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The Torstar sale leaves a gaping hole in the Canadian news scene, but journalism can still thrive

Morning File, Wednesday, May 27, 2020

May 27, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. COVID-19 updates “A woman in her 80s who had an underlying medical condition has died after contracting the COVID-19 virus. She was a resident of the HRM but not a resident of Northwood or any other long-term care home,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The news came at today’s daily briefing by Dr. Robert Strang, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, councillor Waye Mason, COVID-19, electric buses, fast ferries, forest fires, Halifax Transit, Jim Rudderham, Jordan Bitove, Josh Rubin, journalism, Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin, legacy media bailouts, Navigator, NordStar Capital, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), pandemic, Paul Rivett, rapid transit service, Toronto Star, Torstar

Where do you go when you gotta go?

Morning File, Tuesday, February 25, 2020

February 25, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 9 Comments

News 1. Supported living This item is written by Tim Bousquet. In 2013, the Nova Scotia government accepted a report titled “Choice, Equality and Good Lives in Inclusive Communities: A Roadmap for Transforming the Nova Scotia Services to Persons with Disabilities Program.” That 56-page report clearly identified the reliance on large institutions to house people […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessible housing, accessible washrooms, affordable housing, African Nova Scotians, Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, Bobbie-Jean MacKinnon, Brenda Small, Brenda Thompson, Bruce Nunn, Carbon Arc Independent Cinema, Cassidy Chisholm, Cermaq Canada, Cineplex, Community Homes Action Group, Courtney Pyrke, Emma Smith, Garden Food Bar and Lounge, Harold Ritchie, Joann Hamilton-Barry, Jonathan Fowler, Kevin Cormier, Kourash Rad, Lezlie Lowe, Maggie-Jane Spray, Marilyn O’Neil, Marshalltown Alms House, Marshalltown poor house, Meinhard Doelle, Network of Independent Canadian Exhibitors, New Brunswick Public Library Service, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DFA), open-pen fish farm, poor houses, rapid transit service, Seafarmer's Conference, Siloën Daley, supported living, Sylvie Nadeau, Tom Smith, Wendy Lill, William Lahey

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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