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The Randy Riley trial: how news media are falling down on the job

Dropping coverage of a court trial mid-trial is a disservice both for readers and for justice.

April 9, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

Last Tuesday, there was dramatic moment in Supreme Court, worthy of its own Law & Order episode. In the course of its prosecution of Randy Riley for the 2010 murder of Chad Smith, the crown called its witness Nathan Johnson. Johnson took the stand and — bam! — said that he, and he alone, killed […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Journalism Tagged With: Aly Thomson, Blair Rhodes, court coverage is inadequate, El Jones, Jennifer Stairs, Justice Chipman, Natasha Pace, Nathan Johnson confesses, Nicholas Butcher trial, Paul Smith, Randy Riley trial, Steve Bruce, Zane Woodford

Dave’s not here: Morning File, Friday, December 8, 2017

December 8, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Cannabis in liquor stores The McNeil government yesterday released its cannabis policy: These decisions follow the federal government’s decision to legalize recreational cannabis by July 2018. The key policy decisions on cannabis are: — a legal age of 19 for use, purchase and possession — distribution and sales will be online and in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill 148, Black in Halifax, Cannabis in liquor stores, Chris Enns, Civil servant salaries, Convention Centre lease, Douglas Addison Neil, energy minister Michel Samson, Environmentalist threatens a bunch of people, Film plastics, Infrastructure Minister Lloyd Hines, Jayde Tynes, Josh Creighton, Kardeisha Provo, Michael Gorman, Michael Tutton, Moira Donovan, Nina Corfu, North-End Community Action Committee, NSGEU, NSGEU president Jason MacLean, NSLC, Paul Withers, plastic bag recycling, Steve Bruce, Yvette d'Entremont

A blast from the past: Morning File, Thursday, November 16, 2017

November 16, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

A blast from the past Rewatching that video, which publicly introduced the Examiner at its launch in 2014, the first thing I notice is how young I was. The second thing I notice is that it’s all about me, and that bothers me. I couldn’t predict then to what extent I could grow this operation, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brad Sarson, Canadian Border Services Agency, Club Auto CEO Sean Grasby, cocaine smuggling, drugs on sailboat Quesera, Eric Lewis, Finance Minister Cathy Rogers, Jacques John Grenier, Launch of the Halifax Examiner, Mary Campbell, Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold, Opportunities New Brunswick, payroll rebates, Premier Brian Gallant, RCMP Constable Michael Turco, Sean Foster, Steve Bruce, stock photos, Sydney-Whitney Pier MLA Derek Mombourquette, This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner

Just OK beer and crappy food: Morning File, Wednesday, September 27, 2017

September 27, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Here’s what we need for a great new Mumford Terminal “It’s finally happening,” writes Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler. “The city has started planning its redo of the ghastly, despised Mumford Terminal.” First, Butler explains, the city must make big decisions on commuter rail and transit lanes in order to get the bus terminal […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Constable Derek Fish, Downeast Beer Company owes creditors, Halifax Regional Police, Harold MacKay, Heather Bruce, Henry M. Bradford, Jeremy Durno, Judge Warren Zimmer, Marieke Walsh, Michele MacKay, Nova Scotia Police Review Board, O.H. Armstrong Ltd., Paul Harris, provincial budget, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), Steve Bruce, Wendy Martin

Show us you’re a true hero, Sid: refuse to attend the White House. Morning File, Monday, September 25, 2017

September 25, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 27 Comments

1. The future on the Port of Halifax Former CTV reporter Rick Grant writes: If the Port of Halifax is going to compete in a post-Panamex world, it will need a new, larger container terminal. But a Port Master Plan is delayed, and myriad difficulties are posed by potential new sites for a terminal. That […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Rankin, Black Lives Matter, Bruce Kidd, cocaine smuggling, Colin Kaepernick, international shipping, Jacques Grenier, Luc Chevrefils, Mario Lemieux, naming rights, Port of Halifax, RCMP Constable Michael David Morrison, RCMP Constable Michael Turco, Ronald Burkle, Sean Foster, Sidney Crosby, Steve Bruce

