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The cigarette butt recycling conspiracy to make us smoke more: Morning File, Wednesday, November 1, 2017

November 1, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Frank Palermo Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler interviews Frank Palermo, a professor of planning, director of the Cities and Environment Unit at Dalhousie, and founding board member of the Planning and Design Centre (PDC), the originators of Switch: Open Street Sundays. Click here to read “Frank Palermo on ‘five years of doing an experiment’ […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: charity is exploitation, Christine Bower, cigarette butt recycling, funding for WE Day, Lil MacPherson, Matt Whitman apology, Ray Wagner, road train grant request, TerraCycle, Wooden Monkey drops Nova Centre suit, Zane Woodford

Lying children and the moral panic of Halloween: Morning File, Monday, October 30, 2017

October 30, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Parking enforcement “Halifax’s contractor for parking enforcement will not have its contract renewed when it expires on Nov. 14.,” reports Emma Davie for the CBC: Nick Ritcey, spokesperson with the city, said G4S Secure Solutions will not be contracted again for parking enforcement and instead the services will be done in-house. “Municipal staff has determined that […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: abandoned infant Quinpool Road, Cat ferry service, Desmond Cole, Emma Davie, halloween candy, lying children, Richard Starr, road train grant request, Roger Taylor is wrong, Tony Lloyd, WE Day Atlantic

There’s a train a comin’; Can’t you hear her blowin’? Morning File, Tuesday, July 18, 2017

July 18, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. White supremacist “On Saturday, Paul Fromm, an avowed white supremacist, attended and spoke at a public rally in Toronto in support of the so-called Halifax Five,” reports Russell Gragg for the Halifax Examiner: The Halifax Five are the Canadian soldiers who disrupted an Indigenous ceremony in Halifax’s Cornwallis Park on Canada Day. […] Fromm […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Dennis Campbell, drone hunting, Ian Avery, Jamie Ellison, Kevin Bissett, LeMarchant St Thomas Elementary School drop off loop, lockdown at Springhill, Lyle Howe found guilty, Maureen Googoo, Mi’sel Joe, Nonosbawsut and Demasduit, penis iceberg, road train grant request, Tristan Cleveland

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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Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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