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Yarmouth ferry operator Bay Ferries wants to stop going to Portland and instead go to Bar Harbor

Morning File, Tuesday, June 5, 2018

June 5, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Stop the Cogswell misfire! Today, writes Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: …city councillors will convene to decide on what will take the place of the Cogswell Interchange. They will have spent the weekend with a staff report featuring this drawing of a 60 per cent complete design of the new street network, including […]

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How Randy Symonds experienced racism at Halifax Transit

Morning File, May 30, 2018

May 30, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Randy Symonds The Human Rights Commission yesterday released a decision of its Board of Inquiry, which was looking at racism at the Halifax Transit garage in Burnside. The complainant is referred to as Y.Z., a white man who began working in the garage in 1979. In May of 1982, Y.Z. married a Black […]

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Abdoul Abdi’s defenders are “piling on,” complain government lawyers who are trying to deport him

May 29, 2018 By El Jones Leave a Comment

I went to court today because arguments were being made in the Abdoul Abdi case about whether the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Justice for Children and Youth would be granted intervenor status. Earlier in the day, the city had apologized for allowing “racism to fester unchallenged at Halifax Transit.” Reading the report, my main […]

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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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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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