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The gods will blot out the sun today: Morning File, Monday, August 21, 2017

August 21, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Mark Lever and sins against journalism Unionized Chronicle Herald newsroom employees went back to work last Tuesday and spent the rest of the week in “orientation” — learning new software and newsroom procedures that were implemented since the workers went on strike 19 months ago. The union members start doing the actual work […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Chronicle Herald journalists back to work, fatal motor vehicle collision on Kempt Head Rd, jail mail, Mark Lever and sins against journalism, pedestrian killed Queens Place Dr. in Liverpool, Stephen Archibald and Richmond memorials, the moon, Tim becomes a pacifist in Richmone

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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