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Port Wallace Gamble: the real estate boom meets Nova Scotia’s toxic mine legacy

Part 2: the suburb proposed to be built in the shadow of Montague Gold Mines 

March 2, 2020 By Joan Baxter 5 Comments

This is a story about the toxic legacy from historic gold mines in Nova Scotia, which its citizens will be paying many millions of dollars to try to clean up, and how the contamination at just one of these sites — Montague Mines in HRM — is still affecting us today.  This, the second in […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: AECOM, Barry's Run, Blue Chip, Brian Palmer, CAO Jacques Dubé, Clayton Developments, councillor Shawn Cleary, councillor Tony Mancini, Doug Skinner, Frank Whebby Limited, gold mining, Lake Charles, Lake Loon, Marina Hamilton, mine tailings, Mitchell Brook, Montague Mines, Paul Morgan, Port Wallace, Richard Butts, Shaw Group, Shubenacadie Lakes, Shubie Park, toxic tailings from historic gold mines, w. Eric Whebby Limited, watersheds

The Lantz interchange, Richard Butts, and suburban sprawl

Morning File, Friday, June 21, 2019

June 21, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Yarmouth Ferry is a bust “Nova Scotia Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan admitted under questioning from reporters following a Cabinet meeting Thursday that the province has no idea if or when the Yarmouth ferry will operate this summer,” reports Jennifer Henderson: “Certainly we are worried about this season and our tourism operators,” said Minister […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Armco Capital Inc, Clayton Developments, Doug Barron, Francis Campbell, Lantz interchange, Minister Geoff MacLellan, New Riders of the Purple Surf, Richard Butts, Shaw Group Ltd, sidewalk clearing RFP, stadium, Yarmouth ferry

The problem with meritocracy: it destroys our humanity

Morning File, Wednesday, June 12, 2019

June 12, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Studenting While Black “On June 2, Black graduate student Shelby McPhee was accused by two white women of stealing a laptop while he was attending the Black Canadian Studies Association session at the 88th annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences held at the University of British Columbia,” writes El Jones: The white […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic Gold, college admissions scandal, Daniel Markovits, Develop Nova Scotia, Gangster Capitalism podcast, gold mining, Lesianu Hweld, MegumaGold, meritocracy, NDP climate plan, oil industry and ghg emissions, poverty, racial profiling, Regan Isenor, Richard Butts, Richard Starr, Shelby McPhee, Suzanne Rent, Zane Woodford

40 years ago, Jolly Tar, a symbol of genocidal imperialism, was set aside and nobody raised a fuss 

Morning File, Thursday, April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Electric vehicles “This May, the federal government will start issuing a rebate up to $5,000 to people buying a new electric car. The program will cost Transport Canada $300 million, or roughly enough to provide 60,000 people with full $5,000 rebates on new EV (electric vehicle) purchases,” reports Erica Butler. Butler goes on […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andy de Champlain, Bill McMullin, Birch Cove Lakes – Blue Mountain, Bruce Holland, Carly Churchill, Eric Caines, Government secrecy, Jolly Tar, Journalistic ethics, Mike Turner, Parkview News, Richard Butts, Shaw Group, West Bedford Holdings Ltd

Halifax CFL team: the Richard Butts connection

Morning File, Friday, November 2, 2018

November 2, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

November subscription drive Today, I could write a long thing telling you about how important your subscription is, or you could read what I wrote yesterday and today I’ll just post a picture of a cute dog: Your dog can also wear a Halifax Examiner T-shirt, but only if your dog buys an annual subscription. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allscripts, Anthony Leblanc, anti-Black racism and the CFL, Canada Games Centre renovation, Cerner, CFL team, Chief Bob Gloade, Clayton Developments, Evelyn White, Health records contract, Irving Shipyard, John McPhee, Maritime Football Limited, Mayor Mike Savage, Millbrook First Nation, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Pam Berman, Paul Schneidereit, Richard Butts, ship maintenance contracts, subscription drive, Terry Jones

Retired firefighter George Cromwell is suing the Halifax fire department, claiming racial discrimination

July 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

A Black man who is a retired firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the Halifax fire department, alleging that he has been discriminated against because of his race. George Cromwell’s detailed Statement of Claim references incidents that date back to soon after amalgamation of the predecessor governments into the Halifax Regional Munipality in 1996, and […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Allan Carmichael, Association of Black Firefighters, Barry Greer, Bill Williams', Blair Cromwell, Chris Lambie, Const. Gary Martin, Dave Laybolt, Doug Pierce, Doug Trussler, George Cromwell, George MacLellan, Gordie Skinner, Janet Myers, Jim Gillis, Joe Ryan, Marty Ward, Mary Ellen Donovan, Mayor Peter Kelly, Mike Eddy, racism in Halifax Fire Department, Richard Butts, Ron Cooper, Steve Thurber, Terry Bourgeois, Wayne Swinamer

A man in a lobster suit will make us rich, rich, rich: Morning File, Friday, November 24, 2017

November 24, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Another SHIP Show at the Civic Centre “Okay, here’s what we’re going to do,” writes Mary Campbell: you’re going to give me your cell phones and I’m going to lock you in this room and let you read this article. You can take notes, but I’m going to take them away from you when […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic Schooners, CBRM Mayor Cecil Clarke, CFL franchise in Halifax, CFL team name, Marieke Walsh, Mary Campbell, Novaporte, Ocean Supercluster, Paul Withers, Richard Butts, Stephen McNeil vs Michael Pickup, Superclusterfuck, Terry Jones

Halifax needs a Living Wage ordinance: Morning File, Monday, September 26, 2016

September 26, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Halifax needs a living wage ordinance Last week, Halifax council wrestled with a contract for parking enforcement. The term for the former contractor, ISSA, had expired, but that company agreed to continue providing enforcement on a month-by-month basis until a new contract was […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: access to information, bomb threat, Catherine Tully, Eddie Robar, Edward Greenspon, FOIPOP, fuel spill, fuel storage, G4S, Gloria McCluskey, Halifax Transit, living wage, Matt Whitman, parking enforcement, Red MacKenzie, Richard Butts, Robin Tress, Waye Mason

Council preview: It looks like the Shaw Group is over-charging for the Purcells Cove Backlands

September 19, 2016 By Tim Bousquet

At tomorrow’s meeting, Halifax council will take up a staff recommendation to purchase the Purcells Cove Backlands: On April 26 2016, The Shaw Group and Nature Conservancy of Canada (Shaw/NCC) presented a proposal to Regional Council for HRM to acquire lands (subject lands) located in Purcell’s Cove for an Urban Wilderness Park. Staff has been completing the...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Allan Shaw, Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes, Clayton Development, John Risley, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Purcells Cove backlands, Richard Butts, speculation, The Shaw Group

Sunshine and turbines: Morning File, Friday, August 26, 2016

August 26, 2016 By Erica Butler 2 Comments

Today’s Morning File is written by Erica Butler, your friendly neighbourhood transportation columnist here at the Examiner. News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Northern Pulp still waiting on approval for glyphosate spraying The planned start date for Northern Pulp’s spraying of over 3000 acres of woodland has passed, and the Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cape Breton Post, Citizen's Climate Lobby, David Henry, Ecology Action Centre, F. Ben Rodgers, fish farms, Glyphosate, Margaret Miller, Northern Pulp, Richard Butts, Shahin Sayadi, sunshine list, wind turbine

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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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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