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Now there’s a reason to go to the community mailbox: Morning File, Wednesday, October 11, 2017

October 11, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Women in prison “The number of women in federal prisons has jumped significantly in Canada in the last decade, and advocates say that’s evidence of what happens when community support programs are cut,” reports David Burke for the CBC: There are 37 per cent more women behind bars than there were 10 years ago, according […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: David Burke, Driver's licences, Energy East Pipeline dead, Keith Doucette, Northern Pulp, Peter McCurdy, Richard Starr, Sidney Crosby, women in prison

Examineradio, episode #131: You’ve got the right to know

September 29, 2017 By Terra Tailleur Leave a Comment

Tim spoke with Justin Ling, Canadian features editor at VICE News, a couple of weeks ago while he was visiting Toronto. Justin was part of the team that looked at the water crisis in Indigenous communities around Canada. “The more we looked into it, the more we realized this is not just a matter of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Examineradio 131, Ikea, Justin Ling, naming rights, podcast, Preston land titles, Sidney Crosby, Terra Tailleur

You can’t wash that Trump shit off, Sid: Morning File, Tuesday, September 26, 2017

September 26, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. What’s going on with LED Roadway Lighting? “Sometimes, chasing a story that runs into a brick wall can be revealing,” writes Jennifer Henderson for the Examiner. LED Roadway Lighting has received at least $22 million in public money — “$11 million in equity (converted to common shares in 2014 so LED could borrow money […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Boy Scouts sexual abuse, Brittany Wentzell, Carter's beach trash, Christopher Clarke, IWK CEO Tracy Kitch, IWK CFO Stephen D'Arcy, Jason Mackey, Jim Arsenault, Michael Gorman, Mike Dull, Minister Lloyd Hines, Minister Margaret Miller, restaurant sales, Sidney Crosby

Show us you’re a true hero, Sid: refuse to attend the White House. Morning File, Monday, September 25, 2017

September 25, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 27 Comments

1. The future on the Port of Halifax Former CTV reporter Rick Grant writes: If the Port of Halifax is going to compete in a post-Panamex world, it will need a new, larger container terminal. But a Port Master Plan is delayed, and myriad difficulties are posed by potential new sites for a terminal. That […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Rankin, Black Lives Matter, Bruce Kidd, cocaine smuggling, Colin Kaepernick, international shipping, Jacques Grenier, Luc Chevrefils, Mario Lemieux, naming rights, Port of Halifax, RCMP Constable Michael David Morrison, RCMP Constable Michael Turco, Ronald Burkle, Sean Foster, Sidney Crosby, Steve Bruce

Justin Trudeau and Sidney Crosby’s stolen dignity: Morning File, Wednesday, August 24, 2016

August 24, 2016 By Selena Ross 5 Comments

Today’s Morning File is written by Selena Ross. I used to be a reporter at the Chronicle Herald, and sometimes (often) get Nova Scotia news nostalgia, so here I am helping Tim take time off. News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Northwood serves prison food, but worse — supposedly. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: A Tribe Called Red, Adam Cooke, Adam MacInnis, Assam Hadhad, Chris Lambie, Chris Parsons, Elizabeth Chiu, ISANS, Janet Simm, John Tattrie, Laura Jean Grant, Leo Glavine, Nathan MacKinnon, Northwood, rats, Rebecca Thomas, Sidney Crosby, Syrian Refugees

Is the RCMP listening to your phone calls? Examineradio, episode #66

June 17, 2016 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

  This week we speak with Justin Ling, Vice Canada’s Parliamentary Reporter. In the past month he’s written a series of articles highlighting the RCMP’s ability to intercept cellphone calls and messages, and how they’re using the courts to try to continue taking advantage of this technology. Plus, the Halifax Examiner turns two this week, which means […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: Examineradio, Jennifer Watts, Justin Ling, Orlando, podcast, RCMP, Sidney Crosby, Silva, Stingray, Vice

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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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