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Justice Minister Mark Furey’s inaction is yet another injustice done to Glen Assoun

Morning File, Friday, September 4, 2020

September 4, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Mark Furey takes no action on Assoun case “Nova Scotia’s Justice Minister Mark Furey has yet to make inquiries to find out why someone within the Halifax RCMP deleted a large number of computer files and removed boxes of physical evidence that might have prevented Glen Assoun from being wrongfully imprisoned for 17 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Benjamin D. Andrews, COVID-19, digital news, Glen Assoun, Jen Powley, Joey Coleman, Justice Minister Mark Furey, local newspapers, Matt Whitman, Mayor Mike Savage, mayoral race, school reopening, subscriber supported journalism, The Indy, The Public Record, The Sprawl, The Tyee, The Village

“You are responsible for your own safety”

Morning File, Tuesday, August 11, 2020

August 11, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

News 1. Go with the flow: new attempt at tidal power to launch next year Jennifer Henderson reports on a new effort to generate electricity using Bay of Fundy tides: A renewed effort is underway to harness Bay of Fundy tidal power using a floating platform technology with six mounted turbines to capture wave energy. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Back to School plan, camping, COVID-19, Halifax Sexual Health Centre, hand dryers, handwashing, Joy A Stevens, lighthouses, neoliberal garbage, Peggy's Cove, physical distancing, public washrooms, school reopening, Shaina Luck, signage, Stanhope

I’m a teacher at an elementary school, and I’m trying to figure out how to run my classroom during COVID

August 10, 2020 By Lalia Kerr 15 Comments

Lalia Kerr teaches at Three Mile Plains District School. Jennifer Henderson’s article, “The ABCs and Maybes of school reopening,” about the questions around school reopening was thoughtful but, like most examinations of the issue, lacking in attention to the issues that will arise in the younger grades. It seems as if everyone thinks we will be […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, masks, pandemic, school reopening, social distancing

When will Nova Scotia finally have a woman premier?

Morning File, Monday, August 10, 2020

August 10, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 1 Comment

News 1. Today is Prisoners’ Justice Day; here’s what it means to me A former provincial prisoner writes about what Prisoners’ Justice Day, which is today, August 10, means to them. Prisoners’ Justice Day was started by a group of prisoners who got together on Aug. 10, to remember Ed Nalon, who died in a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Back to School plan, Campaign School for Women, Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Equal Voice, Judy Haiven, Michael Gorman, Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Premier Caroline Cochrane, Premier Rita Johnson, Premier Stephen McNeil, school reopening, woman premier, women in politics

The ABCs and Maybes of school reopening

August 10, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Some sense of normalcy.  That’s what most children, parents, and teachers yearn for — a better learning environment than what was cobbled together when COVID-19 erupted this winter.  Top paediatricians and child psychologists at the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital and IWK agree that kids need […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Back to School plan, Brendan Elliott, contact tracing, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Theresa Tam, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Heather Fairbairn, masks, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), pandemic, Paul Wozny, Public Health, school reopening

Nova Scotia cabinet round-up: Mandatory masks, open borders and more

July 31, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

Premier Stephen McNeil’s cabinet met Thursday and took questions from reporters afterward. Here’s what they talked about: Masks mandatory as of today Health Minister Randy Delorey was asked how his department intends to enforce a new policy requiring most adults and children over age 2 to wear a non-medical mask when they are inside public […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Brian Flinn, Business Minister Geoff MacLellan, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 and public schools, COVID-19 waiver, Dr. Robert Strang, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Health Minister Randy Delorey, Justice Minister Mark Furey, masks, mass shooting inquiry, Minister Bill Blair, Minister Labi Kousoulis, Minister Leo Glavine, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, school reopening, St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Tourism, Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines, Yarmouth ferry cancellation, Yarmouth ferry costs

Back to school plan is released

July 22, 2020 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The province has released its Back to School plan. (Click here to read it.) There are three scenarios mapped out in the plan: Full Reopening, a “blended” model, and At Home Learning. Full Reopening The intention is that all schools will fully open on September […]

Filed Under: Education, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Back to School plan, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Andrew Lynk, Dr. Robert Strang, IWK, pandemic, school reopening

Pandemic drinking is no joke

Morning File, Tuesday, July 14, 2020

July 14, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 4 Comments

News 1. Where’s the plan? Parents call on province to release back-to-school details A group of Nova Scotia parents have sent an open letter to Premier Stephen McNeil, calling on the province to make “children and their right to education” a priority in the province’s pandemic response plan, Yvette d’Entremont reports. While the other Atlantic […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: alcohol abuse, alcohol consumption, Alex Cooke, Ally Garber, Andy Hakin, Brooklyn Currie, business subsidy, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), Chief Julia Cecchetto, coronavirus, corporate capitalism, COVID-19, COVID-19 waiver, Dan Kelly, decriminalizing drugs, drinking, Haley Ryan, IRIS, Jean Laroche, Jeremy Keefe, Jordi Morgan, Juliana Khoury, Nova Scotia Chiefs of Police Association, P3 hospital, pandemic, RCMP shooting Eastern Passage, Richard Kenneth Wheeler, school reopening, sobriety, St. Francis University (St FX), Thérèse Forsythe, wine mommy

Parents press for back-to-school plan

July 14, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. More than 100 parents from across the province have penned an open letter to Premier Stephen McNeil highlighting what they call a “failure to put children and their right to education” at the centre of Nova Scotia’s pandemic response.  The group, Parents for a Pandemic […]

Filed Under: Education, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: ADHD, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), coronavirus, COVID-19, Derek Simon, education, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Erica Baker, online learning, pandemic, Parents for a Pandemic Education Plan, Premier Stephen McNeil, remote learning, school reopening

Historical sexual harassment on Sable Island

Morning File, Friday, July 10, 2020

July 10, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 11 Comments

News 1. McNeil doesn’t want any negative talk about assault at border This item was written by Tim Bousquet CTV reporter Natasha Pace asked McNeil about a provincial worker being assaulted on the border, and the union’s demands that those workers be given better support. McNeil tries to dodge the question by giving that “I […]

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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.

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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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