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Climate change is killing the right whales

Morning File, Thursday, June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Why aren’t Cabot Links or Ben Cowan-Dewar registered as lobbyists? “You would have to be completely foolhardy to question the brain trust that has formed to support spending public money to build an airport in Inverness but foolhardy’s my middle name so — hold my beer,” writes Mary Campbell for the Cape Breton Spectator: […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 4th Estate, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boris Worm, Brenda Large, Cabot Links airport, Cesar Lalo, climate change, lead pipes, lobbying, Michael MacDonald, Patrick MacDougall, Richard Woodbury, right whale death, Sean Brilliant, Shelburne School for Boys, William Shrubsall

The Halifax Examiner turns five years old today

Morning File, Tuesday, June 18, 2019

June 18, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Five years The Halifax Examiner turns five years old today. On June 18, 2014, I made this site live and posted this video: Look how young I was! [cries] I had a pretty good idea where I wanted to take the Examiner, and I think it holds up: Much of the content on […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andy Filmore, Centre Plan history, Develop Nova Scotia, Dexel Development, Examiner 5th birthday, GDP, Heritage Trust, HRM By Design, Joe Ramia, John MacKenzie, Nova Centre, Obama, Richard Woodbury, Rouvalis project, Stubborn Goat Beer Garden, Tim’s PEN Canada interview, WM Fares Architects

We are eagerly awaiting the ridiculous architectural renderings that are certain to accompany the stadium sales pitch

Morning File, Monday, March 25, 2019

March 25, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

1. Leading With Transit “Listen, I wouldn’t blame you if you were done with discussing the future of transit in Halifax,” writes Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: We had the Moving Forward Together (MFT) plan, for which thousands of folks chimed in with their hopes and dreams for buses in the region. Then we had […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Boat Harbour remediation project, Coalition for Radical Life Extension, Curve, El Jones, Graham Steele, immortality, James Strole, Joan Baxter, Joanna Cagan, Neil deMause, Nora Young, Northern Pulp effluent pipe, Pavilion, Quinpool Road bridge, Racism, Richard Woodbury, Southwest Properties, Spark, stadium, Vaportecture, Washington NFL stadium, Woman Hailing a Cab

Science will determine just how much you people are pissing off your bartenders

Morning File, Tuesday, March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

I’m Suzanne Rent and I’m filling in for Tim this morning. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Here’s a tip: Be nice to your servers and bartenders Oh, how I can relate to this story. Vanessa Myers, a psychology graduate student at Saint Mary’s University, is researching how customer interactions affect the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alton Gas, basic income, Basic Income Nova Scotia, bedsores, bipolar disorder, blood pressure, Chrissy Dunnington, Claire Sethuram, Colin Stevenson, cop’s gun stolen, Dr. Martin Alda, Elizabeth (Mandy) Kay-Raining Bird, Elizabeth Marshall, Finland basic income pilot project, Friendly Divas, Jennifer Henderson, John Ferguson, Lucy MacLeod, menstrual equity, Mincome, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB), period poverty, Richard Woodbury, Sara Spike, servers and bartenders, Small History Nova Scotia, Suzanne Lively, Tom Ayers, Vanessa Myers, Yvette d'Entremont

The city still doesn’t have a living wage ordinance, but the need for it hasn’t gone away

Morning File, Monday, January 14, 2019

January 14, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Alton Gas “A retired geologist who worked for the province of Nova Scotia as well as the mining giant INCO says he has safety concerns about the proposed Alton Natural Gas Storage project,” reports Jennifer Henderson. Click here to read “UARB submission raises safety concerns about Alton Gas project.” This article is for […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Chris Reynolds, city janitorial services, Councillor Lindell Smith, janitorial contracts, living wage, Richard Woodbury, Stillwell Beer Garden

What’s going to happen to all those crows when the Motherhouse Lands get developed?

