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Halifax councillors consider saving snow shovelling from COVID-19 cuts

May 15, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Councillors hope to save a program that makes for more comprehensive snow clearing on the Halifax peninsula. During a budget committee meeting on Friday — the continuation of the rebuilding of the city’s recast COVID-19 budget with $85 million in cuts — councillors voted in […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: CAO Jacque Dubé, coronavirus, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor David Hendsbee, councillor Matt Whitman, Councillor Russell Walker, Councillor Sam Austin, Councillor Tim Outhit, councillor Waye Mason, COVID-19, Denise Schofield., easing restrictions, Halifax city operating budget 2020/21, Mayor Mike Savage, pandemic, reopening beaches, sidewalk snow clearing, snow removal

Ivany Schmivany: Morning File, Friday, February 17, 2017

February 17, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Teachers Yesterday, dozens of people addressed the legislature’s Law Amendments committee. Jennifer Henderson reported from the scene for the Halifax Examiner. Today, teachers and other members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union are on strike. Schools are closed, and thousands of people are expected to protest outside Province House. The city has cleared […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ivany Report, Ivany Schmivany, Mrs. Eileen Brown, snow removal, The Hub, The Space, Tristan Cleveland

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Morning File, Wednesday, February 15, 2017

February 15, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Teacher Appreciation Week This is National Teacher Appreciation Week. What better time to force a contract on teachers, eh? It will no doubt be a week of theatrics, true drama, protests, and unexpected twists at Province House. Strike? “The president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union would not rule out a full strike […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Dr. Trevor Arnason, interview with Steve Murphy, Measles and vaccination, Michael Gorman, snow removal, Stephen McNeil, teachers strike

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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