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Stable owners look to feds to pony up with financial help

Morning File, Thursday, April 30, 2020

April 30, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

News 1.“COVID cluster” info misleads health care providers — and the public Tim Bousquet looks at all the “Covid clusters” the Nova Scotia Health Authority has mapped and how they are being used by healthcare providers. The information in those clusters is being used to deny people medical attention. Bousquet got the list of 10 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, Abbigail Cowbrough, Amherst, Brian MacDonald, Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crash, coping with COVID-19, COVID-19 financial relief, Heather Myrer, HMCS Fredericton, Karen Blair, Kevin Donovan, mansion renovation, Marie-Claude Bibeau, Marylyn Andrews, mass shooting murder Portapique, Mel Boutilier, mental health, Murray Brewster, ranches and stables, Restojunkie, Robert Wright, Rocky Hollow Ranch, Shane Cowbrough, Yves Hamelin

The Halifax Regional Police have some questions for you

Morning File, Thursday, November 28, 2019

November 28, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

It’s party time! November is subscription drive month, so we’re  having a party to celebrate. Drop into Bearly’s (1269 Barrington Street) on Sunday, December 1 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Subscribers get to party with us for free. If you want to subscribe, you can do so here, or at the door. New Riders […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Gunn, Elizabeth McMillan, Eric Durnford, Fight for $15, Gerald Regan's legacy, Gerald Regan's victims, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Halifax Water, Halifax Workers’ Action Centre, HRP questions, job hunting, Julie Lalonde, lead pipes, living wage, Maggie Rahr, Michael Boudreau, NOT GUILTY: The Trial of Gerald Regan, PR jobs, Robert Cribb, Robert Wright, Sakura Saunders, Shaina Luck, Wendy Krkosek, Zane Woodford

The cruise ship industry disses the Yarmouth ferry

Morning File, Monday, August 19, 2019

August 19, 2019 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Health care photo ops “So last week, 10 out of 37 hospital emergency departments in Nova Scotia were closed for at least some part of the week,” writes Stephen Kimber: While our healthcare crises multiply, our leaders stage photo opportunities that resemble trying to slap Band-Aids on the backsides of rampaging elephants. Whatever […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abdilahi Elmi, Bar Harbor, Bill McKibben, biomass, cruise ships Bar harbor, Cyclone 4 rocket, Don Bowser, El Jones, entangled right whale, Fatuma Abdi, fires South End, Icarus Report August 19 2019, Jordan Gill, Maritime Launch Services Ltd., Martha Paynter, Meghan Groff, MP Andy Fillmore, North Sea cod, Olena Holubeva, Peter B. de Selding, Robert Wright, Ukrainian space industry, United Paradyne, Yarmouth ferry, Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoye

Stephen McNeil held a scripted PR event and the compliant media played along

Morning File, Friday, May 31, 2019

May 31, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Stephen McNeil to John Perkins: file a complaint “If you aren’t keen on police roughing you up and cuffing you at a pubic meeting, or corporations dialing up the Mounties to act as bouncers, then go file a complaint with one of two watchdogs that investigate actions by RCMP officers,” reports Jennifer Henderson. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Avalon Sexual Assault Centre, China Canada photo op, Chinas Ambassador to Canada, Communications Nova Scotia, Icarus Report May 31 2019, John Perkins, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Keith Doucette, Lu Shaye, male sexual assault, ManTalk, New Start, Premier Stephen McNeil, Robert Wright, Sherri Borden Colley, Stephen Archibald and herms, Taryn Grant

1940s writing tips from New York City via Royal Sweets in New Glasgow

Morning File, Thursday, April 18, 2019

April 18, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 3 Comments

News 1. Work-related deaths nearly double in Nova Scotia Yesterday, the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia released numbers on work-related injuries or deaths. The big item: the number of people who either died at work or from work-related illnesses nearly doubled last year, from 21 to 40. Some of these deaths are the result […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition, Barho family, Casey henneberry, fishing fine, Hants East Assisting Refugees Team (HEART Society), Jordan Bonaparte, journalist’s tapes, Julia-Simone Rutgers, Kawtha Barho, Lindsay Souvannarath, Minister Mark Furey, Nicole Munro, Paul Withers, Portia Clark, Robert Wright, Royal Sweets, street checks, Taryn Grant, work-related injuries or deaths, Workers’ Compensation Board, Writers’ Journal

Of The Sorrow Songs

November 11, 2017 By El Jones 11 Comments

My mother’s stories all had happy endings. “And then I went back years later,” she would conclude triumphantly, “and waved my degree and said who’s the nigger now?” As a young child, this Black version of happily ever after did not strike me as improbable. Stories of a great uncle, studying medicine in Edinburgh while […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Afua Cooper, cultural assessment, El Jones, Judge Anne Derrick, Julia-Simone Rutgers, legacies of colonialism, my mother's stories, police checks, Robert Wright, Taylor Renee Aldridge

What About The Men? Morning File, Saturday, June 10, 2017

June 10, 2017 By El Jones 6 Comments

1. Entrepreneurship Men, are you tired of being discriminated against by ladies? Do you worry that men just can’t get a job anymore now that men only make up 190 out of 200 airport drivers? Are you sick of being made to look bad by women talking about being raped by men? Why is no-one […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bus to Fredericton, Chris Giacomantonio, Kaila Jefferd-Moore, Lana McLean, men-only taxi service, police checks, Robert Devet, Robert Wright, Shawna Hoyt, street checks, What About The Men?

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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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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