the Nova Scotia workforce?

Morning File, Friday, June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 10 Comments

News 1. Neighbours speak up about short-term rentals Alexander Quon at Global has a good piece on the short-term rental market in Nova Scotia. Quon interviewed Bill Stewart who lives in the Hydrostone and who’s frustrated with some of the problems coming from the short-term rentals on his block. Stewart says there’s a “string of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, Black Battalion Historical Marker Society (BBHMS), CBC building, HRM Workforce Report, Jill Grant, phone scam, Preston Mulligan, Robert Devet, rooming houses, Shelter Movers, Sherry Borden Colley, short term rentals, women in the workforce, Yvette d'Entremont

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

As reliable as a beer commercial

Morning File, Tuesday, September 18, 2018

September 18, 2018 By Erica Butler 8 Comments

Erica Butler here, helping out with Morningfile today. Fear not, Tim’s still all over it. News 1. Burnside jail Tim reports from the hearing for Burnside jail prisoner Maurice Pratt, continuing to shed light on the situation in the facility. Prisoners launched a protest in August asking for better conditions at the jail, including access […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Agave in Public Gardens, Blair Rhodes, Cape Sharp Tidal, Chelsea Probert murder trial, clearcutting, dry wells, Emera, Erica Butler, Halifax school numbers, Jennifer Henderson, marijuana labelling, Marina von Stackelberg, Michael Gorman, Minister Derek Mombourquette, OpenHydro, Preston Mulligan, Sean Myles, Shaina Luck, Stacy Pineau, tidal turbine, Yarmouth Ferry numbers, Yvette d'Entremont

Why did the chicken cross Waverley Road? To get its Glock 19 Gen4

Morning File, Thursday, August 30, 2018

August 30, 2018 By Erica Butler 13 Comments

Hi, I’m Erica Butler, taking another kick at the Morningfile can. News 1. Whalley trial gives a glimpse into the inner workings of CBRM The Cape Breton Spectator’s Mary Campbell has published three parts of her deep dive series on the Whalley trial. On the surface, it was as billed — a constructive dismissal case […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Cooke, aquarium in Halifax, backyard chickens, bedbugs, Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), Gordon Hunt, Graeme Benjamin, handgun ban, Kathleen Harris, Lane Farguson, Maritime Vapors dispensary bust, Mary Campbell, Meghan Groff, Olivia Bowden, pest control tender, Preston Mulligan, south end container terminal, Steven Pick, Tanya Talaga, Taryn Grant, Whalley trial

Bleak news and beach views for the long weekend

Morning File, Friday, June 29, 2018

June 29, 2018 By Lewis Rendell 9 Comments

Hi, I’m Lewis Rendell, a writer from Northern Ontario who has been wandering lost in Halifax for six years. I’m filling in for Tim this morning as he does some book learnin’ down at the J-School.   News 1. A call for court martial panel gender parity after military sexual assault acquittal Reports Aly Thompson […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aly Thompson, email scammers, gender parity on court martial panels, giving esoteric directions, John Demont, Lewis Rendell, Matthew Percy, Natasha Pace, Paul D’Eon, Preston Mulligan, provincial beach lifeguards

Now that the Leibovitz collection tax scam has failed, the Nova Scotia government is going to pay Leibovitz $2.3 million

Morning File, Thursday, May 24, 2018

May 24, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Fool’s Gold, Part 2 The Halifax Examiner and Cape Breton Spectator have co-published the second instalment of Joan Baxter’s investigation into mining in Nova Scotia. Click here to read Part 2 of “Fool’s Gold: Nova Scotia’s Myopic Pursuit of Metals & Minerals,” which looks at gold mining operations on the Eastern Shore. This article […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Annie Leibovitz photographs, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board (CCPERB), David Baines, FOIPOP security failure, Mary Campbell, Minister Leo Glavine, Mintz family, Nancy Noble, Preston Mulligan, Sydney Harbour dredge money, tax scam

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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