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The stadium proposal hijacks the real need for recreation and sports facilities

Morning File, Monday, September 30, 2019

September 30, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

News 1. Stadium Writes Stephen Kimber: [L]et me ask a simple question. Where would you rather your governments spend $5–6-million (almost certainly more) of your tax dollars every year for the next 30 years (and likely the next forever after that)? Would you prefer they spend that $180 million (interest included, over-runs not included) on […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessibility, Alterrain Contracting Inc., CFL stadium proposal, Christine Hanson, crane incident, gas leak Bloomfield Street, Gus Reed, Halifax Town Clock, Heritage Gas, Jamie Ferguson, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, pedestrian struck Pinehill Drive, Sport Nova Scotia, sports facilities, stadium, Walls Brook, WestFor

The Lantz interchange, Richard Butts, and suburban sprawl

Morning File, Friday, June 21, 2019

June 21, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Yarmouth Ferry is a bust “Nova Scotia Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan admitted under questioning from reporters following a Cabinet meeting Thursday that the province has no idea if or when the Yarmouth ferry will operate this summer,” reports Jennifer Henderson: “Certainly we are worried about this season and our tourism operators,” said Minister […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Armco Capital Inc, Clayton Developments, Doug Barron, Francis Campbell, Lantz interchange, Minister Geoff MacLellan, New Riders of the Purple Surf, Richard Butts, Shaw Group Ltd, sidewalk clearing RFP, stadium, Yarmouth ferry

A mega development on Lake Banook shows that the Centre Plan is a cruel joke

Morning File, Wednesday, April 10, 2019

April 10, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Mercury, Canso Chemicals, Northern Pulp Mill Facilities associated with Northern Pulp Mill’s proposed effluent pipe are immediately adjacent to a mercury-contaminated toxic waste site left over from the Canso Chemicals operation. Joan Baxter explains: The Canso Chemicals plant opened in 1970, and for the next 22 years used large amounts of mercury to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andy Filmore, Anthony Leblanc, Bob Bjerke, Canso launchpad, Centre Plan, Councillor Sam Austin, Don Bowser, Glory Hole, HRM By Design, Joe Ramia, Lake Banook development, Maritime Launch Services, Nova Centre, Queen’s Marque, South Barrington Historic District, stadium, YMCA, Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoye

How Vaportecture is used to obscure Canada Land’s untendered sale of land for a Shannon Park stadium

Morning File, Tuesday, April 2, 2019

April 2, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Joan Baxter and Jennifer Henderson on Northern Pulp This evening at 7pm, Joan Baxter will be interviewed by Jennifer Henderson on stage at the St. Margaret’s Centre in Tantallon. From the Facebook event page: Incisive, no nonsense, take no prisoners. Joan Baxter’s brilliant exposé “The Mill – Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest” […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthony Leblanc, Bay Ferries, biomass, Canada Lands, Catherine Tully, FOIPOP request Yarmouth ferry, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter, Joan Jones, Joanne Bernard, Justice Peter Rosinski, Kristen Hare, Lisa Manninger, Neil deMause, Nicole LaFosse Parker, PC lawsuit, percent, Rocky Jones, Schooners Sports and Entertainment (SSE), Scott Campbell, Shannon Park, Sport Nova Scotia, stadium, stadium rendering, Stephen Archibald and Encounter at Kwacha House, Tim Houston, Vaportecture, Wendie Poitras, Woman Hailing a Cab

Anthony Leblanc rolls into to town and all the public consultation about Shannon Park is thrown out the window

Morning File, Monday, April 1, 2019

April 1, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Street checks Saturday, young people in Halifax’s Black community led a conversation at the North Library about Scot Wortley’s report on street checks and the effects of street checks on them. After the conversation, there was a march from the library to the police station (and then on to Province House) demanding an […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alison Auld, Anthony Leblanc, APTN, Canada Lands, Canadian Press (CP) layoffs, Christie Blatchford, Holly McKenzie-Sutter, Justice Derek Green, Justin Brake, Mary Campbell, Michael Tutton, Minister Margaret Miller, MP Darren Fisher, Northern Pulp, Philip Croucher, public consultation, public engagement, Saltwire Network, Shannon Park, Sport Nova Scotia, stadium, street checks, The Blatchford Bad Writing Hall of Fame

