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Smokers are victims of a cruel marketing campaign, so why are we further victimizing them?

Morning File, Monday, July 23, 2018

July 23, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 13 Comments

News 1. Election intervention “Americans are right to be outraged at the outrageous Russian interference in their 2016 presidential elections,” writes Stephen Kimber: They are correct to be appalled not only that their Putin-puttana-ed president continues to pretend that what happened didn’t happen, but also that their commander-in-chief and his principle-free, me-too Republican Congressional congregation […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: containerized farming, Emma Smith, Jennifer Henderson, NB Power, Paul Chernick, Peter Ritchie, Phil Hatcher, Philip Girvan, smart meters, Smoking ban

Nova Scotia’s problematic family court judge

Morning File, Wednesday, June 13, 2018

June 13, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Court of Appeal lambastes custody ruling In November 2017, I reported that: In August [2017], Lawrence O’Neil, the Associate Chief Justice of the Family Court, awarded custody of a five-year-old boy to the child’s father, who has a history of domestic violence, even though the father had previously signed away his right to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cabot Links, conversion therapy, custody, Danielle Harrison, domestic abuse, earling learning and economic development, Inverness Beach, Jennifer Henderson, Jennifer Taylor, Justice David P.S. Farrar, Justice Lawrence O’Neil ruling overturned, Justice O’Neil’s controversial history, Justice Patrick J. Murray, Maggie Rahr, Mike Carducci, Neil Livingston, Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI), smart meters, Stephen Archibald and arches, Steve Bruce, time of day pricing, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

Regulator gets final submissions on Nova Scotia Power’s “smart meter” plan

Consumer advocates say the utility hasn’t presented enough solid evidence to prove that installing digital meters to measure electricity usage won’t cost ratepayers more than it should.  

March 25, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

Before the Utility and Review Board (UARB) approves Nova Scotia Power’s (NSP) plan to install “smart” meters across the province, both the Consumer Advocate and the Small Business Advocate feel the utility needs to smarten up its proposal. They say NSP hasn’t presented enough solid evidence to prove that installing digital meters to measure electricity...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Affordable Energy Coalition, Bill Mahody, Brian Gifford, Consumer Advocate, Ecology Action Centre, Efficiency One, Emera, Jennifer Henderson, Melissa Macadam, Nelson Blackburn, New Brunswick Power, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Paul Chernick, Peter Ritchie, Small Business Advocate, smart meters, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

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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