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Sometimes a tax hike isn’t really a tax hike

Morning File, Friday, March 1, 2019

March 1, 2019 By Erica Butler 5 Comments

News 1. Halifax budget: what we mean when we say, “taxes are going up” On Thursday, city council voted to approve $5.2 million worth of “extra” items for the city’s operating budget in 2019/20. The list includes things like funding another year of implementation of the Moving Forward Together plan, keeping library staffing levels, and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Angela MacDonald, Assistant Fire Chief Corey Beals, coyote on Windmill Road, Evelyn White, Frankie MacDonald, FUNSCAD strike, Georgette Young, GST/HST fraud, Halifax city operating budget 2019/20, Herring Cove Road changes, John Collins, Lydia Saker, Nadia Saker, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Advocate, NSCAD strike, Richard Cuthbertson, tax increases

European weevil sex and other perversions: Morning File, Thursday, July 27, 2017

July 27, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Tax scam rejected for fourth time “A federal tribunal has — for the fourth time — rejected the bulk of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia’s enormous Annie Leibovitz collection, raising questions about whether the prints by the famous American photographer will ever be displayed in Halifax,” reports Richard Cuthbertson for the CBC: The […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Annie Leibovitz photographs, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Beech leaf mining weevils, Cape Breton tourism, Destination Cape Breton Association (DCBA), Ethan Hawke, FOIPOP CBRM, Glace Bay & Area Revitalization Plan, house fire Clam Bay, John Simmons, Justin Brake, Maudie, Muskrat Falls protestors jailed, Richard Cuthbertson, tourism development schemes

How the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia participated in an attempted tax scam: Morning File, Wednesday, July 12, 2017

July 12, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 18 Comments

News 1. Annie Leibovitz In October 2015, I wrote the following about the Annie Leibovitz collection: In 2013, it was announced that the Annie Leibovitz collection would be donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, but the photographs still haven’t been put on display, and there’s no hope that the collection will be displayed before […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Al and Faye Mintz family, Annie Liebovitz photos, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, Moira Donovan, Nancy Noble, Ray Cronin, Removing Cornwallis, Richard Cuthbertson, tax grab, urban Acadian forest

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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