The Summer of Hate: Morning File, Tuesday, June 20, 2017

June 20, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. Street checks “All Halifax Regional Police officers — from the chief through to new recruits — will receive training in 2018 on fair and impartial policing in order to improve street check practices that disproportionately target black people,” reports Sherri Borden Colley for the CBC: It’s one of several measures the police force is taking, Halifax Regional […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill Turpin, Bruce Wark, Calvin Joel Maynard Sparks, Chris Hansen, Chris Lambie, Constable Cole Hayes, Constable Phil Aptt, death in custody, Devin Davenport-Cook, Fall River quarry, Frances Willick, John Patterson, Julie McKnight, Michael Gorman, Nadia Gonzales murder, North Brother Island, Robert Devet, Roseate terns, Samanda Rose Rich, Sherri Borden Colley, Stacey Pineau, Steve Bruce, street checks, stupid violence, tidal turbine removed

A wretch like me: Morning File, Tuesday, May 16, 2017

May 16, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Bill McEwen Last night, Dartmouth East NDP candidate Bill McEwen abruptly dropped out of the race, issuing this statement: Effective immediately, I have resigned from my position as the NDP candidate for Dartmouth East. I apologize for my past actions and believe that I must be accountable to my community and the residents […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill McEwen, Bill Turpin, death in custody, deficit spending, Gary Burrill, Halifax Explosion time capsule, Joseph Isnor, Marieke Walsh, Michael Tutton, NDP platform, Steve Bruce, stunting, The Bullpen, time traveller

Court Watch: Jimmy Melvin Jr, William Sandeson, Gabor Lukacs, and a really cool chart

May 10, 2017 By Christina Macdonald

Epic Season Finale Court Watch will take a break for the summer. I’m finally done law school and I’m moving to Wolfville soon for work. Tim says the column may restart in the fall, when he can rope another law student into writing. So that’ll be it for me in the hallowed pages of the...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Christine Driscoll, Criminal procedure flowcharts, Derek MacPhee, Eugene Tan, Gabor Lukacs, Gus Richardson, Jimmy Melvin Jr., Justice Josh Arnold, Kieran Leavitt, Pat MacEwen, Pookiel McCabe, Rick Woodburn, Steve Bruce, Terry Marriott Jr., William Sandeson

Court Watch: Jimmy Melvin Jr., Raymond Kobylanski, and William Sandeson

May 3, 2017 By Christina Macdonald

On the Docket Jimmy Melvin Jr. trial begins Thursday The week began with pretrial motions in Jimmy Melvin, Jr.’s murder trial. Melvin is charged with first-degree murder arising from the death of Terry Marriott, Jr. in 2009. On Thursday, jury selection is scheduled to begin. The trial is scheduled for 24 days. In Court Hubley...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Blair Rhodes, Catie Miller, George Edward Hubley, Jason Johnson, Jimmy Melvin Jr., Justice Felix Cacchione, Kelly MacDonald, Mackenzie Ruthven, Michael Raymond Kobylanski, Roger Sayer, Sandra Johnston, Steve Bruce, Susan MacKay, William Sandeson

Court Watch: Judge Lenehan gets mad

March 29, 2017 By Christina Macdonald

In Court Repeat sex offender gets shut down by Judge Lenehan Judge Gregory Lenehan won’t be back in the public’s good books for some time, after his comments on sexual assault and consent and the acquittal of Bassam Al-Rawi. But I think readers will still enjoy Steve Bruce’s account of Judge Lenehan absolutely shutting down...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Adam Mitchell Cox, Blair Rhodes, Brenton Sparks, Catie Miller, Elias Frank Joseph Lampe, Frank John Lampe, George Edward Hubley, Jeanne Sumbu, Judge Gregory Lenehan, Justice Farrar, Justice Patrick Murray, Kim Stanton, Lyle Howe, Nickolis William DeYoung, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society, Steve Bruce

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2020 mass murders

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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.

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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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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

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