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Nova Scotia makes it easier to be a taxi or ride-hailing driver in response to Uber lobbying

September 24, 2020 By Zane Woodford 7 Comments

The provincial government is making it easier to be a taxi or Uber driver, loosening the requirements to obtain the licence needed to be a driver for hire. In a news release Thursday, titled “Province Reduces Burden on Ride Hailing Services,” the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal announced it’s “establishing a modernized, restricted Class […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: lobbyists, ride-hailing companies, ride-hailing regulations, transportation, Uber in Halifax

Kipple and bots

Morning File, Wednesday, September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 18 Comments

News 1. The Nova Scotia mass murderer may have done a dry run Tim Bousquet reports on revelations from court documents that the man behind the April 18-19 murders, who the Examiner calls GW, may have visited several key locations before the killings. In partially redacted court documents, GW’s common-law spouse says the pair “drove […]

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Halifax council passes regulations for ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft

September 22, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft have received their final green light to start operating in Halifax. Regional council voted 13-4 in favour of taxi bylaw amendments to regulate ride-hailing companies, which the municipality calls transportation network companies, or TNCs, during its virtual meeting on Tuesday. Councillors Lindell Smith, Shawn Cleary, Stephen Adams and Richard...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: councillor Richard Zurawski, Councillor Sam Austin, councillor Shawn Cleary, Councillor Stephen Adams, Lyft, ride-hailing companies, transportation network company (TNC), Uber in Halifax

Council preview: Uber rules, climate plan, cooling-off period for bureaucrats

January 13, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Rules for Uber, a plan for climate change, and a cooling-off period for politicians and staff are all on the agenda for Halifax regional council’s meeting this week. The meeting, starting at 10am Tuesday, also includes an appeal hearing for a design review committee decision at 1pm and a public hearing on a Bedford Highway...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: CAO Richard Butts, climate emergency, councillor cool-off, councillor Richard Zurawski, councillor Shawn Cleary, councillor Waye Mason, Design Review Committee, development Barrington Street, development Bedford Highway, HalifACT 2050, Halifax city council, lobbyist, Old South Suburb Heritage Conservation District Plan, Pathos Properties Inc, perivale + taylor, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, RCMP Chief Superintendent Janis Gray, review of policing, ride-hailing companies, taxi bylaw, Uber, vulnerable sector checks

PRICED OUT

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

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