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Bullshitter of the day: Martha Crago. Morning File, Wednesday, March 15, 2017

March 15, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Update: Bassam Al-Rawi has been found and served Monday, the Examiner reported that over a week of trying, police had not been able to locate taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi to serve documents notifying him his case would be brought before the Court of Appeal. There had been multiple, but unconfirmed reports that Al-Rawi had left […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bassam Al-Rawi found, Brenda Gallant-Graves, Brett Ruskin, Canso, Dalhousie Senate meeting, Divest Dal, Edward Ellegood, fluffing cosmonauts in Canso, Francoise Bayliss, innovation, John MacDonell, Lantz interchange, Letitia Meynell, Margaret Miller, Maritime Launch Services, Martha Crago, McNeil government, Paul Mombourquette, Penney Group, Richard Florizone, spaceport, Stephen King

The secret war over the Dalhousie Mace: Morning File, Friday, February 3, 2017

February 3, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News 1. Ships Sputter Here “Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding says it is in talks with the federal government over a looming gap in construction of two new fleets of ships for the navy, which the company warns could result in ‘significant layoffs if left unaddressed,” reports Lee Berthiaume for the Canadian Press: The shipyard wants the government […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Dalhousie mace, Francis Campbell, Hilary Prince, Irving Shipbuilding, Lantz interchange, Lee Berthiaume, Lindsay Dowling, Mace Re-think Project, Matt Spurway, Peter Dykhuis, political spoils, Ships Sputter Here, Stephen King

That movie about a smarmy real estate developer: Morning File, Wednesday, February 1, 2017

February 1, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Chronicle Herald talks resume “Unfair labour complaints have been withdrawn in the year-long strike at the Halifax Chronicle Herald, paving the way for the resumption of negotiations next week,” reports the Canadian Press: In a news release Tuesday, the union for 55 striking newsroom workers at the paper said it withdrew an unfair […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Chronicle Herald talks resume, Codey Hennigar, cummuter rail, Francis Campbell, Justice Patrick Murray, Lantz interchange, Margaret Miller, Michael Gorman, Richard Saillant, Richard Starr, Stephen Archibald's septic field, Stephen King

Nova Scotia’s film industry just won’t die

After a disastrous season last year, filmmakers have seen uptick in productions this year. But will the work keep coming?

October 19, 2016 By Jennifer Henderson

News of the Nova Scotia film industry’s death may have been exaggerated. When the McNeil government slashed a generous tax credit for TV and film production in the spring of 2014, it triggered a blockbuster of a backlash. It snowballed into a combination of public protests by well-known local figures in the industry and public...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: ACTRA, David MacLeod, film industry, Film Tax Credit, Gary Vermeir, IATSE, Lisa Barry, McNeil, Mike Amo, Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund, Pure, Richard Hadley, Scott Simpson, Screen Nova Scotia, Stephen King, The Mist

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

Listen to the episode here.

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