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Schools, politics, and the thumb on the decision-making scale

Karen Casey should not have been surprised when eyebrows were arched after Liberal MLA Brendan Maguire Facebook Live-announced — the “proudest moment” of his political career — the surprising news that the McNeil government was going to replace J.L. Ilsley High School. We've been here before...

February 6, 2017 By Stephen Kimber

Education Minister Karen Casey says reporters who would dare to even hint that politics — perish that pesky thought — might have influenced the government’s decision to replace Spryfield’s J.L. Ilsley High School should make that outrageous claim to the faces of the problem-plagued school’s teachers, staff, students, and parents. Well, yes, they could do...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Education, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Karen Casey, Schools and political spoils, Stephen McNeil

The return of Nova Scotia’s spoils system: Morning File, Thursday, February 2, 2017

February 2, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. NSCAD to accept students stranded by Trump’s immigration order “NSCAD University will be among a group of Canadian art schools accepting international students slated to go to U.S. schools now left stranded by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration,” reports Chris Lambie for the Halifax Examiner. This article is behind the Examiner’s paywall […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brendan Maguire, feisty, Graham Steele, Halifax Transit, Jean Laroche, Lantz interchange, Liberal postcards, Lisa Roberts, Margaret Dennis, Marieke Walsh, missing journalism, Parks & Rec budget, Real-time bus location, Schools and political spoils

Is the province out $200 million? Morning File, Thursday, January 26, 2017

January 26, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Atlantic provinces must repay “hundreds of millions” of dollars to Ottawa Charlottetown Guardian reporter Teresa Wright drops a bombshell this morning: Ottawa is asking all four Atlantic provinces to repay hundreds of millions of dollars in harmonized sales tax revenues the finance department says it overpaid to the region. The Guardian has learned Prince Edward Island, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brendan Maguire, Chris Lambie, Christina Macdonald, court reporting, Dal SUB photos, Finance Canada, Graham Steele, Haley Ryan, Introducing: Court Watch, J.L. Ilsley High School, Jack Aubry, Lisa Roberts, Marcus goes ice fishing, miscalculation, overpaid HST, property damage Mount Olivet Cemetery, Schools and political spoils, Stephen Archibald, Stephen McNeil, teachers contract negotiations, Teresa Wright, Vaughan Davies

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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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