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The cost of the Yarmouth ferry keeps increasing

Morning File, Friday, February 8, 2019

February 8, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Jackson trial This item refers to sexual assault. Yesterday was the fourth day of the sexual assault trial of Blake Jackson. Jackson, a student support worker at Citadel High School, is accused of sexually assaulting a then-student on December 15, 2015. At the time, the student was 18 years old; a publication ban protects […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allen Campbell, Annette Higgins, Atlantic Fleet Services, Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor ferry terminus, Bay Ferries, Bay Ferries CEO Mark MacDonald, Becky Pritchard, Blake Jackson trial, Cora Plourd Nicholson, Cornell Knight, Ed Morin, former premier Robert Ghiz, Harvey Amani Whitfield, Justice Christa Brothers, Michael Mayne, Michael Tutton, PEI Liberals lawsuit, Peter McGuire, Robert Devet, Sean McCarroll, slavery in Nova Scotia, Spencer Campbell, Stephen Archibald and building faces, Stephen Lewis, Susan Holmes, Svetlana Tenetko, Theresa Wright, Tom Singleton, United Nations (UN), Yarmouth ferry, Yarmouth Ferry terminus

Here’s the stadium lie: it will pay for itself

Morning File, Wednesday, February 6, 2019

February 6, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Here’s the stadium lie: it will pay for itself There’s a big long Canadian Press article written by reporter Dan Ralph that quotes Anthony Leblanc at length about all things Atlantic Schooners, but mostly about his plans to play in Moncton while he strong-arms Halifax into building him a stadium. Then Ralph gets […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amanda Jess, Anthony Leblanc, Atlantic Schooners, blackface, Blake Jackson trial, Brett Bundale, CFL stadium, Charles Vinick, Dalhousie Faculty Association, Dan Ralph, El Jones, Justice Christa Brothers, Lawrence Story, Lori Marino, Peter MacKinnon, Ralph Northam, Sean McCarroll, sexual assault, stadium financing, Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Thomas Singleton, Valor SR, Whale Sanctuary Project

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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