Morning File, Thursday, December 27, 2018

December 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Zinc “ScoZinc Mining Ltd. said Monday December 24 that it is poised to be one of Canada’s next base metal producers after releasing a project update and improved economic study for its wholly-owned ScoZinc zinc-lead mine in Nova Scotia,” reports Resource World Magazine: The forecast came after the company said it has completed additional […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Cooke, an escort's night, Becky Pritchard, beluga whale Nepi, Brandon Fraser, Constable Cassandra Teed, Constable Cole Hawes, Constable Joseph Boutilier, Constable Phil Apa, Duncan Street grow-op, Frances Willick, Francis Campbell, JP Krista Young, Lafarge cement plant burning tires, MSVU crows, MSVU Motherhouse Lands development, pedestrian struck Ingonish, pedestrian struck Mumford terminal, pedestrian struck Robie Street, Richard Woodbury, Robert Michaud, Robert Myer, Roger Stein, Santa's runways Lower Sackville, ScoZinc Mining Ltd., Sheldon Bisson, Southwest Properties, Tim likes crows, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Yarmouth ferry, zinc

Halifax Harbour is not the world’s second-largest harbour. It’s not even close.

Morning File, Friday, May 4, 2018

May 4, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 48 Comments

News 1. Drill, baby, drill: “Nova Scotia is once again expressing concerns over the impact of federally mandated marine protected areas,” reports Paul Withers for the CBC: This time, it is Premier Stephen McNeil — just back from a big oil and gas conference in Houston — who says offshore oil and gas exploration should […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Archelaus Jack, Halifax Harbour size comparison, how to address poverty, Indigenous Games 2020, Richard Woodbury, SMU legal bills, World's second-biggest harbour myth

Teachers won’t strike: Morning File, Friday, March 2, 2018

March 2, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Teachers The government tabled its Education Reform Act (Bill 72) yesterday. You can read the text of the bill here, and the government’s press release about it here. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union then issued the following release: NSTU suspends job action Following numerous compromises by the McNeil government, the NSTU will not […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aquaculture Minister Keith Colwell, BMO moving to Nova Centre, Education Reform Act (Bill 72), Elwin LeRoux's message to parents, Jacob Boon, Marieke Walsh, Marla MacInnis, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), NSTU suspends job action, Registry of Joint Stock Companies revamp, Richard Woodbury, Roger Taylor and Nova Centre, Stephen Archibald and stone walls 2

Matt Whitman’s idiocy and free speech: Morning File, Tuesday, February 27, 2018

February 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Windsor & Hantsport Railway “A Virginia businessman wants a piece of the action before the city can turn the old Windsor & Hantsport Railway into a trail,” writes Rick Grant: Robert T. Schmidt’s claim to all of the rail line is contested, and the province has gone to court to force him to maintain […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: advice for free speech advocates, Alison Auld, Brett Bundale, citizen complaints against city councillors, Clay George, free speech, Graham Steele, Haley Ryan, Hassan Ali Kheireddine, Heather Hemming, Jessica Leeder, Lebanese man dies, Liette Doucet, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation, Premier Stephen McNeil and teachers, Richard Woodbury, Rick Mehta, right whales, Whitman is a blowhard

Stadium economic impact projections are nonsense: Morning File, Friday, January 12, 2018

January 12, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Accessible transportation Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler looks at two problems with accessible transportation — an ever-shrinking fleet of accessible taxis and an ever-increasing demand for Access-A-Bus — and sees a solution: Gerry Post thinks there’s a way to fix both these problems with one move: start contracting accessible taxis to take on […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthony Leblanc, autism, Deloitte, Dylan Ames, Emma Smith, Gardner Pinfold, Marieke Walsh, Mary Campbell, Maureen Brennan, no snow, Nursing home homicide, polishing bullshit, Richard Woodbury, Stadium and economic impact projections, The Yelp and Trip Advisor marketing war, Trade Centre Limited, Trevor Tombe

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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.

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