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Planes, trains, and automobiles: pick your poison with travel this summer

Morning File, Wednesday, July 13, 2022

July 13, 2022 By Ethan Lycan-Lang and Yvette d'Entremont 3 Comments

News 1. ‘A greedy, overbearing, little bastard’: the life of a terrible man, from university ‘asshole’ to mass murderer Note: This article includes detailed descriptions of violence.   Yesterday, we published four articles from the Mass Casualty Commission, which continues this week.   First, Tim Bousquet had this story about GW’s violence towards and manipulation […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: health care, NASA, Sandy Lake, sexual abuse survivors, Space, transit, travel, VIA Rail

Mobile ticketing en route to Halifax Transit, convention centre deficits, and more from council

July 13, 2022 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Halifax Transit’s mobile ticketing is running late, but it’s on the way. Halifax regional council approved a contract at its meeting on Tuesday with Masabi, a UK-based company, for $1.5 million “for a mobile fare payment application and onboard validators” and five years of technical support. Council approved the plan for mobile ticketing in July […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Transportation Tagged With: Carrie Cussons, Coun. Lindell Smith, Coun. Lisa Blackburn, Coun. Shawn Cleary, Coun. Tony Mancini, Coun. Waye Mason, Design Review Committee, Elmwood Hotel, Erin Esiyok-Prime, Events East, fare management strategy, Halifax Convention Centre, Halifax Regional Council, Halifax Transit, Hammonds Plains, Heritage, John Lohr, Justride, Marc Santilli, Masabi, Mayor Mike Savage, McCallum Environmental Ltd., mobile ticketing, Principal Developments, Sandy Lake, Sandy Lake - Sackville River Regional Park Coalition, Seamus McGreal, Zane Woodford, Zzap Consulting

Losing their religion: Newfoundland’s Catholic churches face atonement

Morning File, Thursday, June 2, 2022

June 2, 2022 By Ethan Lycan-Lang Leave a Comment

News 1. More Nova Scotians are leaning on food banks to get by As grocery bills keep climbing, more Nova Scotians than ever are going to food banks, reports Yvette d’Entremont. Speaking before the provincial public accounts committee Wednesday, Feed Nova Scotia’s executive director, Nick Jennery, said inflated food prices aren’t causing the spike. “The […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: Catholic church, church, Eisner Cove, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Planifax, Port Wallace, reconciliation, Sandy Lake, special planning areas

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

Episode 89 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.
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To sleep, perchance to dream — in this humidity?! Shakespeare By The Sea’s production of Hamlet — its first staged tragedy since 2019 — opens on August 5, and director Drew Douris-O’Hara and the man himself, Deivan Steele, stop by the show before rehearsal to chat. Topics include: climate change’s effect on outdoor theatre, the timelessness of Shakespeare’s most popular work, the failure of funding models in all times (not just during COVID), and the resilience of squirrels.

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