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Halifax councillors push back on ‘loosey-goosey’ social procurement policy, but living wage further delayed

July 7, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

Councillors expressed their disappointment with a mealy-mouthed social procurement policy presented on Tuesday, but it will be months before they can add any teeth to requirements for a living wage or diversity in the city’s contracting. The policy — which passed on Tuesday as part of a rewritten procurement policy with only Coun. Matt Whitman voting […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Councillor Lindell Smith, councillor Matt Whitman, councillor Shawn Cleary, councillor Waye Mason, diversity, Halifax City Council and living wage, Jane Pryor, social procurement policy

Halifax councillors wanted a living wage ordinance; staff came back with a policy that departments merely “consider” a living wage

July 3, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

A long-awaited social procurement policy is coming to Halifax regional council for debate next week, but use of the proposed policy — including requiring contractors to pay a living wage or hire African Nova Scotians — would be mostly optional for municipal departments. The new policy is the result of a motion from Coun. Lindell […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: city janitorial services, Councillor Lindell Smith, diversity, living wage policy, social procurement policy, Stephen Terry

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.

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