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Ten-thousand dollars in cash between the truck seats: Morning File, Tuesday, August 8, 2017

August 8, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Downeast and Harold MacKay “Harold MacKay is using the Downeast Beer Factory to bilk investors, alleges lawsuit,” the Halifax Examiner reported yesterday: Harold MacKay, the founder and president of the Downeast Beer Factory, is using the brewery and restaurant to bilk investors, one of those investors claims in a lawsuit filed Friday with the Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Downeast Beer Factory lawsuit, Halifax City Council and living wage, Harold MacKay, Heather Bruce, Hilton the white shark, John Lynn, Nova Scotia Business Inc. write-offs, Scott McCain, Stephen Archibald visits Lawrencetown

Harold MacKay is using the Downeast Beer Factory to bilk investors, alleges lawsuit

August 7, 2017 By Tim Bousquet

Harold MacKay, the founder and president of the Downeast Beer Factory, is using the brewery and restaurant to bilk investors, one of those investors claims in a lawsuit filed Friday with the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. “Basically, this business was never set up to return money to the investors; this was set up as a way...

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The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

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