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Nova Scotia’s Director of Correctional Services suggests that being in jail is safer than being in the broader community. That’s just false

March 29, 2020 By El Jones 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. In a letter submitted to the courts, John Scoville, the Director of Correctional Services, outlines protective measures taken to avoid a outbreak of COVID-19, and then ends with the suggestion that being in jail is safer than being in the broader community during the pandemic: […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Claire Bodkin, Dr. Lisa Barrett, Dr. Nanky Rai, Dr. Robert Strang, jail during pandemic, John Scoville, Nova Scotia Corrections, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), prison during pandemic, Senator Kim Pate, Stan MacDonald, Trevor McGuigan

Revenge porn, Grabher, and whales: Morning File, Thursday, September 7, 2017

September 7, 2017 By Katie Toth 12 Comments

I’m Katie. I’m a freelance journalist who likes toast. I sometimes work with cub reporters at King’s and I am filling in for Tim today. News 1. Teens get conditional discharges in revenge porn case (Unwanted sharing of sexual images, often consensually given to the distributor under false pretenses, is colloquially known as “revenge porn,” […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aly Thompson, Christopher Scullino, Jay Cameron, Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, Katie Toth, Kyle Miller, Lorne Grabher, Purcell's Cove backlands deal, revenge porn, Stan MacDonald, The Shaw Group, Vision Zero, Zane Woodford

Court Watch: sexual assault and the law

February 8, 2017 By Christina Macdonald

In Court Hubley trial continues This week saw the Crown close its case in the trial of George Edward Hubley for accessory to murder after the fact and interfering with human remains, following the 2014 murder of Catherine “Catie” Miller. Defence lawyer Brian Church chose to call his client as a witness on Monday. I...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Catherine “Catie” Miller, Christie Blatchford, Christy Somos, David Butt, Denise Smith, domestic sexual assault, Elaine Craig, George Edward Hubley, Jason Johnson, Justice Cindy A. Bourgeous, Katlyn Pettipas, Kelly MacDonald, law-splained, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, peace method, Rob Kennedy, sexual assault, Stan MacDonald

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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