We are eagerly awaiting the ridiculous architectural renderings that are certain to accompany the stadium sales pitch

Morning File, Monday, March 25, 2019

March 25, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

1. Leading With Transit “Listen, I wouldn’t blame you if you were done with discussing the future of transit in Halifax,” writes Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: We had the Moving Forward Together (MFT) plan, for which thousands of folks chimed in with their hopes and dreams for buses in the region. Then we had […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Boat Harbour remediation project, Coalition for Radical Life Extension, Curve, El Jones, Graham Steele, immortality, James Strole, Joan Baxter, Joanna Cagan, Neil deMause, Nora Young, Northern Pulp effluent pipe, Pavilion, Quinpool Road bridge, Racism, Richard Woodbury, Southwest Properties, Spark, stadium, Vaportecture, Washington NFL stadium, Woman Hailing a Cab

Robie Street is about to become a construction nightmare

Morning File, Monday, July 9, 2018

July 9, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. The border Writes Stephen Kimber: In the past month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped 21 vessels in the Gulf of Maine “looking for illegal immigrants.” Illegal immigrants? From Canada? Or should that be to Canada? Click here to read “Donald Trump and the border: He stands on guard for he.” This article […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brett Ruskin, bus to Bayers lake, Chocolate Lake drowning, DEVCO coal, DOSCO, Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation (ECBC), Francis Campbell, Halifax Transit, Landsdowne, Maritime Football Group, Mayor Mike Savage, Robie Street construction map, Silas Brown, stadium, tropical storm Chris

Looks like we’re getting a stadium, whether we want it or not

Morning File, Wednesday, June 20, 2018

June 20, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Stadium Yesterday, I went to Halifax City Hall expecting to hear councillors discuss cannabis legalization; I was preparing for a hilarious debate about the evils of smoking the ganja. But before that conversation could get going, the Maritime Football Ltd. people showed up and council kicked the public out of chambers so they […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantica party suspended, Bryden DeAdder, CAO Jacques Dubé, carbon tax, City Hall secret meeting, Councillor Sam Austin, councillor Shawn Cleary, Councillor Tim Outhit, cyclist badly hurt Inspector Court, Maritime Football Limited, Mayor Mike Savage, motor vehicles in Canada, Richard Starr, stadium, Superstar Lounge liquor law violations, Tory Rushton, Willow Tree development approved, Zane Woodford

Examineradio, episode #139: CFL in Halifax? Hail Mary!

December 2, 2017 By Terra Tailleur Leave a Comment

This episode is really about the city you want vs. the city you need. Take professional sports. There’s been some talk about a group of investors bringing a CFL franchise to Halifax. Some people are excited about this. Tim is not one of them. Still, we wanted some perspective. We reached out to Moshe Lander, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: CFL, Examineradio 139, Halifax Convention Centre, Halifax Explosion, Moshe Lander, Nova Centre, podcast, stadium, Terra Tailleur

The playground where hope goes to die: Morning File, Monday, January 16, 2017

January 16, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 18 Comments

News 1. Teachers “Officials with the provincial government and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union will resume contract talks on Monday,” reports Michael Gorman for the CBC: A day after the two sides reached an impasse, which cancelled talks that were scheduled for Sunday, the union announced in a news release they would meet with a conciliation officer again beginning […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ardath Whynacht, Chris Cochrane, Derek Martin, El Jones, job loss, Michael Gorman, Phlis McGregor, playgrounds, Richard Starr, stadium, Stephen Kimber, teachers strike, Trump's doctor, Yvonne Kennedy

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Moe Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

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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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